Anon Pl 20VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 20’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 194.
Sýnir ‘The demonstrator’
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sýnir (noun m.): [demonstrator]
kennings
Sýnir trausts seggja‘The demonstrator of support to men ’
= RULER
The demonstrator of support to men → RULER
gekk ‘went’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
sína ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
seggja ‘to men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
kennings
Sýnir trausts seggja‘The demonstrator of support to men ’
= RULER
The demonstrator of support to men → RULER
trausts ‘of support’
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traust (noun n.; °-s/-): support, protection
[2] trausts: ‘trauste’ or ‘traustc’ or ‘trausts’ 673bÞH, ‘traustc’ 673bFJ
kennings
Sýnir trausts seggja‘The demonstrator of support to men ’
= RULER
The demonstrator of support to men → RULER
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
flausti ‘the ship’
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flaustr (noun n.): ship
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þrek ‘the powerful’
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þrek (noun n.): courage, strength < þrekmaðr (noun m.)
manns ‘man’s’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < þrekmaðr (noun m.)
ævi ‘life’
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ævi (noun f.; °-/-ar): life
þung ‘heavy’
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þungr (adj.): heavy
tvá ‘two’
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tveir (num. cardinal): two
sonu ‘sons’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
unga ‘young’
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ungr (adj.): young
Seim ‘The gold’
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2. seimr (noun m.; °dat. -i): gold < seimtýnir (noun m.)
kennings
Seimtýnir‘The gold-destroyer ’
= GENEROUS MAN
The gold-destroyer → GENEROUS MAN
týnir ‘destroyer’
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týnir (noun m.): destroyer < seimtýnir (noun m.)
kennings
Seimtýnir‘The gold-destroyer ’
= GENEROUS MAN
The gold-destroyer → GENEROUS MAN
sveinum ‘the boys’
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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant
notes
[5] sveinum ‘the boys’: Cf. NN §1246. Finnur Jónsson (1887 and Skj B) emends to sveina and reads with báða ‘both’, but transitive koma ‘bring’ with dat. object is unproblematic.
søkk ‘of the jewel’
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2. søkk (noun n.): treasure < søkkmeiðr (noun m.)
[6] søkk‑: ‘sc[...]k’ 673b, ‘scok’ 673bÞH, ‘s.ok’ 673bFJ
kennings
nenninn borðs* søkkmeiðr‘jewel-tree of the gunwale’
= SEAFARER
the jewel of the gunwale → SHIELD
the brave tree of the SHIELD → SEAFARER
notes
[6] søkk- ‘jewel-’: Emendation proposed by Jón Helgason 1932-3. Skj B has sól- ‘sun’ but this involves further emendation of the ‘k’ visible in the ms.
søkk ‘of the jewel’
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2. søkk (noun n.): treasure < søkkmeiðr (noun m.)
[6] søkk‑: ‘sc[...]k’ 673b, ‘scok’ 673bÞH, ‘s.ok’ 673bFJ
kennings
nenninn borðs* søkkmeiðr‘jewel-tree of the gunwale’
= SEAFARER
the jewel of the gunwale → SHIELD
the brave tree of the SHIELD → SEAFARER
notes
[6] søkk- ‘jewel-’: Emendation proposed by Jón Helgason 1932-3. Skj B has sól- ‘sun’ but this involves further emendation of the ‘k’ visible in the ms.
meiðr ‘tree’
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meiðr (noun m.): beam, tree < søkkmeiðr (noun m.)
kennings
nenninn borðs* søkkmeiðr‘jewel-tree of the gunwale’
= SEAFARER
the jewel of the gunwale → SHIELD
the brave tree of the SHIELD → SEAFARER
at ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
breiðri ‘a broad’
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breiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): broad, wide
borðs* ‘of the gunwale’
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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table
[7] borðs*: ‘borþsc’ 673b
kennings
nenninn borðs* søkkmeiðr‘jewel-tree of the gunwale’
= SEAFARER
the jewel of the gunwale → SHIELD
the brave tree of the SHIELD → SEAFARER
borðs* ‘of the gunwale’
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borð (noun n.; °-s; -): side, plank, board; table
[7] borðs*: ‘borþsc’ 673b
kennings
nenninn borðs* søkkmeiðr‘jewel-tree of the gunwale’
= SEAFARER
the jewel of the gunwale → SHIELD
the brave tree of the SHIELD → SEAFARER
né ‘did not’
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né (conj.): nor
báða ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
þorði ‘dare’
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þora (verb): dare
bera ‘to carry’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
senn ‘at once’
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senn (adv.): at once
yfir ‘over’
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yfir (prep.): over
nenninn ‘the brave’
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nenninn (adj.): vigorous
kennings
nenninn borðs* søkkmeiðr‘jewel-tree of the gunwale’
= SEAFARER
the jewel of the gunwale → SHIELD
the brave tree of the SHIELD → SEAFARER
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Sýnir gekk með sína |
The demonstrator of support to men [RULER] went with his two young sons from the ship; the powerful man’s life was heavy then. The gold-destroyer [GENEROUS MAN] brought the boys to a broad river; the brave tree of the jewel of the gunwale [(lit. ‘jewel-tree of the gunwale’) SHIELD > SEAFARER] did not dare to carry both over at once.
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