Anon Leið 45VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 45’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 178.
Nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
skal ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
drótt ‘The company’
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1. drótt (noun f.): troop
notes
[1] drótt ‘company’: In skaldic court poetry, drótt refers to a king’s or earl’s retinue, but here the nature of the poet’s audience is not courtly. It is probably most likely to be monastic or ecclesiastical, but it may be a lay or mixed audience.
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
lok ‘the end’
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1. lok (noun n.; °-s; -): end
líta ‘look’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
lopt ‘of the sky’
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loft (noun n.): air, sky < lofthjalmr (noun m.)
kennings
dáðhress dǫglings lopthjalms.‘of the deed-hearty king of the sky-helmet. May ’
= God
the sky-helmet. May → SKY/HEAVEN
the deed-hearty king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
lopt ‘of the sky’
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loft (noun n.): air, sky < lofthjalmr (noun m.)
kennings
dáðhress dǫglings lopthjalms.‘of the deed-hearty king of the sky-helmet. May ’
= God
the sky-helmet. May → SKY/HEAVEN
the deed-hearty king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
hjalms ‘helmet’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet < lofthjalmr (noun m.)
kennings
dáðhress dǫglings lopthjalms.‘of the deed-hearty king of the sky-helmet. May ’
= God
the sky-helmet. May → SKY/HEAVEN
the deed-hearty king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
hjalms ‘helmet’
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1. hjalmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): helmet < lofthjalmr (noun m.)
kennings
dáðhress dǫglings lopthjalms.‘of the deed-hearty king of the sky-helmet. May ’
= God
the sky-helmet. May → SKY/HEAVEN
the deed-hearty king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
dǫgum ‘days’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
notes
[2] dǫgum optar ‘more often than [there are] days’: The same expression is in Anon Nkt 73/6II, but nowhere else in the skaldic corpus.
optar ‘more often’
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opt (adv.): often
notes
[2] dǫgum optar ‘more often than [there are] days’: The same expression is in Anon Nkt 73/6II, but nowhere else in the skaldic corpus.
dýrkim ‘let us praise’
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dýrka (verb; °-að-): glorify, worship
dǫglings ‘king’
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dǫglingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
kennings
dáðhress dǫglings lopthjalms.‘of the deed-hearty king of the sky-helmet. May ’
= God
the sky-helmet. May → SKY/HEAVEN
the deed-hearty king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
verka ‘the works’
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verki (noun m.; °-a): deed, work
dáð ‘of the deed’
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dáð (noun f.; °; -ir): feat, deed < dáðhress (adj.)
kennings
dáðhress dǫglings lopthjalms.‘of the deed-hearty king of the sky-helmet. May ’
= God
the sky-helmet. May → SKY/HEAVEN
the deed-hearty king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
hress ‘hearty’
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hress (adj.; °superl. -astr): hearty < dáðhress (adj.)
kennings
dáðhress dǫglings lopthjalms.‘of the deed-hearty king of the sky-helmet. May ’
= God
the sky-helmet. May → SKY/HEAVEN
the deed-hearty king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
bragar ‘poem’
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bragr (noun m.; °-ar): poem, poetry
þessa ‘of this’
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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this
Heim ‘home’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
laði ‘invite’
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laða (verb): invite
dýrr ‘the glorious’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
kennings
Dýrr gramr dags hallar‘the glorious prince of day’s hall ’
= God
day’s hall → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious 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)
dags ‘of day’s’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
kennings
Dýrr gramr dags hallar‘the glorious prince of day’s hall ’
= God
day’s hall → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[6] gramr dags hallar ‘prince of day’s hall’: Cf. dróttinn dags hallar ‘lord of day’s hall [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)]’ in 15/5-6.
dags ‘of day’s’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
kennings
Dýrr gramr dags hallar‘the glorious prince of day’s hall ’
= God
day’s hall → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[6] gramr dags hallar ‘prince of day’s hall’: Cf. dróttinn dags hallar ‘lord of day’s hall [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)]’ in 15/5-6.
hallar ‘hall’
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall
kennings
Dýrr gramr dags hallar‘the glorious prince of day’s hall ’
= God
day’s hall → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[6] gramr dags hallar ‘prince of day’s hall’: Cf. dróttinn dags hallar ‘lord of day’s hall [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)]’ in 15/5-6.
hallar ‘hall’
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall
kennings
Dýrr gramr dags hallar‘the glorious prince of day’s hall ’
= God
day’s hall → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[6] gramr dags hallar ‘prince of day’s hall’: Cf. dróttinn dags hallar ‘lord of day’s hall [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)]’ in 15/5-6.
gramr ‘prince’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
kennings
Dýrr gramr dags hallar‘the glorious prince of day’s hall ’
= God
day’s hall → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[6] gramr dags hallar ‘prince of day’s hall’: Cf. dróttinn dags hallar ‘lord of day’s hall [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)]’ in 15/5-6.
allan ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
þjóð ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
hjali ‘chatter’
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hjal (noun n.; °-s): [talk, chatter]
kersk ‘cheerfully’
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kerskr (adj.; °compar. -ari): [cheerfully]
of ‘about’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
kvæði ‘the poem’
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kvæði (noun n.; °-s; -): poem
kristinn ‘Christian’
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kristinn (adj.; °superl. kristnastr): Christian
lýð ‘folk’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
vistar ‘his dwelling place’
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vist (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): abode, lodging, provisions
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Nú skal drótt á lok líta |
The company shall now look on the end of this poem; let us praise more often than [there are] days the works of the deed-hearty king of the sky-helmet [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]. May the glorious prince of day’s hall [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)] invite all Christian folk home from judgement to his dwelling place; may people chatter cheerfully about the poem.
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