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Anon Líkn 17^VII

George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 17’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 248.

Anonymous Poems Líknarbraut

Ár ‘of abundance’

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2. ár (noun n.; °-s; -): year, year’s abundance < árstillir (noun m.)

kennings

Árstillir
‘The instituter of abundance ’
= God
The instituter of abundance → God

stillir ‘The instituter’

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stillir (noun m.): ruler < árstillir (noun m.)

kennings

Árstillir
‘The instituter of abundance ’
= God
The instituter of abundance → God

vann ‘made’

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2. vinna (verb): perform, work

alla ‘all’

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allr (adj.): all

oss ‘us’

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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our

þá ‘’

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2. þá (adv.): then

er ‘when’

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

hekk ‘hung’

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1. hanga (verb): hang

á ‘on’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

krossi ‘the Cross’

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kross (noun m.; °-, dat. -i; -ar): cross, crucifix

eitt ‘’

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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone

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[3, 4] eitt almæli er um þat ‘all agree about that’: Lit. ‘there is one common saying about that’.

er ‘’

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

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[3, 4] eitt almæli er um þat ‘all agree about that’: Lit. ‘there is one common saying about that’.

um ‘about’

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1. um (prep.): about, around

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[3, 4] eitt almæli er um þat ‘all agree about that’: Lit. ‘there is one common saying about that’.

þat ‘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

notes

[3, 4] eitt almæli er um þat ‘all agree about that’: Lit. ‘there is one common saying about that’.

dróttinn ‘the Lord’

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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master

al ‘all’

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al- ((prefix)): very < almæli (noun n.): °what everybody says, the general opinion; saying, commonplace

notes

[3, 4] eitt almæli er um þat ‘all agree about that’: Lit. ‘there is one common saying about that’.

mæli ‘agree’

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mæli (noun n.): words < almæli (noun n.): °what everybody says, the general opinion; saying, commonplace

notes

[3, 4] eitt almæli er um þat ‘all agree about that’: Lit. ‘there is one common saying about that’.

full ‘fully’

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

sæla ‘fortunate’

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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed < fullsæla (noun f.)

Krists ‘Christ’

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

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

vinnr ‘gains’

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2. vinna (verb): perform, work

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

krapt ‘power’

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1. kraftr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/- ; -ar): power

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

ins ‘of the’

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2. inn (art.): the

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

hæsta ‘most-high’

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hœgri (adj. comp.): higher, highest

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

kross ‘The Cross’

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kross (noun m.; °-, dat. -i; -ar): cross, crucifix < krossmark (noun n.): sign of the cross

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

mark ‘sign’

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mark (noun n.; °-s; *-): sign < krossmark (noun n.): sign of the cross

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

viðum ‘for trees’

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

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

kennings

viðum hnossa;
‘for trees of treasures; ’
= MEN
for trees of treasures; → MEN

hnossa ‘of treasures’

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1. hnoss (noun f.; °; -ir): treasure

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

kennings

viðum hnossa;
‘for trees of treasures; ’
= MEN
for trees of treasures; → MEN

alls ‘of all’

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allr (adj.): all

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

bezt ‘best’

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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

lofar ‘exalts’

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lofa (verb): praise, permit

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

æztan ‘the highest’

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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

kennings

æztan konung fyrða.
‘the highest king of men.’
= RULER = Christ
the highest king of men. → RULER = Christ

öll ‘all’

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allr (adj.): all

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

dýrð ‘glory’

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

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

konung ‘king’

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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

kennings

æztan konung fyrða.
‘the highest king of men.’
= RULER = Christ
the highest king of men. → RULER = Christ

fyrða ‘of men’

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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr var krapt ins h‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

kennings

æztan konung fyrða.
‘the highest king of men.’
= RULER = Christ
the highest king of men. → RULER = Christ

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[5-8]: B gives only an incipit of the stef ‘refrain’, with the same scribal error (Kristr for Krists) as in 13/5. A marginal obelos (†) indicates occurrence of the stef, on which see Note to 13/5.

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