Anon Líkn 26VII
George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 26’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 256-7.
Enn ‘yet’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
kross ‘Cross’
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kross (noun m.; °-, dat. -i; -ar): cross, crucifix
dýrð ‘The glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
kynnaz ‘be made known’
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kynna (verb): make known, reveal
kemr ‘will come’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
ótti ‘fear’
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ótti (noun m.; °-a): fear
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
dróttins ‘of the Lord’s’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
fyr ‘to’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
hnig ‘bowing’
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hníga (verb): sink, fall < hnigstafr (noun m.)
kennings
hnigstöfum hljóms hjörva‘bowing staves of swords’ din ’
= WARRIORS
swords’ din → BATTLE
bowing staves of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
stöfum ‘staves’
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stafr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): staff, post, stave, stick < hnigstafr (noun m.)
kennings
hnigstöfum hljóms hjörva‘bowing staves of swords’ din ’
= WARRIORS
swords’ din → BATTLE
bowing staves of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
hjörva ‘of swords’’
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword
kennings
hnigstöfum hljóms hjörva‘bowing staves of swords’ din ’
= WARRIORS
swords’ din → BATTLE
bowing staves of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
hjörva ‘of swords’’
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword
kennings
hnigstöfum hljóms hjörva‘bowing staves of swords’ din ’
= WARRIORS
swords’ din → BATTLE
bowing staves of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
hljóms ‘din’
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hljómr (noun m.; °dat. -i): sound
kennings
hnigstöfum hljóms hjörva‘bowing staves of swords’ din ’
= WARRIORS
swords’ din → BATTLE
bowing staves of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
notes
[4] hljóms at efsta dómi: Probably based upon Has 6/6 hljóms á efsta dómi.
hljóms ‘din’
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hljómr (noun m.; °dat. -i): sound
kennings
hnigstöfum hljóms hjörva‘bowing staves of swords’ din ’
= WARRIORS
swords’ din → BATTLE
bowing staves of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
notes
[4] hljóms at efsta dómi: Probably based upon Has 6/6 hljóms á efsta dómi.
at ‘at’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
notes
[4] hljóms at efsta dómi: Probably based upon Has 6/6 hljóms á efsta dómi.
efsta ‘the Last’
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efri (adj. comp.; °superl. efstr/øfstr (eft- [$1653$] 13r²³, etc.)): higher, highest
notes
[4] hljóms at efsta dómi: Probably based upon Has 6/6 hljóms á efsta dómi.
dómi ‘Judgement’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
notes
[4] hljóms at efsta dómi: Probably based upon Has 6/6 hljóms á efsta dómi.
Meiðr ‘tree’
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meiðr (noun m.): beam, tree
kennings
Hverr meiðr hringmóts‘Each tree of the sword-meeting ’
= WARRIOR
the sword-meeting → BATTLE
Each tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
skal ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
hverr ‘Each’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
kennings
Hverr meiðr hringmóts‘Each tree of the sword-meeting ’
= WARRIOR
the sword-meeting → BATTLE
Each tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
ór ‘from out of’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
hauðri ‘the ground’
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hauðr (noun n.): earth, ground
hring ‘of the sword’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword < hringmót (noun n.)
kennings
Hverr meiðr hringmóts‘Each tree of the sword-meeting ’
= WARRIOR
the sword-meeting → BATTLE
Each tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
hring ‘of the sword’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword < hringmót (noun n.)
kennings
Hverr meiðr hringmóts‘Each tree of the sword-meeting ’
= WARRIOR
the sword-meeting → BATTLE
Each tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
móts ‘meeting’
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1. mót (noun n.; °; -): meeting < hringmót (noun n.)
kennings
Hverr meiðr hringmóts‘Each tree of the sword-meeting ’
= WARRIOR
the sword-meeting → BATTLE
Each tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
móts ‘meeting’
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1. mót (noun n.; °; -): meeting < hringmót (noun n.)
kennings
Hverr meiðr hringmóts‘Each tree of the sword-meeting ’
= WARRIOR
the sword-meeting → BATTLE
Each tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
notes
[6] til alþingis ‘to the Althing’: This conception of the Last Judgement in terms of the Althing is apparently unique in ON. In an Icel. poem the term cannot but evoke the country’s general assembly, the highest court of the land, though in Norway the cpd has a less specific sense, simply ‘a general meeting’ (Fritzner). The Last Judgement is also characterised as a þing ‘assembly’ (not alþingi) in 27/1, Has 32/1, Líkn 27/1, Lil 72/1, and in the late medieval Píslardrápa 32/1, 34/1 (ÍM I.2, 62); cf. mót ‘meeting’ in the ONorw. Doomsday homily (HómNo, 101). In poetry, alþingi otherwise occurs only in HǫrðG Lv 7/2 (Harð 14)V, where it refers to the Icel. general assembly.
