Anon Pl 43VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 43’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 207-8.
Fúss ‘eagerly’
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fúss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager, willing
gerði ‘bestowed’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
veg ‘honour’
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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour
vísi ‘The ruler’
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2. vísir (noun m.): ruler
varð ‘became’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
gramr ‘the king’
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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler
[2] gramr: ‘gr[...]r’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘gramr’ 673bÞH
feginn ‘glad’
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2. feginn (adj.; °compar. fegnari, superl. fegnastr): glad, happy
[2] feginn: ‘[...]en’ 673b, ‘[...]ar’ 673bÞH, ‘fegen’ 673bFJ
harða ‘very’
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harða (adv.): very
heim ‘home’
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heim (adv.): home, back
es ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
happs ‘of good luck’
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happ (noun n.; °-s; *-): fortune, luck
kennings
geymir happs‘the minder of good luck ’
= MAN
the minder of good luck → MAN
kom ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
geymir ‘the minder’
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geymir (noun m.): guardian, keeper
kennings
geymir happs‘the minder of good luck ’
= MAN
the minder of good luck → MAN
hring ‘on the ring’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword < hringlestandi (noun m.)
kennings
hringlestanda;‘on the ring-destroyer; ’
= GENEROUS MAN
on the ring-destroyer; → GENEROUS MAN
lestanda ‘destroyer’
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lestandi (noun m.): [destroyer] < hringlestandi (noun m.)
[4] ‑lestanda: ‘lest[...]a’ 673b, ‘[...]est[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘[...]standa’ 673bFJ
kennings
hringlestanda;‘on the ring-destroyer; ’
= GENEROUS MAN
on the ring-destroyer; → GENEROUS MAN
mestan ‘the greatest’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
Setti ‘appointed’
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setja (verb): place, set, establish
þengill ‘The prince’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
Þróttar ‘of Þróttr’
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2. Þróttr (noun m.): Þróttr
kennings
Þróttar þingbeiði‘the assembly-demander of Þróttr’
= WARRIOR
the assembly of Þróttr → BATTLE
the demander of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
Þróttar ‘of Þróttr’
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2. Þróttr (noun m.): Þróttr
kennings
Þróttar þingbeiði‘the assembly-demander of Þróttr’
= WARRIOR
the assembly of Þróttr → BATTLE
the demander of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
þing ‘of the assembly’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly < þingbeiðir (noun m.)
kennings
Þróttar þingbeiði‘the assembly-demander of Þróttr’
= WARRIOR
the assembly of Þróttr → BATTLE
the demander of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
þing ‘of the assembly’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly < þingbeiðir (noun m.)
kennings
Þróttar þingbeiði‘the assembly-demander of Þróttr’
= WARRIOR
the assembly of Þróttr → BATTLE
the demander of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
beiði ‘the demander’
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beiðir (noun m.): demander < þingbeiðir (noun m.)
[6] ‑beiði: ‘b[...]iþi’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘bliþi’ 673bÞH
kennings
Þróttar þingbeiði‘the assembly-demander of Þróttr’
= WARRIOR
the assembly of Þróttr → BATTLE
the demander of the BATTLE → WARRIOR
hǫfðingja ‘leader’
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hǫfðingi (noun m.; °-ja; -jar): chieftain
[6] hǫfðingja: ‘[...]fþingia’ 673b, ‘[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘høfþingia’ 673bHE, 673bFJ
ǫflugs ‘of the powerful’
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ǫflugr (adj.): mighty, strong
lýðs ‘troop’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
auði ‘with riches’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
ulfs ‘of the wolf’
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1. ulfr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): wolf
kennings
fœði ulfs‘the feeder of the wolf ’
= WARRIOR
the feeder of the wolf → WARRIOR
fœði ‘the feeder’
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fœðir (noun m.): feeder, nourisher
kennings
fœði ulfs‘the feeder of the wolf ’
= WARRIOR
the feeder of the wolf → WARRIOR
tók ‘began’
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2. taka (verb): take
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Fúss gerði veg vísi |
The ruler eagerly bestowed the greatest honour on the ring-destroyer [GENEROUS MAN]; the king became very glad when the minder of good luck [MAN] came home. The prince appointed the demander of the assembly of Þróttr <= Óðinn> [(lit. ‘the assembly-demander of Þróttr’) BATTLE > WARRIOR] leader of the powerful troop and began to endow the feeder of the wolf [WARRIOR] with riches.
[5-8]: The wording of this helmingr shows similarities with the C text of the prose saga in contrast to the Lat. and A texts (Louis-Jensen 1998, cxxv).
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