Anon Pl 4VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 4’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 184-5.
Heim ‘home’
hodda ‘of hoards’
kennings
Geymir hodda‘The keeper of hoards ’
= MAN
The keeper of hoards → MAN
kennings
Geymir hodda‘The keeper of hoards ’
= MAN
The keeper of hoards → MAN
hagat ‘behaved’
… ‘…’
vel ‘well’
sagði ‘telling’
vigg ‘of the horse’
kennings
Vinnils viggþollr‘the horse-tree of Vinnill’
= SEAFARER
the horse of Vinnill → SHIP
the tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
vigg ‘of the horse’
kennings
Vinnils viggþollr‘the horse-tree of Vinnill’
= SEAFARER
the horse of Vinnill → SHIP
the tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
þollr ‘the tree’
kennings
Vinnils viggþollr‘the horse-tree of Vinnill’
= SEAFARER
the horse of Vinnill → SHIP
the tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
… ‘…’
notes
[3] …: The metre requires a two-syllable word starting with v. Jón Helgason suggested vitrun ‘vision’, which was adopted in Skald and in Louis-Jensen 1998. However, vitrun is otherwise only found in C14th poetry. Skj B has of vann.
Vinnils ‘of Vinnill’
kennings
Vinnils viggþollr‘the horse-tree of Vinnill’
= SEAFARER
the horse of Vinnill → SHIP
the tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
Vinnils ‘of Vinnill’
kennings
Vinnils viggþollr‘the horse-tree of Vinnill’
= SEAFARER
the horse of Vinnill → SHIP
the tree of the SHIP → SEAFARER
kennings
bǫrvi seims.‘to the tree of gold.’
= MAN
to the tree of gold. → MAN
sér ‘to her’
sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
[5] kvað sér: ‘[...]’ 673b, ‘qvaþ ser’ 673bFJ
í ‘in’
draumi ‘a dream’
veitti ‘gave’
kennings
bǫrvi seims.‘to the tree of gold.’
= MAN
to the tree of gold. → MAN
men ‘necklace’
2. men (noun n.; °; dat. menjum): neck-ring < menreið (noun f.)
[7] menreið: ‘[...]reiþ’ 673b, ‘men reiþ’ 673bFJ
kennings
Mjúklynd menreið‘The gentle necklace-bearer ’
= WOMAN
The gentle necklace-bearer → WOMAN
reið ‘-bearer’
1. reið (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar): riding; chariot < menreið (noun f.)
[7] menreið: ‘[...]reiþ’ 673b, ‘men reiþ’ 673bFJ
kennings
Mjúklynd menreið‘The gentle necklace-bearer ’
= WOMAN
The gentle necklace-bearer → WOMAN
mána ‘of the moon’
kennings
konung slóðar mána‘the king of the path of the moon ’
= God
the path of the moon → SKY/HEAVEN
the king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
mána ‘of the moon’
kennings
konung slóðar mána‘the king of the path of the moon ’
= God
the path of the moon → SKY/HEAVEN
the king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
slóðar ‘of the path’
kennings
konung slóðar mána‘the king of the path of the moon ’
= God
the path of the moon → SKY/HEAVEN
the king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
slóðar ‘of the path’
kennings
konung slóðar mána‘the king of the path of the moon ’
= God
the path of the moon → SKY/HEAVEN
the king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
kennings
Mjúklynd menreið‘The gentle necklace-bearer ’
= WOMAN
The gentle necklace-bearer → WOMAN
notes
[8] mjúklynd ... sýndan: The same aðalhending (-lyndum ... sýndisk) occurs in st. 7/4. Such rhymes become increasingly common after C12th, usually when the vowels are followed by more than one consonant (cf. Kuhn 1977a, 528).
kennings
Mjúklynd menreið‘The gentle necklace-bearer ’
= WOMAN
The gentle necklace-bearer → WOMAN
notes
[8] mjúklynd ... sýndan: The same aðalhending (-lyndum ... sýndisk) occurs in st. 7/4. Such rhymes become increasingly common after C12th, usually when the vowels are followed by more than one consonant (cf. Kuhn 1977a, 528).
konung ‘the king’
konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
[8] konung: ‘kon[...]’ 673b, 673bHE, kona 673bÞH, konung 673bFJ
kennings
konung slóðar mána‘the king of the path of the moon ’
= God
the path of the moon → SKY/HEAVEN
the king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
sýndan ‘had appeared’
notes
[8] mjúklynd ... sýndan: The same aðalhending (-lyndum ... sýndisk) occurs in st. 7/4. Such rhymes become increasingly common after C12th, usually when the vowels are followed by more than one consonant (cf. Kuhn 1977a, 528).
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Heim kom hodda geymir; |
The keeper of hoards [MAN] came home; the tree of the horse of Vinnill <sea-king> [(lit. ‘the horse-tree of Vinnill’) SHIP > SEAFARER] … behaved well in telling his wife the excellent … The gentle necklace-bearer [WOMAN] said that the king of the path of the moon [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] had appeared to her in a dream; she gave these answers to the tree of gold [MAN].
[5-8]: Cf. the wording of these ll. with C, 54-5: Mier sýndist í nótt í svefni … sem hann siálfur kiæmi til myn ‘It appeared to me last night in a dream … as if he himself came to me’ (Louis-Jensen 1998, cxxii).
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