Anon Leið 38VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 38’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 173.
Verðim ‘be’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
vér ‘we [I]’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fyrðar ‘men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
notes
[1] fyrðar (m. nom. pl.) ‘men’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends to fyrða (gen. pl.) ‘of men’, which he construes with faðir (l. 2) to form the God-kenning faðir fyrða ‘father of men’. This kenning then forms part of the intercalary cl. ok vili faðir fyrða skilja svá ‘and may the father of men be willing to decide so’. Kock (NN §3251) retains Finnur Jónsson’s emendation, which he takes as acc. pl. He construes the intercalary cl. ok faðir vili skilja svá fyrða ‘and may the father be willing to divide men thus’, understanding skilja in the sense ‘divide’ rather than ‘decide’. It is possible, however, to retain the ms. reading fyrðar and assume a double subject ‘other men and I’, whom the poet wishes to be among the saved at the Last Judgement (on the right hand of God). The intercalary cl. then underlines this wish.
vili ‘be willing’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
svá ‘thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
faðir ‘the Father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
skilja ‘to decide’
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1. skilja (verb): separate, understand
hilmis ‘ruler’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
kennings
frægs hilmis allra landa —‘of the famous ruler of all lands — may ’
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the famous ruler of all lands — may → God
frægs ‘of the famous’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
kennings
frægs hilmis allra landa —‘of the famous ruler of all lands — may ’
= God
the famous ruler of all lands — may → God
til ‘at’
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til (prep.): to
hœgri ‘the right’
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hœgri (adj. comp.): higher, highest
handar ‘hand’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
allra ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
kennings
frægs hilmis allra landa —‘of the famous ruler of all lands — may ’
= God
the famous ruler of all lands — may → God
landa ‘lands’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
kennings
frægs hilmis allra landa —‘of the famous ruler of all lands — may ’
= God
the famous ruler of all lands — may → God
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
heim ‘home’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
dýrstr ‘the most dear’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
kennings
dýrstr jǫfurr dagskeiðs‘the most dear prince of the day-course ’
= God
the day-course → SKY/HEAVEN
the most dear prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
frá ‘from’
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frá (prep.): from
dómi ‘judgement’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
dag ‘of the day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day < dagskeið (noun n.)
kennings
dýrstr jǫfurr dagskeiðs‘the most dear prince of the day-course ’
= God
the day-course → SKY/HEAVEN
the most dear prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
dag ‘of the day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day < dagskeið (noun n.)
kennings
dýrstr jǫfurr dagskeiðs‘the most dear prince of the day-course ’
= God
the day-course → SKY/HEAVEN
the most dear prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
skeiðs ‘course’
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2. skeið (noun n.; °; -): race, course < dagskeið (noun n.)
kennings
dýrstr jǫfurr dagskeiðs‘the most dear prince of the day-course ’
= God
the day-course → SKY/HEAVEN
the most dear prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
skeiðs ‘course’
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2. skeið (noun n.; °; -): race, course < dagskeið (noun n.)
kennings
dýrstr jǫfurr dagskeiðs‘the most dear prince of the day-course ’
= God
the day-course → SKY/HEAVEN
the most dear prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
jǫfurr ‘prince’
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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince
kennings
dýrstr jǫfurr dagskeiðs‘the most dear prince of the day-course ’
= God
the day-course → SKY/HEAVEN
the most dear prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
leiði ‘lead’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired
oss ‘us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
frá ‘from’
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frá (prep.): from
ótta ‘fear’
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ótti (noun m.; °-a): fear
hvǫssum ‘acute’
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hvass (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): keen, sharp
ǫll ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
hallar himna.‘the hall of the heavens.’
= SKY/HEAVEN
the hall of the heavens. → SKY/HEAVEN
hallar ‘the hall’
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall
kennings
hallar himna.‘the hall of the heavens.’
= SKY/HEAVEN
the hall of the heavens. → SKY/HEAVEN
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Verðim vér ok fyrðar |
May we [I] and [other] men be at the right hand of the famous ruler of all lands [= God] — may the Father be willing to decide thus — and may the most dear prince of the day-course [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)] lead us all from acute fear, from judgement, home to the hall of the heavens [SKY/HEAVEN].
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