Anon Líkn 50VII
George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 50’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 284-5.
Æsti ‘ask’
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æsta (verb): ask, request
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
öllu ‘in all’
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allr (adj.): all
trausti ‘trust’
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traust (noun n.; °-s/-): support, protection
ítr ‘Glorious’
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ítr (adj.): glorious
kennings
Ítr ræsir regnsals,‘Glorious lord of the rain-hall, ’
= God
the rain-hall, → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
þik ‘of you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
görst ‘most perfectly’
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1. gǫrr (adj.): ample, perfect
kant ‘can’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
líta ‘see’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
rétt ‘justice’
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1. réttr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -i/-u): right, entitlement < 1. réttvísi (noun f.): [righteousness]
[3] réttvísi: ‘re[...]vise’ B, ‘réṭṭvíse’ 399a‑bˣ
vísi ‘’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly) < 1. réttvísi (noun f.): [righteousness]
[3] réttvísi: ‘re[...]vise’ B, ‘réṭṭvíse’ 399a‑bˣ
ræsir ‘lord’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
kennings
Ítr ræsir regnsals,‘Glorious lord of the rain-hall, ’
= God
the rain-hall, → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
regn ‘of the rain’
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regn (noun n.; °-s; -): rain < regnsalr (noun m.)
kennings
Ítr ræsir regnsals,‘Glorious lord of the rain-hall, ’
= God
the rain-hall, → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
regn ‘of the rain’
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regn (noun n.; °-s; -): rain < regnsalr (noun m.)
kennings
Ítr ræsir regnsals,‘Glorious lord of the rain-hall, ’
= God
the rain-hall, → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
sals ‘hall’
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1. salr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; dat. sǫlum): hall < regnsalr (noun m.)
kennings
Ítr ræsir regnsals,‘Glorious lord of the rain-hall, ’
= God
the rain-hall, → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
sals ‘hall’
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1. salr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; dat. sǫlum): hall < regnsalr (noun m.)
kennings
Ítr ræsir regnsals,‘Glorious lord of the rain-hall, ’
= God
the rain-hall, → SKY/HEAVEN
Glorious lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
hvat ‘whatever’
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hvat (pron.): what
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
mér ‘for me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
gegnir ‘fitting’
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1. gegn (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -astr/-str): reliable
Lát ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
mik ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
laun ‘rewards’
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3. laun (noun n.; °-; -): rewards
fyr ‘for’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
lof ‘encomium’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
þitt ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
konungr ‘King’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
kennings
Konungr veðra tjalds,‘King of the storms’ pavilion, ’
= God
the storms’ pavilion, → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
hitta ‘attain’
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hitta (verb): meet, encounter
víst ‘certainly’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
varðar ‘worth’
mestu ‘of greatest’
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mestu (adv.): [greatest]
veðra ‘of the storms’’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm
kennings
Konungr veðra tjalds,‘King of the storms’ pavilion, ’
= God
the storms’ pavilion, → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[8] veðra tjalds ‘of the storms’ pavilion [SKY/HEAVEN]’: This sky-kenning, combined with ‘ruler’ [= God], is of a type particularly common to Has, e.g. hreggtjald ‘gale-tent’ 1/2, skýja tjald ‘clouds’ canopy’ 20/2, hríðtjald ‘storm-tent’ 28/2 – the first two of which rhyme, as here, with ald-. (Cf. Líkn 8/6 veðrskrín ‘storm-shrine’ and Has 4/8 veðrhöll ‘wind-hall’). The two cosmic kennings for God in this st. are the last elaborate ones of the poem. By the final st. the style becomes plain; God is simply dróttinn jöfra ‘lord of princes’ 52/5-6.
veðra ‘of the storms’’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm
kennings
Konungr veðra tjalds,‘King of the storms’ pavilion, ’
= God
the storms’ pavilion, → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[8] veðra tjalds ‘of the storms’ pavilion [SKY/HEAVEN]’: This sky-kenning, combined with ‘ruler’ [= God], is of a type particularly common to Has, e.g. hreggtjald ‘gale-tent’ 1/2, skýja tjald ‘clouds’ canopy’ 20/2, hríðtjald ‘storm-tent’ 28/2 – the first two of which rhyme, as here, with ald-. (Cf. Líkn 8/6 veðrskrín ‘storm-shrine’ and Has 4/8 veðrhöll ‘wind-hall’). The two cosmic kennings for God in this st. are the last elaborate ones of the poem. By the final st. the style becomes plain; God is simply dróttinn jöfra ‘lord of princes’ 52/5-6.
tjalds ‘pavilion’
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tjald (noun n.; °-s; *-): tent, awning
kennings
Konungr veðra tjalds,‘King of the storms’ pavilion, ’
= God
the storms’ pavilion, → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[8] veðra tjalds ‘of the storms’ pavilion [SKY/HEAVEN]’: This sky-kenning, combined with ‘ruler’ [= God], is of a type particularly common to Has, e.g. hreggtjald ‘gale-tent’ 1/2, skýja tjald ‘clouds’ canopy’ 20/2, hríðtjald ‘storm-tent’ 28/2 – the first two of which rhyme, as here, with ald-. (Cf. Líkn 8/6 veðrskrín ‘storm-shrine’ and Has 4/8 veðrhöll ‘wind-hall’). The two cosmic kennings for God in this st. are the last elaborate ones of the poem. By the final st. the style becomes plain; God is simply dróttinn jöfra ‘lord of princes’ 52/5-6.
tjalds ‘pavilion’
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tjald (noun n.; °-s; *-): tent, awning
kennings
Konungr veðra tjalds,‘King of the storms’ pavilion, ’
= God
the storms’ pavilion, → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[8] veðra tjalds ‘of the storms’ pavilion [SKY/HEAVEN]’: This sky-kenning, combined with ‘ruler’ [= God], is of a type particularly common to Has, e.g. hreggtjald ‘gale-tent’ 1/2, skýja tjald ‘clouds’ canopy’ 20/2, hríðtjald ‘storm-tent’ 28/2 – the first two of which rhyme, as here, with ald-. (Cf. Líkn 8/6 veðrskrín ‘storm-shrine’ and Has 4/8 veðrhöll ‘wind-hall’). The two cosmic kennings for God in this st. are the last elaborate ones of the poem. By the final st. the style becomes plain; God is simply dróttinn jöfra ‘lord of princes’ 52/5-6.
of ‘’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
aldir ‘forever’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
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