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Anon Pl 35^VII

Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 35’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 203.

Anonymous Poems Plácitusdrápa

Brœðr ‘brothers’

bróðir (noun m.; °bróður/brǿðr/bróðurs, dat. bróður/brǿðr/breðr, acc. bróður/brǿðr; brǿðr/bróðr/breðr (brǿðrirnir Jvs291 75¹⁴), gen. brǿ---): brother

riðu ‘rode out’

1. ríða (verb): ride

Byrfils ‘of Byrfill’

Byrfill (noun m.): Byrfill

kennings

beitis skíða Byrfils.
‘the steerer of the skis of Byrfill. ’
= SEAFARER
the skis of Byrfill. → SHIPS
the steerer of SHIPS → SEAFARER

Byrfils ‘of Byrfill’

Byrfill (noun m.): Byrfill

kennings

beitis skíða Byrfils.
‘the steerer of the skis of Byrfill. ’
= SEAFARER
the skis of Byrfill. → SHIPS
the steerer of SHIPS → SEAFARER

skíða ‘of the skis’

skíð (noun n.; °; -): ski

kennings

beitis skíða Byrfils.
‘the steerer of the skis of Byrfill. ’
= SEAFARER
the skis of Byrfill. → SHIPS
the steerer of SHIPS → SEAFARER

skíða ‘of the skis’

skíð (noun n.; °; -): ski

kennings

beitis skíða Byrfils.
‘the steerer of the skis of Byrfill. ’
= SEAFARER
the skis of Byrfill. → SHIPS
the steerer of SHIPS → SEAFARER

beitis ‘the steerer’

beitir (noun m.): steerer

kennings

beitis skíða Byrfils.
‘the steerer of the skis of Byrfill. ’
= SEAFARER
the skis of Byrfill. → SHIPS
the steerer of SHIPS → SEAFARER

tveir ‘Two’

tveir (num. cardinal): two

at ‘to’

5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

leita ‘look for’

leita (verb): seek, look for, attack

ár ‘early’

4. ár (adv.): of yore, previously, early

þeir ‘’

1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

s ‘who’

2. er (conj.): who, which, when

ítrum ‘of the glorious’

ítr (adj.): glorious

vôru ‘were’

2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

endr ‘formerly’

endr (adv.): formerly, once, again

Plácito ‘Plácitus’

Plácitus (noun m.): Plácitus, Placitus

á ‘in’

3. á (prep.): on, at

hendi ‘the service’

hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand

Fundu ‘they found’

2. finna (verb): find, meet

Gylfa ‘of Gylfi’

Gylfi (noun m.): Gylfi

kennings

grundar Gylfa glaðríðanda;
‘the horse-rider of the ground of Gylfi’
= SEAFARER
the ground of Gylfi; → SEA
the horse of the SEA → SHIP
the rider of the SHIP → SEAFARER

Gylfa ‘of Gylfi’

Gylfi (noun m.): Gylfi

kennings

grundar Gylfa glaðríðanda;
‘the horse-rider of the ground of Gylfi’
= SEAFARER
the ground of Gylfi; → SEA
the horse of the SEA → SHIP
the rider of the SHIP → SEAFARER

Gylfa ‘of Gylfi’

Gylfi (noun m.): Gylfi

kennings

grundar Gylfa glaðríðanda;
‘the horse-rider of the ground of Gylfi’
= SEAFARER
the ground of Gylfi; → SEA
the horse of the SEA → SHIP
the rider of the SHIP → SEAFARER

grundar ‘of the ground’

grund (noun f.): earth, land

[5] grundar: ‘[...]undar’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘grundar’ 673bÞH

kennings

grundar Gylfa glaðríðanda;
‘the horse-rider of the ground of Gylfi’
= SEAFARER
the ground of Gylfi; → SEA
the horse of the SEA → SHIP
the rider of the SHIP → SEAFARER

grundar ‘of the ground’

grund (noun f.): earth, land

[5] grundar: ‘[...]undar’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘grundar’ 673bÞH

kennings

grundar Gylfa glaðríðanda;
‘the horse-rider of the ground of Gylfi’
= SEAFARER
the ground of Gylfi; → SEA
the horse of the SEA → SHIP
the rider of the SHIP → SEAFARER

grundar ‘of the ground’

grund (noun f.): earth, land

[5] grundar: ‘[...]undar’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘grundar’ 673bÞH

kennings

grundar Gylfa glaðríðanda;
‘the horse-rider of the ground of Gylfi’
= SEAFARER
the ground of Gylfi; → SEA
the horse of the SEA → SHIP
the rider of the SHIP → SEAFARER

glað ‘of the horse’

1. Glaðr (noun m.): horse, Glaðr < glaðríðandi (noun m.)

kennings

grundar Gylfa glaðríðanda;
‘the horse-rider of the ground of Gylfi’
= SEAFARER
the ground of Gylfi; → SEA
the horse of the SEA → SHIP
the rider of the SHIP → SEAFARER

glað ‘of the horse’

1. Glaðr (noun m.): horse, Glaðr < glaðríðandi (noun m.)

kennings

grundar Gylfa glaðríðanda;
‘the horse-rider of the ground of Gylfi’
= SEAFARER
the ground of Gylfi; → SEA
the horse of the SEA → SHIP
the rider of the SHIP → SEAFARER

ríðanda ‘the rider’

ríðandi (noun m.; °; ríðendr): rider < glaðríðandi (noun m.)

kennings

grundar Gylfa glaðríðanda;
‘the horse-rider of the ground of Gylfi’
= SEAFARER
the ground of Gylfi; → SEA
the horse of the SEA → SHIP
the rider of the SHIP → SEAFARER

umb ‘At’

1. um (prep.): about, around

síðir ‘length’

1. síð (noun f.; °; -ir): um síðir: in the end

unnar ‘of the wave’

2. unnr (noun f.): wave

kennings

afrendan bǫr fúrs unnar.
‘the powerful tree of the fire of the wave.’
= MAN
the fire of the wave. → GOLD
the powerful tree of the GOLD → MAN

unnar ‘of the wave’

2. unnr (noun f.): wave

kennings

afrendan bǫr fúrs unnar.
‘the powerful tree of the fire of the wave.’
= MAN
the fire of the wave. → GOLD
the powerful tree of the GOLD → MAN

fúrs ‘of the fire’

fúrr (noun m.): fire

kennings

afrendan bǫr fúrs unnar.
‘the powerful tree of the fire of the wave.’
= MAN
the fire of the wave. → GOLD
the powerful tree of the GOLD → MAN

fúrs ‘of the fire’

fúrr (noun m.): fire

kennings

afrendan bǫr fúrs unnar.
‘the powerful tree of the fire of the wave.’
= MAN
the fire of the wave. → GOLD
the powerful tree of the GOLD → MAN

né ‘did not’

né (conj.): nor

ærir ‘the messengers’

1. árr (noun m.; °dat. ár; ǽrir/árar, acc. áru): messenger

[7] ærir: ‘[...]rer’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘ærer’ 673bÞH

afrendan ‘the powerful’

afrendr (adj.; °compar. -ari): powerful

kennings

afrendan bǫr fúrs unnar.
‘the powerful tree of the fire of the wave.’
= MAN
the fire of the wave. → GOLD
the powerful tree of the GOLD → MAN

bǫr ‘tree’

bǫrr (noun m.): tree

kennings

afrendan bǫr fúrs unnar.
‘the powerful tree of the fire of the wave.’
= MAN
the fire of the wave. → GOLD
the powerful tree of the GOLD → MAN

kenndu ‘recognise’

kenna (verb): know, teach

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