Anon Gyð 9VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Gyðingsvísur 9’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 525-6.
Seldu ‘Give’
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4. selja (verb): hand over, sell, give
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
í ‘as’
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í (prep.): in, into
veð ‘a pledge’
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veð (noun n.; °-s; dat. -jum): pledge, security
[1] veð valdan: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘[...]ed [...]aldan’ B
valdan ‘select’
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valdr (adj.): power
[1] veð valdan: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘[...]ed [...]aldan’ B
veðr ‘of the storm’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm < veðrbjóðandi (noun m.)
kennings
geira veðrbjóðandi;‘offerer of the storm of spears; ’
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the storm of spears; → BATTLE
offerer of the BATTLE → MAN
veðr ‘of the storm’
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2. veðr (noun n.; °-s; -): weather, wind, storm < veðrbjóðandi (noun m.)
kennings
geira veðrbjóðandi;‘offerer of the storm of spears; ’
= MAN
the storm of spears; → BATTLE
offerer of the BATTLE → MAN
bjóðandi ‘offerer’
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bjóðandi (noun m.; °-a; bjóðendr): offerer < veðrbjóðandi (noun m.)
kennings
geira veðrbjóðandi;‘offerer of the storm of spears; ’
= MAN
the storm of spears; → BATTLE
offerer of the BATTLE → MAN
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
góðan ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
… ‘…’
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(non-lexical)
[3] …: ‘[...]t’ B, ‘[...]’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...](æpp)’(?) BRydberg, ‘[...]t[...]at’ BFJ
notes
[3] …: Traces of a <t> and a possible superscript abbreviation are visible. It is clear from the context that a m. noun (to agree with einn ‘one’, l. 4) indicating the nature of the required pledge should be supplied, and that it must have initial g (for alliteration) and skothending with hreppir. It appears likely from the forms of the adjectives valdan ‘select’ (l. 1) and góðan ‘good’ (l. 2) that the missing word should be acc. sg. Rydberg (1907, 60) suggests that the missing word is grepp, acc.sg. of m. greppr ‘poet, man’ (see LP: greppr). Grepp would provide aðalhending with hrepp-, where only skothending is required. Another possibility, suggested by Kari Ellen Gade, is grip ‘treasure’, although there remains the difficulty that the damaged word in B appears to have ended in <t> or <tr>.
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
notes
[3] gull ‘gold’: Rydberg noted that, in personal correspondence with Finnur Jónsson, the latter indicated that he had once seen traces of ll above the hole in B.
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
[3] of hreppir: ‘of hr(æ)pper’(?) 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, þess er BFJ
er ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hreppir ‘will obtain’
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hreppa (verb): [will obtain]
[3] of hreppir: ‘of hr(æ)pper’(?) 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, þess er BFJ
geira ‘of spears’
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geirr (noun m.): spear
[4] geira: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘g[...]ra’ B
kennings
geira veðrbjóðandi;‘offerer of the storm of spears; ’
= MAN
the storm of spears; → BATTLE
offerer of the BATTLE → MAN
geira ‘of spears’
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geirr (noun m.): spear
[4] geira: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘g[...]ra’ B
kennings
geira veðrbjóðandi;‘offerer of the storm of spears; ’
= MAN
the storm of spears; → BATTLE
offerer of the BATTLE → MAN
einn ‘one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
eða ‘or’
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eða (conj.): or
fleiri ‘more’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
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B is extremely dark and very badly worn, and it is not possible to reconstruct this st. in its entirety. After this point also the ms. disintegrates into tatters. Finnur Jónsson does not attempt to present any of st. 9 in Skj B, and Kock (relying on Skj A’s transcription) is certain only of the opening couplet. This edn reconstructs most of the first helmingr, relying on readings from 399a-bˣ and Rydberg. After fol. 14v, l. 31, although occasional words are legible, further attempts at reconstruction are fruitless. The legible words and letters may be found in the transcription of B in the electronic edn of Gyð.
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