Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 18’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 193.
dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day < dagbœr (noun m.)
dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day < dagbœr (noun m.)
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘hlaut sa es e. e.i.’ 673b
Plácitus (noun m.): Plácitus, Placitus
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘hlaut sa es e. e.i.’ 673b
fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘hlaut sa es e. e.i.’ 673b
al- ((prefix)): very < algóðr (adj.): very good
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘hlaut sa es e. e.i.’ 673b
betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best < algóðr (adj.): very good
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘hlaut sa es e. e.i.’ 673b
sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘hlaut sa es e. e.i.’ 673b
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Dýrðhittir bað dróttin |
The acquirer of glory [HOLY MAN] bade the lord of the daylight-home [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] help him; the destroyer of the ground of the serpent [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] received the highest mind-board [COURAGE] in the face of trial. Plácitus, who is the best of men, was allotted a glorious task; Eustace chose for himself the very best life.
[5-8]: Stef 1, cf. st. 11.
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