Anon Líkn 48VII
George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 48’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 283.
Bæn ‘prayer’
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bœn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): request, prayer
heyr ‘hear’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
bragningr ‘King of’
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bragningr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
kennings
Bragningr veðrskríns,‘King of the storm-shrine, ’
= God
the storm-shrine, → HEAVEN
King of of the HEAVEN → God
mína ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
bila ‘to fail’
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bila (verb; °-að-): fail
notes
[2] muntat ‘will not’: The ms. form ‘munat’ is unmetrical, because it would resolve under full stress. Therefore the older form munt-at with long syllable in the second metrical position must be adopted.
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
vilja ‘desire’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
veita ‘to grant’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
notes
[3] veita vægð ‘to grant mercy’: See 3/1 in which the poet appeals to God, er veitir vægðir ‘(you) who grant mercies’
vægð ‘mercy’
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vægð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): mercy
notes
[3] veita vægð ‘to grant mercy’: See 3/1 in which the poet appeals to God, er veitir vægðir ‘(you) who grant mercies’
at ‘in’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
móti ‘return’
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móti (prep.): against
veg ‘’
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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour < vegskrín (noun n.)
veðr ‘the storm’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm < veðrskrín (noun n.)
[4] veðrskríns: vegskríns B, 399a‑bˣ
kennings
Bragningr veðrskríns,‘King of the storm-shrine, ’
= God
the storm-shrine, → HEAVEN
King of of the HEAVEN → God
notes
[4] veðrskríns ‘of the storm-shrine [HEAVEN]’: B reads vegskríns ‘of the way-shrine’ or ‘of the glory-shrine’, neither of which provides a conventional kenning type for sky/heaven. On analogy with other wind/storm + skrín kennings for sky/heaven, Skj B (cf. LP) and Skald emend to veðrskríns ‘of the storm-shrine’, a kenning the poet employs at 8/6. LP 1860 takes vegr here to mean terra ‘earth’; so also Konráð Gíslason 1877, 28. Skj B’s emendation has been adopted here.
veðr ‘the storm’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm < veðrskrín (noun n.)
[4] veðrskríns: vegskríns B, 399a‑bˣ
kennings
Bragningr veðrskríns,‘King of the storm-shrine, ’
= God
the storm-shrine, → HEAVEN
King of of the HEAVEN → God
notes
[4] veðrskríns ‘of the storm-shrine [HEAVEN]’: B reads vegskríns ‘of the way-shrine’ or ‘of the glory-shrine’, neither of which provides a conventional kenning type for sky/heaven. On analogy with other wind/storm + skrín kennings for sky/heaven, Skj B (cf. LP) and Skald emend to veðrskríns ‘of the storm-shrine’, a kenning the poet employs at 8/6. LP 1860 takes vegr here to mean terra ‘earth’; so also Konráð Gíslason 1877, 28. Skj B’s emendation has been adopted here.
skríns ‘shrine’
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skrín (noun n.; °-s; -): shrine < veðrskrín (noun n.)skrín (noun n.; °-s; -): shrine < vegskrín (noun n.)
[4] veðrskríns: vegskríns B, 399a‑bˣ
kennings
Bragningr veðrskríns,‘King of the storm-shrine, ’
= God
the storm-shrine, → HEAVEN
King of of the HEAVEN → God
notes
[4] veðrskríns ‘of the storm-shrine [HEAVEN]’: B reads vegskríns ‘of the way-shrine’ or ‘of the glory-shrine’, neither of which provides a conventional kenning type for sky/heaven. On analogy with other wind/storm + skrín kennings for sky/heaven, Skj B (cf. LP) and Skald emend to veðrskríns ‘of the storm-shrine’, a kenning the poet employs at 8/6. LP 1860 takes vegr here to mean terra ‘earth’; so also Konráð Gíslason 1877, 28. Skj B’s emendation has been adopted here.
skríns ‘shrine’
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skrín (noun n.; °-s; -): shrine < veðrskrín (noun n.)skrín (noun n.; °-s; -): shrine < vegskrín (noun n.)
[4] veðrskríns: vegskríns B, 399a‑bˣ
kennings
Bragningr veðrskríns,‘King of the storm-shrine, ’
= God
the storm-shrine, → HEAVEN
King of of the HEAVEN → God
notes
[4] veðrskríns ‘of the storm-shrine [HEAVEN]’: B reads vegskríns ‘of the way-shrine’ or ‘of the glory-shrine’, neither of which provides a conventional kenning type for sky/heaven. On analogy with other wind/storm + skrín kennings for sky/heaven, Skj B (cf. LP) and Skald emend to veðrskríns ‘of the storm-shrine’, a kenning the poet employs at 8/6. LP 1860 takes vegr here to mean terra ‘earth’; so also Konráð Gíslason 1877, 28. Skj B’s emendation has been adopted here.
lofi ‘for praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
notes
[4] lofi (nom. lof) ‘praise’: On its extended sense ‘encomium, eulogy’ LP cites SnE 1848-87, I, 468 (SnE 1998, I, 84) where Snorri, commenting on the use of lof in ÚlfrU Húsdr 12/4III, identifies it as a poetic genre.
þínu ‘of you’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
Sjálfr ‘yourself’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
eggjar ‘urge’
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eggja (verb; °-að-): urge
þú ‘You’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
seggja ‘of men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
sveit ‘host’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
[6] sveit: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘su[...]’ B
á ‘upon’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
þik ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
heita ‘call’
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
þat ‘that’
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þat (conj.): that
viðr ‘makes’
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2. viða (verb): gain, bring about
gumna ‘of men’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
kennings
gumna gætir;‘guardian of men; ’
= God
guardian of men; → God
gætir ‘guardian’
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gætir (noun m.): guardian
kennings
gumna gætir;‘guardian of men; ’
= God
guardian of men; → God
ger ‘eager’
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ger- ((prefix)): [eager] < gerbœnn (adj.)
notes
[8] gerbænan ‘prayer-eager’: Ms. ‘gjo᷎r be᷎nan’; the orthographic variant ger- is necessary for rhyme with hverja ‘every’ (so Konráð Gíslason 1877, 41 n).
bænan ‘prayer’
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-bœnn (adj.): [prayer] < gerbœnn (adj.)
notes
[8] gerbænan ‘prayer-eager’: Ms. ‘gjo᷎r be᷎nan’; the orthographic variant ger- is necessary for rhyme with hverja ‘every’ (so Konráð Gíslason 1877, 41 n).
mik ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
hverja ‘each’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
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