Anon Pl 12VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 12’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 189-90.
Brátt ‘soon’
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bráðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): quick(ly)
kom ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
fram ‘to pass’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
flýti ‘the advancer’
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flýtir (noun m.): hastener
kennings
flýti friðbragða;‘the advancer of acts of kindness ’
= HOLY MAN
the advancer of acts of kindness → HOLY MAN
friðbragða ‘of acts of kindness’
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friðbragð (noun n.)
kennings
flýti friðbragða;‘the advancer of acts of kindness ’
= HOLY MAN
the advancer of acts of kindness → HOLY MAN
goð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
sagði ‘had told’
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segja (verb): say, tell
næst ‘immediately’
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næst (adv.): next
varð ‘came’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
meiðr ‘the tree’
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meiðr (noun m.): beam, tree
kennings
meiðr drasils hranna‘the tree of the steed of the waves ’
= SEAFARER
the steed of the waves → SHIP
the tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
mestri ‘the greatest’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
mann ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < mannraun (noun f.): test of manhood
raun ‘ordeal’
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raun (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): ordeal, proof, experience < mannraun (noun f.): test of manhood
drasils ‘of the steed’
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drasill (noun m.): steed
[4] drasils: ‘dra[...]els’ 673b, ‘[...]els’ 673bÞH, ‘dr(as)els’(?) 673bKG, ‘drasels’ 673bFJ
kennings
meiðr drasils hranna‘the tree of the steed of the waves ’
= SEAFARER
the steed of the waves → SHIP
the tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
notes
[4] drasils ‘of the steed’: Reading first proposed in Nj 1875-8, II, 300-1.
drasils ‘of the steed’
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drasill (noun m.): steed
[4] drasils: ‘dra[...]els’ 673b, ‘[...]els’ 673bÞH, ‘dr(as)els’(?) 673bKG, ‘drasels’ 673bFJ
kennings
meiðr drasils hranna‘the tree of the steed of the waves ’
= SEAFARER
the steed of the waves → SHIP
the tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
notes
[4] drasils ‘of the steed’: Reading first proposed in Nj 1875-8, II, 300-1.
hranna ‘of the waves’
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hrǫnn (noun f.; °; dat. -um): wave
kennings
meiðr drasils hranna‘the tree of the steed of the waves ’
= SEAFARER
the steed of the waves → SHIP
the tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
hranna ‘of the waves’
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hrǫnn (noun f.; °; dat. -um): wave
kennings
meiðr drasils hranna‘the tree of the steed of the waves ’
= SEAFARER
the steed of the waves → SHIP
the tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
Hjǫrð ‘The herd’
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hjǫrð (noun f.; °hjarðar, dat. -/-u; hjarðir/hjarðar): herd
tók ‘began’
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2. taka (verb): take
hodda ‘of hoards’
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1. hodd (noun f.): gold, treasure
kennings
hyggjusnjalls skerðis hodda‘of the brave-souled diminisher of hoards ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the brave-souled diminisher of hoards → GENEROUS MAN
skerðis ‘diminisher’
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skerðir (noun m.): diminisher
kennings
hyggjusnjalls skerðis hodda‘of the brave-souled diminisher of hoards ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the brave-souled diminisher of hoards → GENEROUS MAN
hyggju ‘of the brave’
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1. hyggja (noun f.; °-u; -ur): thought, mind < hyggjusnjallr (adj.)
kennings
hyggjusnjalls skerðis hodda‘of the brave-souled diminisher of hoards ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the brave-souled diminisher of hoards → GENEROUS MAN
snjalls ‘souled’
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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold < hyggjusnjallr (adj.)
kennings
hyggjusnjalls skerðis hodda‘of the brave-souled diminisher of hoards ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the brave-souled diminisher of hoards → GENEROUS MAN
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
falla ‘perish’
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falla (verb): fall
fúr ‘of the fire’
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fúrr (noun m.): fire < fúrlestir (noun m.)
kennings
fleygarðs fúrlestir‘fire-wrecker of the ship-fence’
= WARRIOR
the ship-fence → SHIELD
the fire of the SHIELD → SWORD
the wrecker of the SWORD → WARRIOR
fúr ‘of the fire’
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fúrr (noun m.): fire < fúrlestir (noun m.)
kennings
fleygarðs fúrlestir‘fire-wrecker of the ship-fence’
= WARRIOR
the ship-fence → SHIELD
the fire of the SHIELD → SWORD
the wrecker of the SWORD → WARRIOR
lestir ‘the wrecker’
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lestir (noun m.): damager, destroyer < fúrlestir (noun m.)
kennings
fleygarðs fúrlestir‘fire-wrecker of the ship-fence’
= WARRIOR
the ship-fence → SHIELD
the fire of the SHIELD → SWORD
the wrecker of the SWORD → WARRIOR
stóðsk ‘endured’
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standa (verb): stand
freistni ‘the trial’
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freistni (noun f.): trial, temptation
fley ‘of the ship’
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2. fley (noun n.; °-s): ship < fleygarðr (noun m.)
kennings
fleygarðs fúrlestir‘fire-wrecker of the ship-fence’
= WARRIOR
the ship-fence → SHIELD
the fire of the SHIELD → SWORD
the wrecker of the SWORD → WARRIOR
fley ‘of the ship’
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2. fley (noun n.; °-s): ship < fleygarðr (noun m.)
kennings
fleygarðs fúrlestir‘fire-wrecker of the ship-fence’
= WARRIOR
the ship-fence → SHIELD
the fire of the SHIELD → SWORD
the wrecker of the SWORD → WARRIOR
fley ‘of the ship’
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2. fley (noun n.; °-s): ship < fleygarðr (noun m.)
kennings
fleygarðs fúrlestir‘fire-wrecker of the ship-fence’
= WARRIOR
the ship-fence → SHIELD
the fire of the SHIELD → SWORD
the wrecker of the SWORD → WARRIOR
garðs ‘fence’
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garðr (noun m.): enclosure, yard < fleygarðr (noun m.)
kennings
fleygarðs fúrlestir‘fire-wrecker of the ship-fence’
= WARRIOR
the ship-fence → SHIELD
the fire of the SHIELD → SWORD
the wrecker of the SWORD → WARRIOR
garðs ‘fence’
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garðr (noun m.): enclosure, yard < fleygarðr (noun m.)
kennings
fleygarðs fúrlestir‘fire-wrecker of the ship-fence’
= WARRIOR
the ship-fence → SHIELD
the fire of the SHIELD → SWORD
the wrecker of the SWORD → WARRIOR
garðs ‘fence’
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garðr (noun m.): enclosure, yard < fleygarðr (noun m.)
kennings
fleygarðs fúrlestir‘fire-wrecker of the ship-fence’
= WARRIOR
the ship-fence → SHIELD
the fire of the SHIELD → SWORD
the wrecker of the SWORD → WARRIOR
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
hjú ‘household’
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hjú (noun n.; °; -): husband and wife, household
deyja ‘to die’
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1. deyja (verb; °deyr; dó, dó(u); dá(i)nn): die
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Brátt kom fram, þats flýti |
What God had told the advancer of acts of kindness [HOLY MAN] soon came to pass; the tree of the steed of the waves [SHIP > SEAFARER] came immediately into the greatest ordeal. The herd of the brave-souled diminisher of hoards [GENEROUS MAN] began to perish and [his] household to die; the wrecker of the fire of the ship-fence [(lit. ‘fire-wrecker of the ship-fence’) SHIELD > SWORD > WARRIOR] endured the trial.
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