Anon Pl 22VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 22’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 195.
Dýr ‘animal’
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1. dýr (noun n.; °-s (spec.: dyʀiɴs KonrA 66⁴, etc., cf. Seip 1955 188-189); -): animal
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[1] it frána dýr fróns ‘the fierce animal of the land’: I.e. a lion (óarga dýr ‘wild animal’ in the prose versions [Tucker 1988, 34-5]); cf. Beck 1972. The action is conventionally supposed to have taken place in Egypt.
leit ‘saw’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
fróns ‘of the land’
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2. frón (noun n.): earth, land
[1] fróns: ‘(f)[...]ons’(?) 673b, ‘frons’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
notes
[1] it frána dýr fróns ‘the fierce animal of the land’: I.e. a lion (óarga dýr ‘wild animal’ in the prose versions [Tucker 1988, 34-5]); cf. Beck 1972. The action is conventionally supposed to have taken place in Egypt.
it ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
notes
[1] it frána dýr fróns ‘the fierce animal of the land’: I.e. a lion (óarga dýr ‘wild animal’ in the prose versions [Tucker 1988, 34-5]); cf. Beck 1972. The action is conventionally supposed to have taken place in Egypt.
frána ‘fierce’
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2. fránn (adj.): bright, shining
notes
[1] it frána dýr fróns ‘the fierce animal of the land’: I.e. a lion (óarga dýr ‘wild animal’ in the prose versions [Tucker 1988, 34-5]); cf. Beck 1972. The action is conventionally supposed to have taken place in Egypt.
flein ‘The spear’
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fleinn (noun m.; °dat. fleini): spear < fleinrjóðr (noun m.): spear-reddener
kennings
Fleinrjóðr‘The spear-reddener ’
= WARRIOR
The spear-reddener → WARRIOR
rjóðr ‘reddener’
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1. rjóðr (noun m.): reddener < fleinrjóðr (noun m.): spear-reddener
kennings
Fleinrjóðr‘The spear-reddener ’
= WARRIOR
The spear-reddener → WARRIOR
koma ‘approach’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
sveini ‘the boy’
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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant
hryggr ‘distraught’
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2. hryggr (adj.; °-van/-jan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri; superl. -astr): sorrowful, sad
notes
[3-4] hann varð harða hryggr við þat ‘he became very distraught at that’: Cf. the verbal echo in the C text of the saga Vid þad vard hann mio᷎g [hrig]gur ‘At that he became very distraught’ (Tucker 1998, 35).
varð ‘became’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
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[3-4] hann varð harða hryggr við þat ‘he became very distraught at that’: Cf. the verbal echo in the C text of the saga Vid þad vard hann mio᷎g [hrig]gur ‘At that he became very distraught’ (Tucker 1998, 35).
við ‘at’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
notes
[3-4] hann varð harða hryggr við þat ‘he became very distraught at that’: Cf. the verbal echo in the C text of the saga Vid þad vard hann mio᷎g [hrig]gur ‘At that he became very distraught’ (Tucker 1998, 35).
þat ‘that’
notes
[3-4] hann varð harða hryggr við þat ‘he became very distraught at that’: Cf. the verbal echo in the C text of the saga Vid þad vard hann mio᷎g [hrig]gur ‘At that he became very distraught’ (Tucker 1998, 35).
harða ‘very’
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harða (adv.): very
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[3-4] hann varð harða hryggr við þat ‘he became very distraught at that’: Cf. the verbal echo in the C text of the saga Vid þad vard hann mio᷎g [hrig]gur ‘At that he became very distraught’ (Tucker 1998, 35).
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
notes
[3-4] hann varð harða hryggr við þat ‘he became very distraught at that’: Cf. the verbal echo in the C text of the saga Vid þad vard hann mio᷎g [hrig]gur ‘At that he became very distraught’ (Tucker 1998, 35).
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
vargr ‘a wolf’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf
tók ‘took’
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2. taka (verb): take
annan ‘the other one’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
baug ‘the ring’
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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring < baugfergir (noun m.)
kennings
baugfergir‘the ring-destroyer ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the ring-destroyer → GENEROUS MAN
fergir ‘destroyer’
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fergir (noun m.): destroyer < baugfergir (noun m.)
kennings
baugfergir‘the ring-destroyer ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the ring-destroyer → GENEROUS MAN
bjarga ‘save’
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1. bjarga (verb; °bergr (biærgr Alk619 77⁹; biargr ÓH619 119¹); barg, burgu; borginn): to save, preserve
brátt ‘quickly [enough]’
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bráðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): quick(ly)
hvôrungi ‘neither of them’
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2. hvergi (pron.): not, nowhere, neither
mátti ‘could’
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mega (verb): may, might
[6] mátti: ‘(ma)[...]’(?) 673b, ‘matte’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
dýr ‘the beasts’
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1. dýr (noun n.; °-s (spec.: dyʀiɴs KonrA 66⁴, etc., cf. Seip 1955 188-189); -): animal
þás ‘as’
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2. þá (adv.): then
dyggva ‘the excellent’
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dyggr (adj.; °dyggvan/dyggan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr/-str): trustworthy
hlýra ‘brothers’
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hlýri (noun m.): brother
drógu ‘dragged’
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2. draga (verb; °dregr; dró, drógu; dreginn/droget(Hirð NKS 1642 4° 146v²⁹; cf. [$962$])): drag, pull, draw
braut ‘away’
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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
skógar ‘the wood’
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Skógar (noun m.): [wood]
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