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Anon Leið 7^VII

Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 7’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 146.

Anonymous Poems Leiðarvísan

Varð ‘was’

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1. verða (verb): become, be

bréf ‘The letter’

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bréf (noun n.; °-s; -): letter

þats ‘which’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

guð ‘God’

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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God

gerði ‘made’

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1. gera (verb): do, make

geð ‘valiant’

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geð (noun n.): mind < geðsnjallr (adj.)

snjallr ‘minded’

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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold < geðsnjallr (adj.)

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

lét ‘let fall’

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láta (verb): let, have sth done

falla ‘’

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falla (verb): fall

vôn ‘an expectation’

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ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation

s ‘is’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

á ‘onto’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

gipt ‘grace’

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gift (noun f.): gift

á ‘of’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

grœna ‘the green’

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2. grœnn (adj.; °superl. grǿnastr/grǿnstr): green

grund ‘ground’

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grund (noun f.): earth, land

sunnudag ‘on a Sunday’

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sunnudagr (noun m.): Sunday

fundit ‘discovered’

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2. finna (verb): find, meet

Bók* ‘book’

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1. bók (noun f.; °bǿkr/bókar; bǿkr): book

[5] Bók*: ‘becks’ B, 624

notes

[5] bók* ‘book’: It is not possible to use B’s and 624’s reading ‘becks’. Although bekkr ‘bench’ may be compounded with expressions for the sea in ship-kennings (as, for example, in SnSt Ht 75/2^III: hafbekkr ‘sea-bench’), the man-kenning viðir bekks byrskíðs ‘trees of the bench of the wind-ski’, which seems to be the only possible arrangement, would be tautologous: byrskíð ‘wind-ski’ is already an acceptable ship-kenning. Kock (NN §3248) suggests that þá (l. 5), interpreted as an adv., should be construed with síðan (l. 6), but even this arrangement does not solve the problem of ‘becks’, since it would leave réðu (l. 5) without an object. With Rydberg and Finnur Jónsson this edn adopts Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s emendation to bók*, understood as a reference to the Sunday Letter, and qualified by the adj. ritna ‘written’ (l. 8).

réðu ‘interpreted’

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

þá ‘that’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

blíðir ‘Gentle’

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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy

kennings

Blíðir viðir byrskíðs
‘Gentle trees of the wind-ski ’
= SEAFARERS
the wind-ski → SHIP
Gentle trees of the SHIP → SEAFARERS

byr ‘of the wind’

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byrr (noun m.; °-jar/-s; -ir, acc. -i/-u(SigrVal 188¹³)): favourable wind < byrskíð (noun n.): breeze-skis

kennings

Blíðir viðir byrskíðs
‘Gentle trees of the wind-ski ’
= SEAFARERS
the wind-ski → SHIP
Gentle trees of the SHIP → SEAFARERS

byr ‘of the wind’

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byrr (noun m.; °-jar/-s; -ir, acc. -i/-u(SigrVal 188¹³)): favourable wind < byrskíð (noun n.): breeze-skis

kennings

Blíðir viðir byrskíðs
‘Gentle trees of the wind-ski ’
= SEAFARERS
the wind-ski → SHIP
Gentle trees of the SHIP → SEAFARERS

skíðs ‘ski’

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skíð (noun n.; °; -): ski < byrskíð (noun n.): breeze-skis

kennings

Blíðir viðir byrskíðs
‘Gentle trees of the wind-ski ’
= SEAFARERS
the wind-ski → SHIP
Gentle trees of the SHIP → SEAFARERS

skíðs ‘ski’

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skíð (noun n.; °; -): ski < byrskíð (noun n.): breeze-skis

kennings

Blíðir viðir byrskíðs
‘Gentle trees of the wind-ski ’
= SEAFARERS
the wind-ski → SHIP
Gentle trees of the SHIP → SEAFARERS

viðir ‘trees’

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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree

kennings

Blíðir viðir byrskíðs
‘Gentle trees of the wind-ski ’
= SEAFARERS
the wind-ski → SHIP
Gentle trees of the SHIP → SEAFARERS

síðan ‘later’

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síðan (adv.): later, then

verðr ‘he will become’

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1. verða (verb): become, be

sá ‘’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

s ‘who’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

vensk ‘accustoms himself’

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2. venja (verb): accustom, train

á ‘to’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

dýrðir ‘glories’

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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory

vítr ‘wise’

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vitr (adj.): wise

goll ‘with gold’

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gull (noun n.): gold < gullstafr (noun m.)

stǫfum ‘letters’

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stafr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): staff, post, stave, stick < gullstafr (noun m.)

ritna ‘written’

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ríta (verb): write

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