Anon Pl 31VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 31’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 200-1.
unz ‘until’
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2. unz (conj.): until
hvar ‘in everything’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every < hvardyggr (adj.)
dyggvan ‘honourable’
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dyggr (adj.; °dyggvan/dyggan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr/-str): trustworthy < hvardyggr (adj.)
[1] ‑dyggvan: ‑dyggva corrected from ‘‑dyggvan’ 673b
notes
[1, 6] -dyggvan, -stefni ‘honourable, -ruler’: Emendations proposed in Nj 1875-8, II, 52.
hugga ‘to comfort’
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hugga (verb): comfort
happ ‘the mercy’
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happ (noun n.; °-s; *-): fortune, luck < happmildr (adj.)
kennings
happmildr konungr láðhofs‘the mercy-granting king of the earth-temple ’
= God
the earth-temple → SKY/HEAVEN
the mercy-granting king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[2] happmildr ‘mercy-granting’: Lit. ‘fortune-generous’ or ‘fortune-pious’, the only example of this cpd in poetry.
mildr ‘granting’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous < happmildr (adj.)
[2] ‑mildr: ‘mill[...]’ 673b
kennings
happmildr konungr láðhofs‘the mercy-granting king of the earth-temple ’
= God
the earth-temple → SKY/HEAVEN
the mercy-granting king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[2] happmildr ‘mercy-granting’: Lit. ‘fortune-generous’ or ‘fortune-pious’, the only example of this cpd in poetry.
konungr ‘king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
kennings
happmildr konungr láðhofs‘the mercy-granting king of the earth-temple ’
= God
the earth-temple → SKY/HEAVEN
the mercy-granting king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
vildi ‘wished’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
láð ‘of the earth’
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2. láð (noun n.): earth, land < láðhof (noun n.)
kennings
happmildr konungr láðhofs‘the mercy-granting king of the earth-temple ’
= God
the earth-temple → SKY/HEAVEN
the mercy-granting king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
láð ‘of the earth’
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2. láð (noun n.): earth, land < láðhof (noun n.)
kennings
happmildr konungr láðhofs‘the mercy-granting king of the earth-temple ’
= God
the earth-temple → SKY/HEAVEN
the mercy-granting king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
hofs ‘temple’
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1. hóf (noun n.; °-s; -): court, temple < láðhof (noun n.)
kennings
happmildr konungr láðhofs‘the mercy-granting king of the earth-temple ’
= God
the earth-temple → SKY/HEAVEN
the mercy-granting king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
hofs ‘temple’
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1. hóf (noun n.; °-s; -): court, temple < láðhof (noun n.)
kennings
happmildr konungr láðhofs‘the mercy-granting king of the earth-temple ’
= God
the earth-temple → SKY/HEAVEN
the mercy-granting king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
lyp*ti ‘the bearing’
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lyfta (verb): lift, raise < lyftimóði (noun m.)
[3] lyp*ti‑: ‘lyfste’ 673b
kennings
lyp*ti-Móða farms leggjar,‘the bearing-Móði of the cargo of the arm, ’
= MAN
the cargo of the arm, → GOLD
the bearing-Móði of the GOLD → MAN
notes
[3] lypti- ‘bearing-’: Ms. ‘lyfste’: cf. st. 26/1.
Móða ‘Móði’
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Móði (noun m.): Móði < lyftimóði (noun m.)
kennings
lyp*ti-Móða farms leggjar,‘the bearing-Móði of the cargo of the arm, ’
= MAN
the cargo of the arm, → GOLD
the bearing-Móði of the GOLD → MAN
leggjar ‘of the arm’
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leggr (noun m.; °-jar, dat. -; -ir): limb
kennings
lyp*ti-Móða farms leggjar,‘the bearing-Móði of the cargo of the arm, ’
= MAN
the cargo of the arm, → GOLD
the bearing-Móði of the GOLD → MAN
leggjar ‘of the arm’
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leggr (noun m.; °-jar, dat. -; -ir): limb
kennings
lyp*ti-Móða farms leggjar,‘the bearing-Móði of the cargo of the arm, ’
= MAN
the cargo of the arm, → GOLD
the bearing-Móði of the GOLD → MAN
farms ‘of the cargo’
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farmr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): cargo
kennings
lyp*ti-Móða farms leggjar,‘the bearing-Móði of the cargo of the arm, ’
= MAN
the cargo of the arm, → GOLD
the bearing-Móði of the GOLD → MAN
farms ‘of the cargo’
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farmr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): cargo
kennings
lyp*ti-Móða farms leggjar,‘the bearing-Móði of the cargo of the arm, ’
= MAN
the cargo of the arm, → GOLD
the bearing-Móði of the GOLD → MAN
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
harmi ‘his sorrow’
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Harmr (noun m.): Velfjorden
þá ‘when’
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2. þá (adv.): then
notes
[5] þás ‘when’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emended to þá ‘then’ to make a main cl. here, but a main cl. would require a verb in syntactic position 2 and is in any case unnecessary.
s ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
notes
[5] þás ‘when’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emended to þá ‘then’ to make a main cl. here, but a main cl. would require a verb in syntactic position 2 and is in any case unnecessary.
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
huggun ‘consolation’
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huggun (noun f.; °hugganar/huggunar; hugganir): comfort
hôva ‘supreme’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
her ‘to the army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host < herstefnir (noun m.): army-leader
kennings
herstefni*‘to the army-ruler ’
= WARRIOR
to the army-ruler → WARRIOR
stefni* ‘ruler’
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stefnir (noun m.): commander < herstefnir (noun m.): army-leader
[6] ‑stefni*: ‑stefnir 673b
kennings
herstefni*‘to the army-ruler ’
= WARRIOR
to the army-ruler → WARRIOR
notes
[1, 6] -dyggvan, -stefni ‘honourable, -ruler’: Emendations proposed in Nj 1875-8, II, 52.
réð ‘’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
efna ‘fulfilled’
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2. efna (verb; °-fnd-): fulfil
sið ‘the faith’
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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals < siðbjóðr (noun m.)
kennings
siðbjóðr snotra lýða,‘the faith-bringer to wise men, ’
= Christ
the faith-bringer to wise men, → Christ
bjóðr ‘bringer’
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2. bjóðr (noun m.): inviter < siðbjóðr (noun m.)
kennings
siðbjóðr snotra lýða,‘the faith-bringer to wise men, ’
= Christ
the faith-bringer to wise men, → Christ
snotra ‘to wise’
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snotr (adj.): wise
kennings
siðbjóðr snotra lýða,‘the faith-bringer to wise men, ’
= Christ
the faith-bringer to wise men, → Christ
lýða ‘men’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
kennings
siðbjóðr snotra lýða,‘the faith-bringer to wise men, ’
= Christ
the faith-bringer to wise men, → Christ
sín ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
heit ‘promise’
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heit (noun n.; °; -): promise
friðar ‘of peace’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
kennings
veitir friðar,‘the giver of peace, ’
= Christ
the giver of peace, → Christ
veitir ‘the giver’
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veitir (noun m.): giver
kennings
veitir friðar,‘the giver of peace, ’
= Christ
the giver of peace, → Christ
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unz hvardyggvan hugga |
until the mercy-granting king of the earth-temple [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] wished to comfort the bearing-Móði <god> of the cargo of the arm [GOLD > MAN], honourable in everything, in his sorrow, when the faith-bringer to wise men [= Christ], the giver of peace [= Christ], fulfilled his promise to the army-ruler [WARRIOR] with supreme consolation.
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