Anon Pl 19VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 19’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 193-4.
Fljóð ‘The woman’
varð ‘had’
heim ‘home’
með ‘with’
heiðnum ‘the heathen’
kennings
heiðnum runni hlunndýrs;‘the heathen tree of the animal of the launching-roller; ’
= SEAFARER
the animal of the launching-roller; → SHIP
the heathen tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
hlunn ‘of the launching-roller’
hlunnr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): roller < hlunndýr (noun n.)
kennings
heiðnum runni hlunndýrs;‘the heathen tree of the animal of the launching-roller; ’
= SEAFARER
the animal of the launching-roller; → SHIP
the heathen tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
hlunn ‘of the launching-roller’
hlunnr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): roller < hlunndýr (noun n.)
kennings
heiðnum runni hlunndýrs;‘the heathen tree of the animal of the launching-roller; ’
= SEAFARER
the animal of the launching-roller; → SHIP
the heathen tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
dýrs ‘of the animal’
kennings
heiðnum runni hlunndýrs;‘the heathen tree of the animal of the launching-roller; ’
= SEAFARER
the animal of the launching-roller; → SHIP
the heathen tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
dýrs ‘of the animal’
kennings
heiðnum runni hlunndýrs;‘the heathen tree of the animal of the launching-roller; ’
= SEAFARER
the animal of the launching-roller; → SHIP
the heathen tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
runni ‘tree’
kennings
heiðnum runni hlunndýrs;‘the heathen tree of the animal of the launching-roller; ’
= SEAFARER
the animal of the launching-roller; → SHIP
the heathen tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
við ‘against’
synðum ‘the sins’
lífis ‘living’
hlífa ‘to protect’
Blíðr ‘The gentle’
blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
kennings
Blíðr valdr himna‘The gentle ruler of the heavens ’
= God
The gentle ruler of the heavens → God
dugði ‘helped’
svá ‘so’
brátt ‘quickly’
at ‘that’
saurgask ‘be polluted’
máttit ‘could not’
himna ‘of the heavens’
kennings
Blíðr valdr himna‘The gentle ruler of the heavens ’
= God
The gentle ruler of the heavens → God
valdr ‘ruler’
kennings
Blíðr valdr himna‘The gentle ruler of the heavens ’
= God
The gentle ruler of the heavens → God
af ‘by’
Hildar ‘of Hildr’
kennings
Hildar hauknistis.‘hawk-feeder of Hildr’
= WARRIOR
the hawk of Hildr. → RAVEN
the feeder of the RAVEN → WARRIOR
Hildar ‘of Hildr’
kennings
Hildar hauknistis.‘hawk-feeder of Hildr’
= WARRIOR
the hawk of Hildr. → RAVEN
the feeder of the RAVEN → WARRIOR
hauk ‘of the hawk’
1. haukr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): hawk < hauknistir (noun m.)
kennings
Hildar hauknistis.‘hawk-feeder of Hildr’
= WARRIOR
the hawk of Hildr. → RAVEN
the feeder of the RAVEN → WARRIOR
hauk ‘of the hawk’
1. haukr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): hawk < hauknistir (noun m.)
kennings
Hildar hauknistis.‘hawk-feeder of Hildr’
= WARRIOR
the hawk of Hildr. → RAVEN
the feeder of the RAVEN → WARRIOR
nistis ‘the feeder’
kennings
Hildar hauknistis.‘hawk-feeder of Hildr’
= WARRIOR
the hawk of Hildr. → RAVEN
the feeder of the RAVEN → WARRIOR
vistu ‘habitation’
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The woman had to go home with the heathen tree of the animal of the launching-roller [SHIP > SEAFARER]; the woman asked God to protect her against the sins of impure living. The gentle ruler of the heavens [= God] quickly helped the woman so that she could not be polluted by cohabitation with the feeder of the hawk of Hildr <valkyrie> [(lit. ‘hawk-feeder of Hildr’) RAVEN > WARRIOR].
The description of the fate of Plácitus’ wife comes earlier in the narrative sequence in both Pl and the C text of the saga than in the Lat. and A text (Louis-Jensen 1998, cxxiii). This restructuring has the effect of increasing the dramatic tension concerning Theopista’s suffering at the hands of her captor.
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