Anon Pl 17VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 17’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 192-3.
þá ‘when’
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2. þá (adv.): then
s ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
auð ‘wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth < auðskiptir (noun m.): wealth-distributor
kennings
almilds auðskiptis‘of the most generous wealth-distributor ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the most generous wealth-distributor → GENEROUS MAN
skiptis ‘distributor’
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skiptir (noun m.): [distributor] < auðskiptir (noun m.): wealth-distributor
kennings
almilds auðskiptis‘of the most generous wealth-distributor ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the most generous wealth-distributor → GENEROUS MAN
eptir ‘back’
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eptir (prep.): after, behind
al ‘of the most’
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al- ((prefix)): very < almildr (adj.): all-generous
kennings
almilds auðskiptis‘of the most generous wealth-distributor ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the most generous wealth-distributor → GENEROUS MAN
milds ‘generous’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous < almildr (adj.): all-generous
kennings
almilds auðskiptis‘of the most generous wealth-distributor ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the most generous wealth-distributor → GENEROUS MAN
konu ‘the wife’
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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman
dvalði ‘kept’
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dvelja (verb; °dvalði; dvalðr/dvalinn (præs. sg. 3. pers. dvel [$1138$], [$1140$])): delay, stay, dwell
væn ‘beautiful’
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vænn (adj.): beautiful, expected
leizk ‘looked’
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leita (verb): seek, look for, attack
hodd ‘the hoard’
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1. hodd (noun f.): gold, treasure < hoddgefn (noun f.)
kennings
hodd-Gefn‘the hoard-Gefn ’
= WOMAN
the hoard-Gefn → WOMAN
Gefn ‘Gefn’
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Gefn (noun f.): Gefn < hoddgefn (noun f.)
kennings
hodd-Gefn‘the hoard-Gefn ’
= WOMAN
the hoard-Gefn → WOMAN
hônum ‘to him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hjǫr ‘the sword’
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hjǫrr (noun m.): sword < hjǫrlundr (noun m.)
kennings
hjǫrlundr‘the sword-tree ’
= WARRIOR
the sword-tree → WARRIOR
lundr ‘tree’
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1. lundr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar): grove, tree < hjǫrlundr (noun m.)
kennings
hjǫrlundr‘the sword-tree ’
= WARRIOR
the sword-tree → WARRIOR
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
skæ ‘the horse’
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1. skær (noun m.): horse
kennings
skæ sunda;‘the horse of channels; ’
= SHIP
the horse of channels; → SHIP
sunda ‘of channels’
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sund (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, strait; swimming
kennings
skæ sunda;‘the horse of channels; ’
= SHIP
the horse of channels; → SHIP
Hreins ‘of shining’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
kennings
Hraustr heggr hreins auðar‘The brave tree of shining wealth ’
= MAN
The brave tree of shining wealth → MAN
varð ‘had’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
heggr ‘tree’
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heggr (noun m.): cherry-tree
kennings
Hraustr heggr hreins auðar‘The brave tree of shining wealth ’
= MAN
The brave tree of shining wealth → MAN
notes
[5] heggr ‘tree’: The bird-cherry tree, prunus padus.
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
sína ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
hraustr ‘The brave’
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hraustr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): strong, valiant
kennings
Hraustr heggr hreins auðar‘The brave tree of shining wealth ’
= MAN
The brave tree of shining wealth → MAN
þá ‘when’
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2. þá (adv.): then
s ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
gekk ‘left’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
af ‘’
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af (prep.): from
flausti ‘the ship’
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flaustr (noun n.): ship
auðar ‘wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
kennings
Hraustr heggr hreins auðar‘The brave tree of shining wealth ’
= MAN
The brave tree of shining wealth → MAN
eigin ‘’
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1. eigin (noun n.; °-s): property; seed < eiginbrúðr (noun f.)
brúði ‘wife’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride < eiginbrúðr (noun f.)
ó ‘against’
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ó- ((prefix)): un- < óviljandi (adj.)
viljandi ‘his will’
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viljandi (adj.): [his will] < óviljandi (adj.)
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
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þás auðskiptis eptir |
when the sword-tree [WARRIOR] kept the wife of the most generous wealth-distributor [GENEROUS MAN] back on the horse of channels [SHIP]; the hoard-Gefn <= Freyja> [WOMAN] looked beautiful to him. The brave tree of shining wealth [MAN] had to part with his wife against his will, when he left the ship.
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