Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 28

Jonna Louis-Jensen

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Anon Pl 28^VII

Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 28’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 199.

Anonymous Poems Plácitusdrápa

27 28 29

Gjaltat ‘Do not repay’

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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay

[1] Gjaltat: gjaltaðu 673b

goð ‘God’

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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God

þótt ‘although’

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þó (adv.): though

[1] þótt: ‘þo [...]’ 673b, 673bÞH, ‘þo at’ 673bFJ

[2] gagls: galgs 673b

kennings

ítrs stillis leiðar gagls.
‘of the glorious ruler of the path of the goose. ’
= God
the path of the goose. → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

gagls ‘of the goose’

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gagl (noun n.): gosling

[2] gagls: galgs 673b

kennings

ítrs stillis leiðar gagls.
‘of the glorious ruler of the path of the goose. ’
= God
the path of the goose. → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

leiðar ‘of the path’

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leið (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar): path, way

kennings

ítrs stillis leiðar gagls.
‘of the glorious ruler of the path of the goose. ’
= God
the path of the goose. → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

leiðar ‘of the path’

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leið (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar): path, way

kennings

ítrs stillis leiðar gagls.
‘of the glorious ruler of the path of the goose. ’
= God
the path of the goose. → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

mér ‘me’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

reiði ‘with anger’

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2. reiði (noun f.; °-): anger

ítrs ‘of the glorious’

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ítr (adj.): glorious

kennings

ítrs stillis leiðar gagls.
‘of the glorious ruler of the path of the goose. ’
= God
the path of the goose. → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

stillis ‘ruler’

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stillir (noun m.): ruler

kennings

ítrs stillis leiðar gagls.
‘of the glorious ruler of the path of the goose. ’
= God
the path of the goose. → SKY/HEAVEN
the glorious ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

þarf ‘need’

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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary

k ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

allrar ‘all’

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allr (adj.): all

[3] allrar: allar 673b

eirar ‘the mercy’

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eir (noun f.): mercy

þurftum ‘than is necessary’

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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary

fleira ‘more’

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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most

[4] fleira: ‘fleir[...]’ 673b, ‘fleire’ or ‘fleira’ 673bÞH, fleira 673bFJ

Sett ‘Set’

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setja (verb): place, set, establish

notes

[5, 8, 6, 7] sett varðhald fyr munn minn, dróttinn ‘set a watch before my mouth, Lord’: Also found in the A and C versions of the prose saga, from Ps. CXLIII.3 Pone domine custodiam ori meo ‘Place, Lord, a watch on my mouth’.

fyr ‘before’

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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.

notes

munn ‘mouth’

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munnr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): mouth

notes

alls ‘since’

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allr (adj.): all

minnum ‘remember’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

k ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

minn ‘my’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

notes

vin ‘friendship’

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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend < vingjǫf (noun f.): friendly gift

gjafa ‘gifts of’

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gjǫf (noun f.): gift < vingjǫf (noun f.): friendly gift

[6] ‑gjafa: ‘‑gia(f)a’(?) 673b, ‘‑giara’ or ‘‑giava’ 673bÞH, ‘‑giafa’ 673bFJ

þinna ‘your’

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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your

veit ‘give’

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2. veita (verb): grant, give

oss ‘us [me]’

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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our

várkunn ‘pardon’

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várkunn (noun f.): compassion

dróttinn ‘Lord’

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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master

notes

varð ‘a watch’

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vǫrð (noun f.): woman < varðhald (noun n.): watch

notes

hald ‘’

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hald (noun n.; °-s; *-): support < varðhald (noun n.): watch

notes

konungr ‘king’

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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king

kennings

konungr aldar.’
‘king of mankind.’’
= God
king of mankind.’ → God

aldar ‘of mankind’

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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age

kennings

konungr aldar.’
‘king of mankind.’’
= God
king of mankind.’ → God

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Anon Pl 28VII

Gjaltat ‘Do not repay’

goð ‘God’

þótt ‘although’

mælta ‘spoke’

k ‘I’

galgs ‘’

gagls ‘of the goose’

kennings

gagls ‘of the goose’

kennings

leiðar ‘of the path’

kennings

leiðar ‘of the path’

kennings

mér ‘me’

reiði ‘with anger’

ítrs ‘of the glorious’

kennings

stillis ‘ruler’

kennings

þarf ‘need’

k ‘I’

allrar ‘all’

eirar ‘the mercy’

þurftum ‘than is necessary’

fleira ‘more’

Sett ‘Set’

notes

fyr ‘before’

notes

munn ‘mouth’

notes

alls ‘since’

minnum ‘remember’

k ‘I’

minn ‘my’

notes

vin ‘friendship’

gjafa ‘gifts of’

þinna ‘your’

veit ‘give’

oss ‘us [me]’

várkunn ‘pardon’

dróttinn ‘Lord’

notes

varð ‘a watch’

notes

hald ‘’

notes

konungr ‘king’

kennings

aldar ‘of mankind’

kennings

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