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Anon Pét 3^VII

David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 3’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 799.

Anonymous Poems Pétrsdrápa

Hulin* ‘enveloped’

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2. hylja (verb): to bury, cover, inhume

[1] Hulin*: Hulinn 621

notes

[1-2]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends ms. ‘hyggiu’ to hyggja and ‘jord’ to mjǫk, and translates: Min meget snedige sjæl, skjult under rænkefuld ild ‘My very cunning soul, hidden under crafty fire’. Kock (NN §1711) keeps the ms. readings and translates: Höljd i svekfull sinnesbrånad har min mark förrädisk sjunkit ... i älskogsglöd ‘Wrapped in deceitful mental ardour my land has sunk treacherous(ly) ... into the fire of love’ (taking jörð mín as an incomplete kenning for ‘land [of the heart/mind]’?). At NN §3371 he revises this interpretation to take hyggju jörð (as here) as a kenning for ‘breast or heart’ (cf. SnE 1998 I, 108/25, jǫrð ... hugarins, and, e.g., Anon Mv III 2/4 hugar land; GunnLeif Merl I 82/6-7^VIII jarðir geðs). — [1] hulin* ‘enveloped’: Ms. Hulinn, emended to agree with jörð l. 2 (f. nom. sg. ‘earth’).

Hulin* ‘enveloped’

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2. hylja (verb): to bury, cover, inhume

[1] Hulin*: Hulinn 621

notes

[1-2]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends ms. ‘hyggiu’ to hyggja and ‘jord’ to mjǫk, and translates: Min meget snedige sjæl, skjult under rænkefuld ild ‘My very cunning soul, hidden under crafty fire’. Kock (NN §1711) keeps the ms. readings and translates: Höljd i svekfull sinnesbrånad har min mark förrädisk sjunkit ... i älskogsglöd ‘Wrapped in deceitful mental ardour my land has sunk treacherous(ly) ... into the fire of love’ (taking jörð mín as an incomplete kenning for ‘land [of the heart/mind]’?). At NN §3371 he revises this interpretation to take hyggju jörð (as here) as a kenning for ‘breast or heart’ (cf. SnE 1998 I, 108/25, jǫrð ... hugarins, and, e.g., Anon Mv III 2/4 hugar land; GunnLeif Merl I 82/6-7^VIII jarðir geðs). — [1] hulin* ‘enveloped’: Ms. Hulinn, emended to agree with jörð l. 2 (f. nom. sg. ‘earth’).

mín ‘my’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

kennings

slóttig hyggju jörð mín,
‘my cunning land of thought, ’
= HEART
my cunning land of thought, → HEART

notes

[1-2]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends ms. ‘hyggiu’ to hyggja and ‘jord’ to mjǫk, and translates: Min meget snedige sjæl, skjult under rænkefuld ild ‘My very cunning soul, hidden under crafty fire’. Kock (NN §1711) keeps the ms. readings and translates: Höljd i svekfull sinnesbrånad har min mark förrädisk sjunkit ... i älskogsglöd ‘Wrapped in deceitful mental ardour my land has sunk treacherous(ly) ... into the fire of love’ (taking jörð mín as an incomplete kenning for ‘land [of the heart/mind]’?). At NN §3371 he revises this interpretation to take hyggju jörð (as here) as a kenning for ‘breast or heart’ (cf. SnE 1998 I, 108/25, jǫrð ... hugarins, and, e.g., Anon Mv III 2/4 hugar land; GunnLeif Merl I 82/6-7^VIII jarðir geðs).

hyggju ‘of thought’

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1. hyggja (noun f.; °-u; -ur): thought, mind

kennings

slóttig hyggju jörð mín,
‘my cunning land of thought, ’
= HEART
my cunning land of thought, → HEART

notes

[1-2]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends ms. ‘hyggiu’ to hyggja and ‘jord’ to mjǫk, and translates: Min meget snedige sjæl, skjult under rænkefuld ild ‘My very cunning soul, hidden under crafty fire’. Kock (NN §1711) keeps the ms. readings and translates: Höljd i svekfull sinnesbrånad har min mark förrädisk sjunkit ... i älskogsglöd ‘Wrapped in deceitful mental ardour my land has sunk treacherous(ly) ... into the fire of love’ (taking jörð mín as an incomplete kenning for ‘land [of the heart/mind]’?). At NN §3371 he revises this interpretation to take hyggju jörð (as here) as a kenning for ‘breast or heart’ (cf. SnE 1998 I, 108/25, jǫrð ... hugarins, and, e.g., Anon Mv III 2/4 hugar land; GunnLeif Merl I 82/6-7^VIII jarðir geðs).

báli ‘flame’

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bál (noun n.; °-s; -): fire

notes

[1-2]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends ms. ‘hyggiu’ to hyggja and ‘jord’ to mjǫk, and translates: Min meget snedige sjæl, skjult under rænkefuld ild ‘My very cunning soul, hidden under crafty fire’. Kock (NN §1711) keeps the ms. readings and translates: Höljd i svekfull sinnesbrånad har min mark förrädisk sjunkit ... i älskogsglöd ‘Wrapped in deceitful mental ardour my land has sunk treacherous(ly) ... into the fire of love’ (taking jörð mín as an incomplete kenning for ‘land [of the heart/mind]’?). At NN §3371 he revises this interpretation to take hyggju jörð (as here) as a kenning for ‘breast or heart’ (cf. SnE 1998 I, 108/25, jǫrð ... hugarins, and, e.g., Anon Mv III 2/4 hugar land; GunnLeif Merl I 82/6-7^VIII jarðir geðs).

