Anon Pl 38VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 38’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 204-5.
Blik ‘of the shine’
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blik (noun n.): gleam < bliktýnir (noun m.)
kennings
Sunds bliktýnir‘shine-destroyer of the channel’
= GENEROUS MAN
the shine of the channel → GOLD
The destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
Blik ‘of the shine’
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blik (noun n.): gleam < bliktýnir (noun m.)
kennings
Sunds bliktýnir‘shine-destroyer of the channel’
= GENEROUS MAN
the shine of the channel → GOLD
The destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
týnir ‘The destroyer’
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týnir (noun m.): destroyer < bliktýnir (noun m.)
kennings
Sunds bliktýnir‘shine-destroyer of the channel’
= GENEROUS MAN
the shine of the channel → GOLD
The destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
vann ‘gave’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
beina ‘hospitality’
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beini (noun m.; °-a): hospitality
baug ‘the ring’
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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring < bauglestandi (noun m.)
kennings
bauglestanda.‘the ring-destroyer. ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the ring-destroyer. → GENEROUS MAN
lestanda ‘destroyer’
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lestandi (noun m.): [destroyer] < bauglestandi (noun m.)
kennings
bauglestanda.‘the ring-destroyer. ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the ring-destroyer. → GENEROUS MAN
gestum ‘to the guests’
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gestr (noun m.): guest, stranger
sunds ‘of the channel’
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sund (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, strait; swimming
kennings
Sunds bliktýnir‘shine-destroyer of the channel’
= GENEROUS MAN
the shine of the channel → GOLD
The destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
sunds ‘of the channel’
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sund (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, strait; swimming
kennings
Sunds bliktýnir‘shine-destroyer of the channel’
= GENEROUS MAN
the shine of the channel → GOLD
The destroyer of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN
tóksk ‘lifted’
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2. taka (verb): take
[3] tóksk: ‘tocs[...]’ 673b, ‘tocst’ 673bÞH, ‘tocsk’ 673bFJ, ‘iocsk’ 673bJH
notes
[3] tóksk af ‘passed from, lifted’: Tóksk is very faint in the ms. and Jón Helgason (1932-3) read ‘iocsk’ (jóksk ‘increased’). The <f> is unfinished in af and Jón emends to at, producing a reading ‘deep sorrow increased for [Plácitus]’. In support of this reading, he cites the saga, which at this point states that Plácitus’s sorrow increases: ... og minntist hinnz fyrra lyfsinnz og matti ey uatnne hallda, af miklum hrigdleyk ‘[he] remembered his former life and could not stop himself from weeping from his great affliction’ (Tucker 1998, 81); also other uses of at hǫndum, at hendi in the poem in sts 37/6 and 44/7. However, although faint, the ms. is more likely to read ‘tocsk’ and ‘af’ than Jón’s suggestions.
harmr ‘sorrow’
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1. harmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sorrow, grief
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
notes
[3] tóksk af ‘passed from, lifted’: Tóksk is very faint in the ms. and Jón Helgason (1932-3) read ‘iocsk’ (jóksk ‘increased’). The <f> is unfinished in af and Jón emends to at, producing a reading ‘deep sorrow increased for [Plácitus]’. In support of this reading, he cites the saga, which at this point states that Plácitus’s sorrow increases: ... og minntist hinnz fyrra lyfsinnz og matti ey uatnne hallda, af miklum hrigdleyk ‘[he] remembered his former life and could not stop himself from weeping from his great affliction’ (Tucker 1998, 81); also other uses of at hǫndum, at hendi in the poem in sts 37/6 and 44/7. However, although faint, the ms. is more likely to read ‘tocsk’ and ‘af’ than Jón’s suggestions.
