Anon Pl 33VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 33’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 202.
Gǫr ‘begun’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
guðr ‘Battle’
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guðr (noun f.): battle
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
verjask ‘protect himself’
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3. verja (verb): defend
gramr ‘the king’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
þurfti ‘had’
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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary
her ‘an army’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
samna ‘to gather’
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safna (verb): gather
trautt ‘with difficulty’
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trauðr (adj.): reluctant
notes
[3] trautt ‘with difficulty’: Jón Helgason 1932, but cf. NN §§2369, 2811.
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
tíginn ‘the noble’
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tíginn (adj./verb p.p.): noble
[3] tíginn: ‘tig[...]’ 673b, ‘tiginn’ 673bÞH, ‘tigeɴ’ 673bFJ
mætti ‘could’
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mega (verb): may, might
Trájánus ‘Trajan’
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Trajanus (noun m.): [Trajan]
vel ‘properly’
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vel (adv.): well, very
ráni ‘plundering’
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rán (noun n.; °-s; -): plunder, plundering
Bauð ‘bade’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
land ‘’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < landreki (noun m.): land-ruler
[5] landreki: ‘landre[...]’ 673b, ‘landreki [...]’ 673bÞH, ‘landreke’ 673bFJ
reki ‘The king’
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reki (noun m.; °-a; -ar): ruler < landreki (noun m.): land-ruler
[5] landreki: ‘landre[...]’ 673b, ‘landreki [...]’ 673bÞH, ‘landreke’ 673bFJ
lýða ‘of men’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
ríðara ‘of knights’
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riddari (noun m.; °-a; -ar): knight
fríðu ‘a fine’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
snildar ‘in prowess’
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snilld (noun f.; °-ar): eloquence, courage
framr ‘outstanding’
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framr (adj.; °compar. framari/fremri, superl. framastr/fremstr): outstanding, foremost
at ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
sverð ‘the sword’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword < sverðhríð (noun f.)
[8] sverð‑: ‘(s)[...]þ’(?) 673b, ‘suerd’ 673bÞH, ‘suerþ’ 673bFJ
kennings
sverðhríðar.‘the sword-storm.’
= BATTLE
the sword-storm. → BATTLE
hríðar ‘storm’
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hríð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time, storm < sverðhríð (noun f.)
kennings
sverðhríðar.‘the sword-storm.’
= BATTLE
the sword-storm. → BATTLE
til ‘for’
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til (prep.): to
víða ‘from far and wide’
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víðr (adj.): far
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According to the legend, an unnamed army began ravaging the Roman empire and Trajan needed to rally his forces against it. He remembered his former cavalry commander Plácitus, and asked his men where Plácitus was, but no one knew. He offered a reward to anyone who found him (st. 34), and this impelled two former soldiers who had served with Plácitus to go looking for him (st. 35).
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