alþingis ‘the Althing’
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alþingi (noun n.; °-s; dat. ·þingum): [Althing]
notes
[6] til alþingis ‘to the Althing’: This conception of the Last Judgement in terms of the Althing is apparently unique in ON. In an Icel. poem the term cannot but evoke the country’s general assembly, the highest court of the land, though in Norway the cpd has a less specific sense, simply ‘a general meeting’ (Fritzner). The Last Judgement is also characterised as a þing ‘assembly’ (not alþingi) in 27/1, Has 32/1, Líkn 27/1, Lil 72/1, and in the late medieval Píslardrápa 32/1, 34/1 (ÍM I.2, 62); cf. mót ‘meeting’ in the ONorw. Doomsday homily (HómNo, 101). In poetry, alþingi otherwise occurs only in HǫrðG Lv 7/2 (Harð 14)V, where it refers to the Icel. general assembly.
fremðar ‘of propitious’
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fremð (noun f.): honour < fremðarráð (noun n.)
kennings
fæðis fremðarráðs.‘the nourisher of propitious counsel.’
= God
the nourisher of propitious counsel. → God
notes
[7] fæðis fremðarráðs ‘the nourisher of propitious counsel [= God (= Christ)]’: Cf. fœðir fremðarráða ‘king of famous deeds’ (of King Eiríkr Sveinsson of Denmark; Mark Eirdr 4/1II). LP defines fremðarráð (fremðar rð, under fremð) as ‘a deed which wins fame’. Adapted to Christ, the kenning is enriched, more capable of simultaneously suggesting the semantic range of each of its elements: ráð ‘counsel, plan, authority, deed’, perhaps even ‘judgement’; fremð (here translated adjectively) ‘furtherance, aid, fame, nobility’; fæðir ‘nourisher, author’. Christ’s counsels and deeds are both worthy of fame and furthering of salvation.
ráðs ‘counsel’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power < fremðarráð (noun n.)
kennings
fæðis fremðarráðs.‘the nourisher of propitious counsel.’
= God
the nourisher of propitious counsel. → God
notes
[7] fæðis fremðarráðs ‘the nourisher of propitious counsel [= God (= Christ)]’: Cf. fœðir fremðarráða ‘king of famous deeds’ (of King Eiríkr Sveinsson of Denmark; Mark Eirdr 4/1II). LP defines fremðarráð (fremðar rð, under fremð) as ‘a deed which wins fame’. Adapted to Christ, the kenning is enriched, more capable of simultaneously suggesting the semantic range of each of its elements: ráð ‘counsel, plan, authority, deed’, perhaps even ‘judgement’; fremð (here translated adjectively) ‘furtherance, aid, fame, nobility’; fæðir ‘nourisher, author’. Christ’s counsels and deeds are both worthy of fame and furthering of salvation.
á ‘to’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
fæðis ‘the nourisher’
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fœðir (noun m.): feeder, nourisher
kennings
fæðis fremðarráðs.‘the nourisher of propitious counsel.’
= God
the nourisher of propitious counsel. → God
notes
[7] fæðis fremðarráðs ‘the nourisher of propitious counsel [= God (= Christ)]’: Cf. fœðir fremðarráða ‘king of famous deeds’ (of King Eiríkr Sveinsson of Denmark; Mark Eirdr 4/1II). LP defines fremðarráð (fremðar rð, under fremð) as ‘a deed which wins fame’. Adapted to Christ, the kenning is enriched, more capable of simultaneously suggesting the semantic range of each of its elements: ráð ‘counsel, plan, authority, deed’, perhaps even ‘judgement’; fremð (here translated adjectively) ‘furtherance, aid, fame, nobility’; fæðir ‘nourisher, author’. Christ’s counsels and deeds are both worthy of fame and furthering of salvation.
fund ‘meet’
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fundr (noun m.): discovery, meeting
hvatliga ‘quickly’
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hvatliga (adv.): [quickly]
skunda ‘hasten’
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skunda (verb): hasten
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Enn mun kross dýrð kynnaz |
The glory of the Lord’s Cross will yet be made known to bowing staves of swords’ din [BATTLE > WARRIORS] at the Last Judgement; fear will come then. Each tree of the sword-meeting [BATTLE > WARRIOR] shall hasten quickly from out of the ground to the Althing to meet the nourisher of propitious counsel [= God (= Christ)].
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