Anon Pl 2VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 2’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 183.
Lundr ‘The tree’
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1. lundr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar): grove, tree
kennings
Lundr elds gjalfrs‘The tree of the fire of the sea ’
= MAN
the fire of the sea → GOLD
The tree of the GOLD → MAN
reis ‘rose’
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rísa (verb): rise, raise
gjalfrs ‘of the sea’
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gjalfr (noun n.; °-s): surge, waves
kennings
Lundr elds gjalfrs‘The tree of the fire of the sea ’
= MAN
the fire of the sea → GOLD
The tree of the GOLD → MAN
gjalfrs ‘of the sea’
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gjalfr (noun n.; °-s): surge, waves
kennings
Lundr elds gjalfrs‘The tree of the fire of the sea ’
= MAN
the fire of the sea → GOLD
The tree of the GOLD → MAN
frá ‘from’
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frá (prep.): from
grundu ‘the ground’
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
goðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
orðum ‘by the words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
notes
[2] …: Konráð Gíslason proposed adding vel ‘well’ to fill the metrical lacuna here (Nj 1875-8, II, 252).
skorðaðr ‘supported’
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2. skorða (verb): support
elds ‘of the fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
kennings
Lundr elds gjalfrs‘The tree of the fire of the sea ’
= MAN
the fire of the sea → GOLD
The tree of the GOLD → MAN
elds ‘of the fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
kennings
Lundr elds gjalfrs‘The tree of the fire of the sea ’
= MAN
the fire of the sea → GOLD
The tree of the GOLD → MAN
vas ‘had’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
áðr ‘previously’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
foldar ‘earth’
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fold (noun f.): land
orm ‘of the serpent’
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ormr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): serpent < ormstallr (noun m.)
kennings
boði ormstalls‘the messenger of the serpent-lair ’
= MAN
the serpent-lair → GOLD
the messenger of the GOLD → MAN
orm ‘of the serpent’
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ormr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): serpent < ormstallr (noun m.)
kennings
boði ormstalls‘the messenger of the serpent-lair ’
= MAN
the serpent-lair → GOLD
the messenger of the GOLD → MAN
stalls ‘lair’
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stallr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): seat, stall, support < ormstallr (noun m.)
kennings
boði ormstalls‘the messenger of the serpent-lair ’
= MAN
the serpent-lair → GOLD
the messenger of the GOLD → MAN
stalls ‘lair’
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stallr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): seat, stall, support < ormstallr (noun m.)
kennings
boði ormstalls‘the messenger of the serpent-lair ’
= MAN
the serpent-lair → GOLD
the messenger of the GOLD → MAN
boði ‘the messenger’
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boði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): messenger, breaker
kennings
boði ormstalls‘the messenger of the serpent-lair ’
= MAN
the serpent-lair → GOLD
the messenger of the GOLD → MAN
fallinn ‘fallen’
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falla (verb): fall
Log ‘of the fire’
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log (noun n.; °; -): flame < logstýfir (noun m.)
kennings
Vánar logstýfir‘the fire-snipper of Vôn’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fire of Vôn → GOLD
The snipper of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
Log ‘of the fire’
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log (noun n.; °; -): flame < logstýfir (noun m.)
kennings
Vánar logstýfir‘the fire-snipper of Vôn’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fire of Vôn → GOLD
The snipper of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
stýfir ‘The snipper’
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stýfir (noun m.): [snipper] < logstýfir (noun m.)
kennings
Vánar logstýfir‘the fire-snipper of Vôn’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fire of Vôn → GOLD
The snipper of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
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
[5] bað: ‘bęþ’ 673b
leyfa ‘to permit’
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leyfa (verb): permit; praise
notes
[6] ljóss ‘bright’: Emendation proposed in Skj B.
ljóss ‘of the bright’
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ljóss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
[6] ljóss: ljós 673b
kennings
þengil ljóss vegs engla‘the ruler of the bright path of angels ’
= God
the bright path of angels → HEAVEN
the ruler of the HEAVEN → God
ljóss ‘of the bright’
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ljóss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
[6] ljóss: ljós 673b
kennings
þengil ljóss vegs engla‘the ruler of the bright path of angels ’
= God
the bright path of angels → HEAVEN
the ruler of the HEAVEN → God
engla ‘of angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
kennings
þengil ljóss vegs engla‘the ruler of the bright path of angels ’
= God
the bright path of angels → HEAVEN
the ruler of the HEAVEN → God
engla ‘of angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
kennings
þengil ljóss vegs engla‘the ruler of the bright path of angels ’
= God
the bright path of angels → HEAVEN
the ruler of the HEAVEN → God
sér ‘him’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
þengil ‘the ruler’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
kennings
þengil ljóss vegs engla‘the ruler of the bright path of angels ’
= God
the bright path of angels → HEAVEN
the ruler of the HEAVEN → God
Vánar ‘of Vôn’
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Ván (noun f.): Ván
kennings
Vánar logstýfir‘the fire-snipper of Vôn’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fire of Vôn → GOLD
The snipper of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
Vánar ‘of Vôn’
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Ván (noun f.): Ván
kennings
Vánar logstýfir‘the fire-snipper of Vôn’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fire of Vôn → GOLD
The snipper of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
vífi ‘wife’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
sínu ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
vegs ‘path’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
[8] vegs: ‘[...]egs’ 673b, ‘uegs’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
kennings
þengil ljóss vegs engla‘the ruler of the bright path of angels ’
= God
the bright path of angels → HEAVEN
the ruler of the HEAVEN → God
notes
[8] vegs ‘of the path’: Both Þorsteinn Helgason and Finnur Jónsson thought they could read the <v> or <u> in the ms. While the letter is no longer visible, it is determined by the alliteration.
vegs ‘path’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
[8] vegs: ‘[...]egs’ 673b, ‘uegs’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
kennings
þengil ljóss vegs engla‘the ruler of the bright path of angels ’
= God
the bright path of angels → HEAVEN
the ruler of the HEAVEN → God
notes
[8] vegs ‘of the path’: Both Þorsteinn Helgason and Finnur Jónsson thought they could read the <v> or <u> in the ms. While the letter is no longer visible, it is determined by the alliteration.
þessi ‘about these’
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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this
rǫk ‘omens’
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2. rak (noun n.; °; *-): omen, lore
segja ‘to tell’
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segja (verb): say, tell
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Lundr reis gjalfrs frá grundu |
The tree of the fire of the sea [GOLD > MAN] rose from the ground … supported by the words of God; the messenger of the serpent-lair [GOLD > MAN] had previously fallen to earth. The snipper of the fire of Vôn <river> [(lit. ‘the fire-snipper of Vôn’) GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] asked the ruler of the bright path of angels [HEAVEN > = God] to permit him to tell his wife about these omens.
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