Anon Pl 23VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 23’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 196.
Hlaut ‘received’
sveinn ‘[One] boy’
sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant
[1] sveinn: ‘svenn’ 673b
hjarðar ‘of the herd’
hjǫrð (noun f.; °hjarðar, dat. -/-u; hjarðir/hjarðar): herd
[1] hjarðar: hirðar 673b
gætis ‘guardian’
notes
[2] hugstœðr ‘the hateful’: Finnur Jónsson (1887 and Skj A) read hugskœðr ‘evil-/injury-minded’ (the <t>/<c> is partially missing). Jón Helgason, however, was sure of the ‘t’ reading.
notes
[2] hugstœðr ‘the hateful’: Finnur Jónsson (1887 and Skj A) read hugskœðr ‘evil-/injury-minded’ (the <t>/<c> is partially missing). Jón Helgason, however, was sure of the ‘t’ reading.
léo ‘lion’
flœði ‘fled’
gripu ‘seized’
œzta ‘the most excellent’
œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
[4] œzta: ‘øts(ta)’(?) 673b, ‘øtser’ 673bÞH, ‘øt[...]’ 673bFJ, ‘øt(sta)’(?) 673bSkj
frá ‘from’
vǫrgum ‘the wolves’
Fjǫr ‘of the life’
kennings
Bǫrvar fjǫrnæms fleins‘Trees of the life-taking spear ’
= WARRIORS
Trees of the life-taking spear → WARRIORS
kennings
Bǫrvar fjǫrnæms fleins‘Trees of the life-taking spear ’
= WARRIORS
Trees of the life-taking spear → WARRIORS
kennings
Bǫrvar fjǫrnæms fleins‘Trees of the life-taking spear ’
= WARRIORS
Trees of the life-taking spear → WARRIORS
fleins ‘spear’
kennings
Bǫrvar fjǫrnæms fleins‘Trees of the life-taking spear ’
= WARRIORS
Trees of the life-taking spear → WARRIORS
í ‘in’
þorpi ‘village’
einu ‘the same’
kennings
hvatendr glyggs blóðíss‘the hasteners of the storm of the blood-ice ’
= WARRIORS
the blood-ice → SWORD
the storm of the SWORD → BATTLE
the hasteners of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
kennings
hvatendr glyggs blóðíss‘the hasteners of the storm of the blood-ice ’
= WARRIORS
the blood-ice → SWORD
the storm of the SWORD → BATTLE
the hasteners of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
hvatendr ‘the hasteners’
hvatandi (noun m.): inciter, hastener
[7] glyggs hvatendr: ‘glygg ihꜹatendr’ 673b
kennings
hvatendr glyggs blóðíss‘the hasteners of the storm of the blood-ice ’
= WARRIORS
the blood-ice → SWORD
the storm of the SWORD → BATTLE
the hasteners of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
blóð ‘of the blood’
kennings
hvatendr glyggs blóðíss‘the hasteners of the storm of the blood-ice ’
= WARRIORS
the blood-ice → SWORD
the storm of the SWORD → BATTLE
the hasteners of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
blóð ‘of the blood’
kennings
hvatendr glyggs blóðíss‘the hasteners of the storm of the blood-ice ’
= WARRIORS
the blood-ice → SWORD
the storm of the SWORD → BATTLE
the hasteners of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
blóð ‘of the blood’
kennings
hvatendr glyggs blóðíss‘the hasteners of the storm of the blood-ice ’
= WARRIORS
the blood-ice → SWORD
the storm of the SWORD → BATTLE
the hasteners of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
kennings
hvatendr glyggs blóðíss‘the hasteners of the storm of the blood-ice ’
= WARRIORS
the blood-ice → SWORD
the storm of the SWORD → BATTLE
the hasteners of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
kennings
hvatendr glyggs blóðíss‘the hasteners of the storm of the blood-ice ’
= WARRIORS
the blood-ice → SWORD
the storm of the SWORD → BATTLE
the hasteners of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
kennings
hvatendr glyggs blóðíss‘the hasteners of the storm of the blood-ice ’
= WARRIORS
the blood-ice → SWORD
the storm of the SWORD → BATTLE
the hasteners of the BATTLE → WARRIORS
né ‘did not’
til ‘’
vissusk ‘know of one another’
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Hlaut sveinn hjarðar gætis |
[One] boy received the most excellent help from a herdsman [lit. guardian of the herd]; the hateful lion fled; farmhands seized the other from the wolves. Trees of the life-taking spear [WARRIORS] raised both brothers in the same village; the hasteners of the storm of the blood-ice [SWORD > BATTLE > WARRIORS] did not know of one another.
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