Anon Mhkv 23III
Roberta Frank (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Málsháttakvæði 23’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1237.
Jafnan ‘always’
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jafnan (adv.): always
segir ‘offers’
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segja (verb): say, tell
inn ‘The’
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2. inn (art.): the
ríkri ‘more powerful’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
ráð ‘advice’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
rǫskvir ‘valiant’
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rǫskr (adj.): brave
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
gefa ‘give’
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gefa (verb): give
ǫrnum ‘to eagles’
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1. ǫrn (noun m.; °arnar, dat. erni; ernir, acc. ǫrnu): eagle
bráð ‘raw meat’
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1. bráð (noun f.): meat
upp ‘up’
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upp (adv.): up
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
notes
[3] at eins ‘only’: Cf. st. 17/3. The line contains triple (vocalic) alliteration rather than the expected double, as if the second lift in odd lines did not count.
notes
[3] at eins ‘only’: Cf. st. 17/3. The line contains triple (vocalic) alliteration rather than the expected double, as if the second lift in odd lines did not count.
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ungum ‘the young man’s’
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ungr (adj.): young
vegar ‘path’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
notes
[3] vegar ‘path’: Here gen. sg. (nom. vegr) in an impersonal construction with vera ‘be’ (see Heggstad et al. 2008: 7. vera).
engi ‘no’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
maðr ‘person’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
roskinn ‘fully grown’
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roskinn (adj.; °compar. rosknari, superl. rosknastr): [fully grown]
notes
[4] roskinn ‘fully grown’: P. p. of rosknask ‘ripen, grow up’. Related to the preceding (l. 2) adj. rǫskr ‘brave’ < rǫskvast (AEW: rǫskvast).
þegar ‘at once’
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þegar (adv.): at once, then
Falls ‘of a fall’
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fall (noun n.; °-s; *-): fall
er ‘There is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ván ‘expectation’
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ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation
at ‘from’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
fornu ‘an old’
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forn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): ancient, old
tré ‘tree’
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tré (noun n.; °-s; tré/trjó, gen. trjá, dat. trjóm/trjám): tree
fleira ‘more’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
þykkir ‘seems’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
gótt ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
en ‘than’
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4. en (conj.): than
sé ‘may be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
auðsénna ‘more easily seen’
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auðsénn (adj.; °compar. -sénni, superl. -sénastr): [more easily seen]
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
annars ‘of another’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
vamm ‘the blemish’
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vamm (noun n.; °-s; *-): blemish
engi ‘no one’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
kømsk ‘goes’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
of ‘’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
skapadœgr ‘his fated day’
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skapadœgr (noun n.): [his fated day]
framm ‘beyond’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
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[1]: Cf. the alliterative formula in Anon Sól 36/4-5VII en sá réð, | er ríkr var ‘but he prevailed, who was powerful’. Skj B and Skald emend ríkr to ríkri ‘more powerful’ (as in Mhkv). The Mhkv proverb occurs with the same wording in Clári saga (Cederschiöld 1907, 15.47.5) — [2]: Kennings for ‘warrior’ over and over again identify their subjects as providers of fresh corpses for the beasts of battle. See Meissner 286. — [5]: Examples of this proverb occur in several sagas: e.g. Kjalnesinga saga (Kjaln ch. 6, ÍF 14, 16): kvað falls ván at fornu tré ‘[he] said [there was] expectation of a fall from an old tree’. — [7]: Hermann Pálsson (1984, 261) cites similar sentences from Seneca and Cato.
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