Anon Liðs 10I
Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Liðsmannaflokkr 10’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1028.
Dag ‘day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
vas ‘it came about’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hvern ‘Every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
þats ‘that’
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þats (conj.): that, which
Hǫgna ‘of Hǫgni’
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Hǫgni (noun m.): [Hǫgni, Högni]
kennings
hurð Hǫgna‘the door of Hǫgni ’
= SHIELD
the door of Hǫgni → SHIELD
kennings
hurð Hǫgna‘the door of Hǫgni ’
= SHIELD
the door of Hǫgni → SHIELD
rjóðask ‘reddened’
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rjóða (verb): to redden
nam ‘was’
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1. nema (verb): to take
blóði ‘with blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
ár ‘the year’
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2. ár (noun n.; °-s; -): year, year’s abundance
notes
[3] ár ‘the year’: Here interpreted as an adv. = ‘in the year’; cf. Bǫlv Hardr 3/3II hvert ár ‘every year’. An alternative possibility is ‘early’ (cf. in der Frühe, ÓHLeg 1982, 53). Finnur Jónsson combined it with Ilmr (l. 4) by tmesis to produce ár-Ilmr ‘food-Ilmr [WOMAN]’ (Skj B; LP: 1. ár 3, ár-Ilmr, 2. Ilmr). This would be the only example of a woman-kenning with food (other than laukar ‘leeks, herbs’) as the determinant (cf. Meissner 418), and it seems forced.
þars ‘when we’
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þars (conj.): where
úti ‘out’
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úti (adv.): out, outdoors, out at sea, abroad
vôrum ‘were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
Ilmr ‘Ilmr [lady]’
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ilmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i;): fragrance
notes
[4] Ilmr ‘Ilmr [lady]’: A goddess-heiti functioning as a half-kenning for ‘woman’; cf. st. 7/6 Syn, and Note. The speaker is to be imagined as telling the tale of his brave deeds to this female companion (see Introduction).
í ‘on’
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í (prep.): in, into
fǫr ‘the expedition’
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fǫr (noun f.): journey, fate; movement
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
hilmi ‘the king’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
Kneigum ‘able’
vér ‘We are’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
varð ‘have’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
ný ‘recently’
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nýr (adj.; °nýjan; compar. nýrri, superl. nýjastr): new < nýlokinn (adj./verb p.p.)
[6] ný‑: gný‑ DG8
lokit ‘ended’
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1. lúka (verb): end, close < nýlokinn (adj./verb p.p.)
hǫrðum ‘hard’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh
fyllar ‘of the sea’
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2. fyllr (noun f.): [sea]
kennings
fit dags fyllar,‘meadow of the day of the sea, ’
= WOMAN
the day of the sea, → GOLD
meadow of the GOLD → WOMAN
fyllar ‘of the sea’
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2. fyllr (noun f.): [sea]
kennings
fit dags fyllar,‘meadow of the day of the sea, ’
= WOMAN
the day of the sea, → GOLD
meadow of the GOLD → WOMAN
dags ‘of the day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
kennings
fit dags fyllar,‘meadow of the day of the sea, ’
= WOMAN
the day of the sea, → GOLD
meadow of the GOLD → WOMAN
dags ‘of the day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
kennings
fit dags fyllar,‘meadow of the day of the sea, ’
= WOMAN
the day of the sea, → GOLD
meadow of the GOLD → WOMAN
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
fǫgrum ‘pleasant’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
fit ‘meadow’
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1. fit (noun f.; °; -jar): meadow
kennings
fit dags fyllar,‘meadow of the day of the sea, ’
= WOMAN
the day of the sea, → GOLD
meadow of the GOLD → WOMAN
Lundúnum ‘London’
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Lundúnir (noun f.): [London]
sitja ‘to sit’
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sitja (verb): sit
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As for st. 1.
[5-8]: The poet leaves it open to his audience to assume that the siege of London led directly to the occupation of the city. More realistic is the ASC account (s. a. 1016) which states that the Londoners bought peace with the invading army, who brought their ships into London and overwintered there.
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