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Anon Pl 19^VII

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.

Anonymous Poems Plácitusdrápa

Fljóð ‘The woman’

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fljóð (noun n.): woman

varð ‘had’

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1. verða (verb): become, be

heim ‘home’

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heim (adv.): home, back

með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

heiðnum ‘the heathen’

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heiðinn (adj.): 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’

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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’

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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’

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1. dýr (noun n.; °-s (spec.: dyʀiɴs KonrA 66⁴, etc., cf. Seip 1955 188-189); -): animal < 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’

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1. dýr (noun n.; °-s (spec.: dyʀiɴs KonrA 66⁴, etc., cf. Seip 1955 188-189); -): animal < 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

fara ‘to go’

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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel

runni ‘tree’

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runnr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): bush, 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

kona ‘the woman’

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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman

bað ‘asked’

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biðja (verb; °biðr; bað, báðu; beðinn (beiþ- Martin¹ 573, bỏþ- HákEirsp 661, cf. ed. intr. xl)): ask for, order, pray

sér ‘her’

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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)

við ‘against’

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2. við (prep.): with, against

synðum ‘the sins’

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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin

saur ‘of impure’

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saur (noun n.; °; -): mud, filth, impure < saurlífi (noun n.)

lífis ‘living’

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lífi (noun n.; °-s): life < saurlífi (noun n.)

goð ‘God’

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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God

hlífa ‘to protect’

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hlífa (verb): protect

Blíðr ‘The gentle’

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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’

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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit

svá ‘so’

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svá (adv.): so, thus

brúði ‘the woman’

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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride

brátt ‘quickly’

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bráðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): quick(ly)

at ‘that’

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4. at (conj.): that

saurgask ‘be polluted’

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saurga (verb): [be polluted]

máttit ‘could not’

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mega (verb): may, might

himna ‘of the heavens’

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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky

kennings

Blíðr valdr himna
‘The gentle ruler of the heavens ’
= God
The gentle ruler of the heavens → God

valdr ‘ruler’

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valdr (noun m.): ruler

kennings

Blíðr valdr himna
‘The gentle ruler of the heavens ’
= God
The gentle ruler of the heavens → God

af ‘by’

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af (prep.): from

Hildar ‘of Hildr’

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2. Hildr (noun f.): Hildr

kennings

Hildar hauknistis.
‘hawk-feeder of Hildr’
= WARRIOR
the hawk of Hildr. → RAVEN
the feeder of the RAVEN → WARRIOR

Hildar ‘of Hildr’

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2. Hildr (noun f.): Hildr

kennings

Hildar hauknistis.
‘hawk-feeder of Hildr’
= WARRIOR
the hawk of Hildr. → RAVEN
the feeder of the RAVEN → WARRIOR

hauk ‘of the hawk’

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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’

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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’

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nistir (noun m.): feeder < hauknistir (noun m.)

kennings

Hildar hauknistis.
‘hawk-feeder of Hildr’
= WARRIOR
the hawk of Hildr. → RAVEN
the feeder of the RAVEN → WARRIOR

sam ‘co’

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samr (adj.; °compar. -ari): same < 1. samvista (noun f.)

vistu ‘habitation’

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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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