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Anon Pl 37^VII

Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 37’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 204.

Anonymous Poems Plácitusdrápa

Kvaddi ‘spoke’

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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet

krapti ‘with power’

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1. kraftr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/- ; -ar): power

notes

[1] krapti ‘with power’: Or possibly ‘with virtue’

prýddan ‘adorned’

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prýða (verb): adorn

Krists ‘of Christ’

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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ

[2] Krists: ‘crist’ 673b

rǫdd ‘The voice’

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rǫdd (noun f.; °raddar, dat. -/u; raddir): voice

ara ‘of the eagle’

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1. ari (noun m.; °-a; -ar): eagle

[2] ara: ‘[...]ra’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘ata’ 673bÞH

kennings

nisti ara,
‘to the feeder of the eagle, ’
= WARRIOR
to the feeder of the eagle, → WARRIOR

nisti ‘to the feeder’

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nistir (noun m.): feeder

[2] nisti: ‘nist[...]’ 673b, ‘niste’ 673bÞH, ‘nister’ 673bFJ

kennings

nisti ara,
‘to the feeder of the eagle, ’
= WARRIOR
to the feeder of the eagle, → WARRIOR

Dýrð ‘glory’

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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory

hittir ‘will come upon’

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hitta (verb): meet, encounter

þik ‘you’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

dróttins ‘of the Lord’

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

dygg ‘the noble’

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dyggr (adj.; °dyggvan/dyggan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr/-str): trustworthy

skala* ‘shall not’

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skulu (verb): shall, should, must

[4] skal*a: ‘skalla’ 673b

notes

[4] skal*a ‘shall not’: Emendation proposed by Finnur Jónsson 1887. Cf. Nj 1875-8, II, 51-2.

þú ‘You’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

nú ‘now’

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nú (adv.): now

hryggvask ‘be sorrowful’

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hryggja (verb): distress

Tíð ‘The time’

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1. tíð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time

kømr ‘to come’

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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come

sóknar ‘of attack’

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sókn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): attack, fight

kennings

sendir seiða sóknar,
‘mover of the fish of attack, ’
= WARRIOR
the fish of attack, → SWORD
mover of the SWORD → WARRIOR

sóknar ‘of attack’

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sókn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): attack, fight

kennings

sendir seiða sóknar,
‘mover of the fish of attack, ’
= WARRIOR
the fish of attack, → SWORD
mover of the SWORD → WARRIOR

seiða ‘of the fish’

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2. seiðr (noun m.): coalfish

kennings

sendir seiða sóknar,
‘mover of the fish of attack, ’
= WARRIOR
the fish of attack, → SWORD
mover of the SWORD → WARRIOR

notes

[5] seiða (gen. pl.) ‘of the fish’: Seiðr is a saithe or coalfish.

seiða ‘of the fish’

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2. seiðr (noun m.): coalfish

kennings

sendir seiða sóknar,
‘mover of the fish of attack, ’
= WARRIOR
the fish of attack, → SWORD
mover of the SWORD → WARRIOR

notes

[5] seiða (gen. pl.) ‘of the fish’: Seiðr is a saithe or coalfish.

sendir ‘mover’

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sendir (noun m.): sender, distributor

kennings

sendir seiða sóknar,
‘mover of the fish of attack, ’
= WARRIOR
the fish of attack, → SWORD
mover of the SWORD → WARRIOR

þér ‘you’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

at ‘for’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

hendi ‘’

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

enn ‘yet’

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4. en (conj.): than

sú ‘’

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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 ‘which’

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

yðr ‘you’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

mun ‘will’

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munu (verb): will, must

finna ‘bring’

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2. finna (verb): find, meet

auð ‘riches’

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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

veg ‘honour’

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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour

fyr ‘instead of’

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

nauðir ‘affliction’

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neyð (noun f.; °dat. -): need, distress

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