hrekkjóttu ‘in treacherous’

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hrekkjóttr (adj.): [in treacherous]

notes

[1-2]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends ms. ‘hyggiu’ to hyggja and ‘jord’ to mjǫk, and translates: Min meget snedige sjæl, skjult under rænkefuld ild ‘My very cunning soul, hidden under crafty fire’. Kock (NN §1711) keeps the ms. readings and translates: Höljd i svekfull sinnesbrånad har min mark förrädisk sjunkit ... i älskogsglöd ‘Wrapped in deceitful mental ardour my land has sunk treacherous(ly) ... into the fire of love’ (taking jörð mín as an incomplete kenning for ‘land [of the heart/mind]’?). At NN §3371 he revises this interpretation to take hyggju jörð (as here) as a kenning for ‘breast or heart’ (cf. SnE 1998 I, 108/25, jǫrð ... hugarins, and, e.g., Anon Mv III 2/4 hugar land; GunnLeif Merl I 82/6-7^VIII jarðir geðs).

jörð ‘land’

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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth

kennings

slóttig hyggju jörð mín,
‘my cunning land of thought, ’
= HEART
my cunning land of thought, → HEART

notes

[1-2]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends ms. ‘hyggiu’ to hyggja and ‘jord’ to mjǫk, and translates: Min meget snedige sjæl, skjult under rænkefuld ild ‘My very cunning soul, hidden under crafty fire’. Kock (NN §1711) keeps the ms. readings and translates: Höljd i svekfull sinnesbrånad har min mark förrädisk sjunkit ... i älskogsglöd ‘Wrapped in deceitful mental ardour my land has sunk treacherous(ly) ... into the fire of love’ (taking jörð mín as an incomplete kenning for ‘land [of the heart/mind]’?). At NN §3371 he revises this interpretation to take hyggju jörð (as here) as a kenning for ‘breast or heart’ (cf. SnE 1998 I, 108/25, jǫrð ... hugarins, and, e.g., Anon Mv III 2/4 hugar land; GunnLeif Merl I 82/6-7^VIII jarðir geðs).

slóttig ‘cunning’

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slóttigr (adj.): [cunning]

kennings

slóttig hyggju jörð mín,
‘my cunning land of thought, ’
= HEART
my cunning land of thought, → HEART

notes

[1-2]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends ms. ‘hyggiu’ to hyggja and ‘jord’ to mjǫk, and translates: Min meget snedige sjæl, skjult under rænkefuld ild ‘My very cunning soul, hidden under crafty fire’. Kock (NN §1711) keeps the ms. readings and translates: Höljd i svekfull sinnesbrånad har min mark förrädisk sjunkit ... i älskogsglöd ‘Wrapped in deceitful mental ardour my land has sunk treacherous(ly) ... into the fire of love’ (taking jörð mín as an incomplete kenning for ‘land [of the heart/mind]’?). At NN §3371 he revises this interpretation to take hyggju jörð (as here) as a kenning for ‘breast or heart’ (cf. SnE 1998 I, 108/25, jǫrð ... hugarins, and, e.g., Anon Mv III 2/4 hugar land; GunnLeif Merl I 82/6-7^VIII jarðir geðs).

hefir ‘has’

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hafa (verb): have

mest ‘altogether’

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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most

hrunið ‘plunged’

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hrynja (verb): fall, flow

í ‘into’

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í (prep.): in, into

ástar ‘love’s’

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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love

hyr ‘fire’

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hyrr (noun m.): fire

með ‘through’

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með (prep.): with

glæpum ‘sins’

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glœpr (noun m.): sin, misdeed

fyrri ‘Formerly’

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2. fyrri (adv.): before, previously

Fals ‘Deceit’

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1. fals (noun n.; °-): [Deceit]

ágirni ‘cupidity’

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ágirni (noun f.; °-/-s): [greed, cupidity]

og ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

fúlust ‘foulest’

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fúlr (adj.): foul

flærð ‘guile’

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flærð (noun f.): falsehood, deceit

mig ‘me’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

þann ‘in such’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those < þannig (adv.): thus, there, that way

veg ‘a way’

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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side < þannig (adv.): thus, there, that way

lærði ‘taught’

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2. læra (verb): learned

synd ‘sin’

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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin

mier ‘to me’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

sæt ‘sweet’

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sœtr (adj.): sweet

að ‘that’

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4. at (conj.): that

kendiz ‘seemed’

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kenna (verb): know, teach

seim ‘honeyed’

vín ‘wine’

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vín (noun n.; °-s; -): wine < seimvín (noun n.)

líkt ‘like’

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líkr (adj.): like

hjá ‘in comparison’

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hjá (prep.): beside, with

eimi ‘with smoke’

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eimr (noun m.): fire, smoke

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[7]: See NN §2874. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates: at den søde synd syntes mig som ... ‘that the sweet sin seemed to me like ...’.

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