hǫndum ‘’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
hôr ‘deep’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
s ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
komnir ‘arrived’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
vôru ‘had’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[4] vôru: ‘u[...]r[...]’ 673b, ‘uaro’ 673bÞH, ‘uoro’ 673bFJ
Útbeiti ‘the steerer’
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útbeitir (noun m.): [steerer]
kennings
útbeiti skíðs Áta,‘the steerer of the ski of Áti, ’
= SEAFARER
the ski of Áti, → SHIP
the steerer of the SHIP → SEAFARER
frá ‘have heard’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
k ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
Áta ‘of Áti’
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Áti (noun m.): Áti
kennings
útbeiti skíðs Áta,‘the steerer of the ski of Áti, ’
= SEAFARER
the ski of Áti, → SHIP
the steerer of the SHIP → SEAFARER
Áta ‘of Áti’
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Áti (noun m.): Áti
kennings
útbeiti skíðs Áta,‘the steerer of the ski of Áti, ’
= SEAFARER
the ski of Áti, → SHIP
the steerer of the SHIP → SEAFARER
undrask ‘wondered at’
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undra (verb): be surprised, amazed
fundu ‘they sensed’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
skíðs ‘of the ski’
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skíð (noun n.; °; -): ski
kennings
útbeiti skíðs Áta,‘the steerer of the ski of Áti, ’
= SEAFARER
the ski of Áti, → SHIP
the steerer of the SHIP → SEAFARER
skíðs ‘of the ski’
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skíð (noun n.; °; -): ski
kennings
útbeiti skíðs Áta,‘the steerer of the ski of Áti, ’
= SEAFARER
the ski of Áti, → SHIP
the steerer of the SHIP → SEAFARER
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
skraut ‘of the adornment’
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skraut (noun n.; °-s; dat. -um): finery < skrautvalr (noun m.)
kennings
beiði skrautvals skokks.‘the demander of the adornment-horse of the deck-plank.’
= SEAFARER
the adornment-horse of the deck-plank. → SHIP
the demander of the SHIP → SEAFARER
skraut ‘of the adornment’
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skraut (noun n.; °-s; dat. -um): finery < skrautvalr (noun m.)
kennings
beiði skrautvals skokks.‘the demander of the adornment-horse of the deck-plank.’
= SEAFARER
the adornment-horse of the deck-plank. → SHIP
the demander of the SHIP → SEAFARER
vals ‘horse’
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3. valr (noun m.; °; -ir): horse < skrautvalr (noun m.)
kennings
beiði skrautvals skokks.‘the demander of the adornment-horse of the deck-plank.’
= SEAFARER
the adornment-horse of the deck-plank. → SHIP
the demander of the SHIP → SEAFARER
vals ‘horse’
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3. valr (noun m.; °; -ir): horse < skrautvalr (noun m.)
kennings
beiði skrautvals skokks.‘the demander of the adornment-horse of the deck-plank.’
= SEAFARER
the adornment-horse of the deck-plank. → SHIP
the demander of the SHIP → SEAFARER
beiði ‘the demander’
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beiðir (noun m.): demander
kennings
beiði skrautvals skokks.‘the demander of the adornment-horse of the deck-plank.’
= SEAFARER
the adornment-horse of the deck-plank. → SHIP
the demander of the SHIP → SEAFARER
skokks ‘of the deck-plank’
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skokkr (noun m.): bottom-board
[8] skokks: ‘s[...]’ 673b, ‘scokk’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
kennings
beiði skrautvals skokks.‘the demander of the adornment-horse of the deck-plank.’
= SEAFARER
the adornment-horse of the deck-plank. → SHIP
the demander of the SHIP → SEAFARER
notes
[8] skokks ‘of the deck-plank’: The word skokkr appears to refer to part of a ship (LP). Jesch (2001a, 151-3) and Lindquist 1928, on the basis of its usage in Arn Þorfdr 21II and Bǫlv Hardr 4II, argue that it is synonymous with þilja ‘deck-plank (of a ship)’.
skokks ‘of the deck-plank’
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skokkr (noun m.): bottom-board
[8] skokks: ‘s[...]’ 673b, ‘scokk’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
kennings
beiði skrautvals skokks.‘the demander of the adornment-horse of the deck-plank.’
= SEAFARER
the adornment-horse of the deck-plank. → SHIP
the demander of the SHIP → SEAFARER
notes
[8] skokks ‘of the deck-plank’: The word skokkr appears to refer to part of a ship (LP). Jesch (2001a, 151-3) and Lindquist 1928, on the basis of its usage in Arn Þorfdr 21II and Bǫlv Hardr 4II, argue that it is synonymous with þilja ‘deck-plank (of a ship)’.
á ‘’
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á- ((prefix)): (prefix) < 1. áhyggja (noun f.): concern, anxiety
hyggju ‘of anxiety’
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1. hyggja (noun f.; °-u; -ur): thought, mind < 1. áhyggja (noun f.): concern, anxiety
þokka ‘a disposition’
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þokkr (noun m.): thought, disposition
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Bliktýnir vann beina |
The destroyer of the shine of the channel [(lit. ‘shine-destroyer of the channel’) GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] gave hospitality to the guests who had arrived; deep sorrow lifted from the ring-destroyer [GENEROUS MAN]. I have heard that the brothers wondered at the steerer of the ski of Áti <sea-king> [SHIP > SEAFARER], when they sensed a disposition of anxiety in the demander of the adornment-horse of the deck-plank [SHIP > SEAFARER].
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