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Anon Líkn 29^VII

George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 29’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 259.

Anonymous Poems Líknarbraut

Hljóta ‘obtain’

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hljóta (verb): alot, gain

ey ‘forever’

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4. ey (adv.): always

með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

ítrum ‘the glorious’

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ítr (adj.): glorious

kennings

ítrum vörð sólar slóðar.
‘the glorious guardian of the sun’s track. ’
= God
the sun’s track. → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious guardian of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

al ‘joyous beyond measure’

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al- ((prefix)): very < 2. alfeginn (adj.)

fegnastir ‘’

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2. feginn (adj.; °compar. fegnari, superl. fegnastr): glad, happy < 2. alfeginn (adj.)

þegnar ‘Thanes’

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þegn (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ar): thane, man, franklin

sólar ‘of the sun’s’

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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun

kennings

ítrum vörð sólar slóðar.
‘the glorious guardian of the sun’s track. ’
= God
the sun’s track. → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious guardian of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

[3-4] sólar slóðar ‘of the sun’s track [SKY/HEAVEN]’: Slóð ‘track, path’ is a base-word in heaven-kennings also in Has 19/7-8 (skýja slóð ‘clouds’ track’) and Pl 4/7 (mána slóð ‘moon’s path’). ‘Narrow path’ and ‘light’ are also combined in the liturgical phrase semita lucis (Manz 1941, 457, no. 909).

sólar ‘of the sun’s’

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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun

kennings

ítrum vörð sólar slóðar.
‘the glorious guardian of the sun’s track. ’
= God
the sun’s track. → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious guardian of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

[3-4] sólar slóðar ‘of the sun’s track [SKY/HEAVEN]’: Slóð ‘track, path’ is a base-word in heaven-kennings also in Has 19/7-8 (skýja slóð ‘clouds’ track’) and Pl 4/7 (mána slóð ‘moon’s path’). ‘Narrow path’ and ‘light’ are also combined in the liturgical phrase semita lucis (Manz 1941, 457, no. 909).

vörð ‘guardian’

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vǫrð (noun f.): woman

kennings

ítrum vörð sólar slóðar.
‘the glorious guardian of the sun’s track. ’
= God
the sun’s track. → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious guardian of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

sælu ‘blessedness’

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1. sæla (noun f.; °-u; -ur): bliss

slóðar ‘track’

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slóð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): path, track

kennings

ítrum vörð sólar slóðar.
‘the glorious guardian of the sun’s track. ’
= God
the sun’s track. → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious guardian of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

[3-4] sólar slóðar ‘of the sun’s track [SKY/HEAVEN]’: Slóð ‘track, path’ is a base-word in heaven-kennings also in Has 19/7-8 (skýja slóð ‘clouds’ track’) and Pl 4/7 (mána slóð ‘moon’s path’). ‘Narrow path’ and ‘light’ are also combined in the liturgical phrase semita lucis (Manz 1941, 457, no. 909).

slóðar ‘track’

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slóð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): path, track

kennings

ítrum vörð sólar slóðar.
‘the glorious guardian of the sun’s track. ’
= God
the sun’s track. → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious guardian of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

[3-4] sólar slóðar ‘of the sun’s track [SKY/HEAVEN]’: Slóð ‘track, path’ is a base-word in heaven-kennings also in Has 19/7-8 (skýja slóð ‘clouds’ track’) and Pl 4/7 (mána slóð ‘moon’s path’). ‘Narrow path’ and ‘light’ are also combined in the liturgical phrase semita lucis (Manz 1941, 457, no. 909).

alt ‘every’

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allr (adj.): all

it ‘’

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2. inn (art.): the

góða ‘good thing’

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góðr (adj.): good

Krists ‘Christ’

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

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr vinnr k‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

vinnr ‘gains’

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2. vinna (verb): perform, work

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr vinnr k‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

krapt ‘power’

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

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr vinnr k‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

ins ‘of the’

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2. inn (art.): the

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr vinnr k‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

hæsta ‘most-high’

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hœgri (adj. comp.): higher, highest

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr vinnr k‑’ 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 vinnr k‑’ 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 vinnr k‑’ 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 vinnr k‑’ 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 vinnr k‑’ 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 vinnr k‑’ 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 vinnr k‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

lofar ‘exalts’

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lofa (verb): praise, permit

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr vinnr k‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

æztan ‘the highest’

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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr vinnr k‑’ 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 vinnr k‑’ B, 399a‑bˣ

dýrð ‘glory’

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

konung ‘king’

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

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Kristr vinnr k‑’ 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 vinnr k‑’ 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; see Note to 13/5.

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