Anon Líkn 7VII
George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 7’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 237.
Hauðrs ‘of the land’
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hauðr (noun n.): earth, ground
kennings
Hildingr hauðrs mána hvéls,‘King of the land of the moon’s wheel, ’
= God
the moon’s wheel, → MOON
the land of the MOON → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
Hauðrs ‘of the land’
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hauðr (noun n.): earth, ground
kennings
Hildingr hauðrs mána hvéls,‘King of the land of the moon’s wheel, ’
= God
the moon’s wheel, → MOON
the land of the MOON → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
veit ‘direct’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
helgar ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
ræður ‘discourses’
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2. rœða (verb): utter, speak
hildingr ‘King’
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hildingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
kennings
Hildingr hauðrs mána hvéls,‘King of the land of the moon’s wheel, ’
= God
the moon’s wheel, → MOON
the land of the MOON → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
kenningar ‘doctrines’
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kenning (noun f.; °-ar dat. -/-u; -ar): news, teachings; kenning
mána ‘of the moon’s’
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máni (noun m.; °-a): moon
kennings
Hildingr hauðrs mána hvéls,‘King of the land of the moon’s wheel, ’
= God
the moon’s wheel, → MOON
the land of the MOON → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[3] mána hvéls ‘of the moon’s wheel’: A tautological kenning in which the determinant contains the same concept as its referent: ‘moon’s wheel [MOON]’. The idea of a heavenly body as wheel may depend in part upon the celestial wheels in Ezek. I and X; cf. the common Lat. phrase solis rota ‘wheel of the sun’ and Has 36/7 sunnu hvéls ‘of the sun’s wheel’.
mána ‘of the moon’s’
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máni (noun m.; °-a): moon
kennings
Hildingr hauðrs mána hvéls,‘King of the land of the moon’s wheel, ’
= God
the moon’s wheel, → MOON
the land of the MOON → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[3] mána hvéls ‘of the moon’s wheel’: A tautological kenning in which the determinant contains the same concept as its referent: ‘moon’s wheel [MOON]’. The idea of a heavenly body as wheel may depend in part upon the celestial wheels in Ezek. I and X; cf. the common Lat. phrase solis rota ‘wheel of the sun’ and Has 36/7 sunnu hvéls ‘of the sun’s wheel’.
mána ‘of the moon’s’
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máni (noun m.; °-a): moon
kennings
Hildingr hauðrs mána hvéls,‘King of the land of the moon’s wheel, ’
= God
the moon’s wheel, → MOON
the land of the MOON → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[3] mána hvéls ‘of the moon’s wheel’: A tautological kenning in which the determinant contains the same concept as its referent: ‘moon’s wheel [MOON]’. The idea of a heavenly body as wheel may depend in part upon the celestial wheels in Ezek. I and X; cf. the common Lat. phrase solis rota ‘wheel of the sun’ and Has 36/7 sunnu hvéls ‘of the sun’s wheel’.
kennings
Hildingr hauðrs mána hvéls,‘King of the land of the moon’s wheel, ’
= God
the moon’s wheel, → MOON
the land of the MOON → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[3] mána hvéls ‘of the moon’s wheel’: A tautological kenning in which the determinant contains the same concept as its referent: ‘moon’s wheel [MOON]’. The idea of a heavenly body as wheel may depend in part upon the celestial wheels in Ezek. I and X; cf. the common Lat. phrase solis rota ‘wheel of the sun’ and Has 36/7 sunnu hvéls ‘of the sun’s wheel’.
kennings
Hildingr hauðrs mána hvéls,‘King of the land of the moon’s wheel, ’
= God
the moon’s wheel, → MOON
the land of the MOON → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[3] mána hvéls ‘of the moon’s wheel’: A tautological kenning in which the determinant contains the same concept as its referent: ‘moon’s wheel [MOON]’. The idea of a heavenly body as wheel may depend in part upon the celestial wheels in Ezek. I and X; cf. the common Lat. phrase solis rota ‘wheel of the sun’ and Has 36/7 sunnu hvéls ‘of the sun’s wheel’.
kennings
Hildingr hauðrs mána hvéls,‘King of the land of the moon’s wheel, ’
= God
the moon’s wheel, → MOON
the land of the MOON → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[3] mána hvéls ‘of the moon’s wheel’: A tautological kenning in which the determinant contains the same concept as its referent: ‘moon’s wheel [MOON]’. The idea of a heavenly body as wheel may depend in part upon the celestial wheels in Ezek. I and X; cf. the common Lat. phrase solis rota ‘wheel of the sun’ and Has 36/7 sunnu hvéls ‘of the sun’s wheel’.
ór ‘out’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
mínu ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
kennings
mínu ranni hugar.‘my house of thought. ’
= BREAST
my house of thought. → BREAST
mann ‘of man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < mannvandr (adj.)
vandr ‘exacting’
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vandr (adj.): difficult < mannvandr (adj.)
hugar ‘of thought’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
kennings
mínu ranni hugar.‘my house of thought. ’
= BREAST
my house of thought. → BREAST
ranni ‘house’
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rann (noun n.): house, hall
kennings
mínu ranni hugar.‘my house of thought. ’
= BREAST
my house of thought. → BREAST
Öll ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
eru ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
orð ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
þín ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
gulli ‘gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
al ‘Completely’
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al- ((prefix)): very < alhreinn (adj.): [very purest]
hreinn ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure < alhreinn (adj.): [very purest]
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
gim ‘gems’
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gim (noun n.): gem, jewel < gimsteinn (noun m.): jewel
steinum ‘’
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steinn (noun m.; °steins; steinar): stone, colour < gimsteinn (noun m.): jewel
vísi ‘prince’
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vísi (noun m.; °-a): leader
sæll ‘blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
notes
[7] ór völlum ‘from the fields’: Sveinbjörn Egilsson, followed by Rydberg, emends to gjørvøllum ‘all’, adj. modifying gimsteinum ‘gems’; Skj B and Skald emend to ok vellum ‘and (than) golden things’ (i.e. pl. redundancy with gulli). But the ms. reading makes sense if the poet is implicitly contrasting earthly riches (extracted from the ground) with the heavenly riches alluded to in such biblical passages as Jer. XLI.8 quia habemus thesauros in agro ‘for we have treasures in the field’ and Matt. XIII.44 in which the kingdom of heaven is likened to a thesauro abscondito in agro ‘treasure hidden in a field’.
völlum ‘the fields’
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vǫllr (noun m.; °vallar, dat. velli; vellir acc. vǫllu/velli): plain, field
notes
[7] ór völlum ‘from the fields’: Sveinbjörn Egilsson, followed by Rydberg, emends to gjørvøllum ‘all’, adj. modifying gimsteinum ‘gems’; Skj B and Skald emend to ok vellum ‘and (than) golden things’ (i.e. pl. redundancy with gulli). But the ms. reading makes sense if the poet is implicitly contrasting earthly riches (extracted from the ground) with the heavenly riches alluded to in such biblical passages as Jer. XLI.8 quia habemus thesauros in agro ‘for we have treasures in the field’ and Matt. XIII.44 in which the kingdom of heaven is likened to a thesauro abscondito in agro ‘treasure hidden in a field’.
vegs ‘of glory’
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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour
bjartari ‘brighter’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fegri ‘fairer’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
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