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’
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hljóta (verb): alot, gain
sveinn ‘[One] boy’
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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant
[1] sveinn: ‘svenn’ 673b
hirðar ‘’
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hirð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(FskB 53)): retinue
hjarðar ‘of the herd’
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hjǫrð (noun f.; °hjarðar, dat. -/-u; hjarðir/hjarðar): herd
[1] hjarðar: hirðar 673b
gætis ‘guardian’
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gætir (noun m.): guardian
hug ‘’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage < hugstœðr (adj.)
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.
stœðr ‘the hateful’
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-stœðr (adj.): [hateful] < hugstœðr (adj.)
[2] ‑stœðr (‘‑støþr’): ‘‑scøþr’ 673bFJ
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’
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1. leó (noun m.; °-): [lion]
flœði ‘fled’
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flýja (verb): to flee, take flight
menn ‘hands’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < akrmaðr (noun m.): °farm worker, farm hand employed in the fields
gripu ‘seized’
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grípa (verb): seize, grasp
annan ‘the other’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
œzta ‘the most excellent’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
[4] œzta: ‘øts(ta)’(?) 673b, ‘øtser’ 673bÞH, ‘øt[...]’ 673bFJ, ‘øt(sta)’(?) 673bSkj
bjǫrg ‘help’
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bjǫrg (noun f.; °bjargar; bjargir): help, deliverance
frá ‘from’
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frá (prep.): from
vǫrgum ‘the wolves’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf
Fjǫr ‘of the life’
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fjǫr (noun n.): life < fjǫrnæmr (adj.)
kennings
Bǫrvar fjǫrnæms fleins‘Trees of the life-taking spear ’
= WARRIORS
Trees of the life-taking spear → WARRIORS
næms ‘taking’
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næmr (adj.; °superl. -astr/-str): [practised, taking] < fjǫrnæmr (adj.)
kennings
Bǫrvar fjǫrnæms fleins‘Trees of the life-taking spear ’
= WARRIORS
Trees of the life-taking spear → WARRIORS
fœddu ‘raised’
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2. fœða (verb): to feed, give food to, bring up, bear, give birth to
bǫrvar ‘Trees’
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bǫrr (noun m.): tree
[5] bǫrvar (‘bꜵrvar’): ‘borvar’ 673bÞH, ‘b[...]ruar’ 673bFJ
kennings
Bǫrvar fjǫrnæms fleins‘Trees of the life-taking spear ’
= WARRIORS
Trees of the life-taking spear → WARRIORS
fleins ‘spear’
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fleinn (noun m.; °dat. fleini): spear
kennings
Bǫrvar fjǫrnæms fleins‘Trees of the life-taking spear ’
= WARRIORS
Trees of the life-taking spear → WARRIORS
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
þorpi ‘village’
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þorp (noun n.; °-s; -): village
einu ‘the same’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
glyggs ‘of the storm’
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glygg (noun n.; °-s; -): storm
[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
glyggs ‘of the storm’
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glygg (noun n.; °-s; -): storm
[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
hvatendr ‘the hasteners’
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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
báða ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
blóð ‘of the blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood < blóðíss (noun m.): [blood-ice]
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’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood < blóðíss (noun m.): [blood-ice]
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’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood < blóðíss (noun m.): [blood-ice]
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
íss ‘ice’
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íss (noun m.; °íss; dat. ísi/ís; ísar): ice < blóðíss (noun m.): [blood-ice]
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
íss ‘ice’
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íss (noun m.; °íss; dat. ísi/ís; ísar): ice < blóðíss (noun m.): [blood-ice]
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
íss ‘ice’
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íss (noun m.; °íss; dat. ísi/ís; ísar): ice < blóðíss (noun m.): [blood-ice]
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’
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né (conj.): nor
til ‘’
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til (prep.): to
vissusk ‘know of one another’
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1. vita (verb): know
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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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