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Anon Leið 42^VII

Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 42’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 175-6.

Anonymous Poems Leiðarvísan

Yfirstillir ‘overseer’

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yfirstillir (noun m.)

[1] Yfirstillir: ‘Y[...]ir[...]i[...]’ B, ‘Yf̣irṣṭillẹṛ’ 399a‑bˣ

kennings

Ítr yfirstillir túns rítar himins,
‘Glorious overseer of the home-field of the shield of heaven, ’
= God
the shield of heaven, → SUN
the home-field of the SUN → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious overseer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

firr ‘distance’

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fjarri (adv.): far, far from it, unlikely

ǫllu ‘from all’

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allr (adj.): all

ítr ‘Glorious’

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ítr (adj.): glorious

kennings

Ítr yfirstillir túns rítar himins,
‘Glorious overseer of the home-field of the shield of heaven, ’
= God
the shield of heaven, → SUN
the home-field of the SUN → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious overseer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

túns ‘of the home-field’

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tún (noun n.; °-s; -): homefield, enclosure

kennings

Ítr yfirstillir túns rítar himins,
‘Glorious overseer of the home-field of the shield of heaven, ’
= God
the shield of heaven, → SUN
the home-field of the SUN → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious overseer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

túns ‘of the home-field’

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tún (noun n.; °-s; -): homefield, enclosure

kennings

Ítr yfirstillir túns rítar himins,
‘Glorious overseer of the home-field of the shield of heaven, ’
= God
the shield of heaven, → SUN
the home-field of the SUN → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious overseer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

himins ‘of heaven’

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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky

kennings

Ítr yfirstillir túns rítar himins,
‘Glorious overseer of the home-field of the shield of heaven, ’
= God
the shield of heaven, → SUN
the home-field of the SUN → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious overseer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

himins ‘of heaven’

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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky

kennings

Ítr yfirstillir túns rítar himins,
‘Glorious overseer of the home-field of the shield of heaven, ’
= God
the shield of heaven, → SUN
the home-field of the SUN → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious overseer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

himins ‘of heaven’

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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky

kennings

Ítr yfirstillir túns rítar himins,
‘Glorious overseer of the home-field of the shield of heaven, ’
= God
the shield of heaven, → SUN
the home-field of the SUN → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious overseer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

rítar ‘of the shield’

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rít (noun f.): shield

kennings

Ítr yfirstillir túns rítar himins,
‘Glorious overseer of the home-field of the shield of heaven, ’
= God
the shield of heaven, → SUN
the home-field of the SUN → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious overseer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

rítar ‘of the shield’

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rít (noun f.): shield

kennings

Ítr yfirstillir túns rítar himins,
‘Glorious overseer of the home-field of the shield of heaven, ’
= God
the shield of heaven, → SUN
the home-field of the SUN → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious overseer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

rítar ‘of the shield’

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rít (noun f.): shield

kennings

Ítr yfirstillir túns rítar himins,
‘Glorious overseer of the home-field of the shield of heaven, ’
= God
the shield of heaven, → SUN
the home-field of the SUN → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious overseer of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

harms ‘a sorrow’

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1. harmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sorrow, grief < harmsfullr (adj.)

kennings

harmsfullum halli hugstrandar.
‘a sorrowful stone of the shore of thought. ’
= HEART
the shore of thought. → BREAST
a sorrowful stone of the BREAST → HEART

fullum ‘ful’

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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < harmsfullr (adj.)

kennings

harmsfullum halli hugstrandar.
‘a sorrowful stone of the shore of thought. ’
= HEART
the shore of thought. → BREAST
a sorrowful stone of the BREAST → HEART

ræðk ‘I govern’

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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide

halli ‘stone’

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2. hallr (noun m.; °-s): stone

kennings

harmsfullum halli hugstrandar.
‘a sorrowful stone of the shore of thought. ’
= HEART
the shore of thought. → BREAST
a sorrowful stone of the BREAST → HEART

hug ‘of thought’

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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage < hugstrǫnd (noun f.)

[4] hugstrandar: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘hugstrannda[...]’ B

kennings

harmsfullum halli hugstrandar.
‘a sorrowful stone of the shore of thought. ’
= HEART
the shore of thought. → BREAST
a sorrowful stone of the BREAST → HEART

hug ‘of thought’

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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage < hugstrǫnd (noun f.)

[4] hugstrandar: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘hugstrannda[...]’ B

kennings

harmsfullum halli hugstrandar.
‘a sorrowful stone of the shore of thought. ’
= HEART
the shore of thought. → BREAST
a sorrowful stone of the BREAST → HEART

strandar ‘of the shore’

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strǫnd (noun f.; °strandar, dat. -u/-; strandir/strendr): beach, shore < hugstrǫnd (noun f.)

[4] hugstrandar: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘hugstrannda[...]’ B

kennings

harmsfullum halli hugstrandar.
‘a sorrowful stone of the shore of thought. ’
= HEART
the shore of thought. → BREAST
a sorrowful stone of the BREAST → HEART

strandar ‘of the shore’

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strǫnd (noun f.; °strandar, dat. -u/-; strandir/strendr): beach, shore < hugstrǫnd (noun f.)

[4] hugstrandar: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘hugstrannda[...]’ B

kennings

harmsfullum halli hugstrandar.
‘a sorrowful stone of the shore of thought. ’
= HEART
the shore of thought. → BREAST
a sorrowful stone of the BREAST → HEART

mik ‘me’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

grandi ‘harm’

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grand (noun n.): injury

[4] grandi: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘g[...]nnde’ B

Mér ‘me’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

fái ‘grant’

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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive

miklu ‘much’

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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large

hæri ‘higher’

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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high

miskunn ‘mercy’

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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace

jǫfurr ‘the prince’

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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince

kennings

Jǫfurr sunnu
‘May the prince of the sun ’
= God
May the prince of the sun → God

sunnu ‘of the sun’

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sunna (noun f.): sun

kennings

Jǫfurr sunnu
‘May the prince of the sun ’
= God
May the prince of the sun → God

Kristr ‘Christ’

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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ

gefr ‘gives’

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gefa (verb): give

fyrðum ‘people’

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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man

fastan ‘secure’

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fastr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): firm, fast

frið ‘peace’

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friðr (noun m.): peace

en ‘than’

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4. en (conj.): than

ek ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

kunna ‘could’

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kunna (verb): know, can, be able

biðja ‘ask for’

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biðja (verb; °biðr; bað, báðu; beðinn (beiþ- Martin¹ 573, bỏþ- HákEirsp 661, cf. ed. intr. xl)): ask for, order, pray

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[7-8]: The intercalary cl. in 37/7-8 is almost identical to the one here.

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