Anon Pl 5VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 5’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 185.
Ok ‘And’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
bæði ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
hjú ‘husband and wife’
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hjú (noun n.; °; -): husband and wife, household
blíðan ‘a gracious’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
byskups ‘from the bishop’
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1. byskup (noun m.; °-s/-(cf. [$489$]), dat. -i/-; -ar): bishop
[2] byskups: ‘by(sco)[...]’(?) 673b, byskups 673bÞH, 673bFJ
fund ‘reception’
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fundr (noun m.): discovery, meeting
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
mundum ‘grasp’
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1. mund (noun f.): hand
hyk ‘think’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
k ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þrifnuð ‘good fortune’
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þrifnuðr (noun m.; °þrifnaðar, dat. þrifnaði): prosperity
[3] þrifnuð: ‘þrifn[...]’ 673b, ‘þri[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘þrif(na)’(?) 673bHE, ‘þrifnoþ’ 673bFJ
kómu ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
nótt ‘night’
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nátt (noun f.; °náttar/nǽtr, dat. -/-u; nǽtr): night
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
veg ‘honour’
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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour
sóttu ‘had’
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[5] ok tveir: ‘O[...]’ 673b, ‘oc [...]’ 673bÞH, ‘oc tueir’ 673bFJ
tveir ‘two’
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tveir (num. cardinal): two
[5] ok tveir: ‘O[...]’ 673b, ‘oc [...]’ 673bÞH, ‘oc tueir’ 673bFJ
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
þýðr ‘the kindly’
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þýðr (adj.): kind
kennings
þýðr prýðir lærdóms‘the kindly adorner of learning ’
= BISHOP
the kindly adorner of learning → BISHOP
notes
[6, 7] gaf lærdóms ... hǫldum: Emendations proposed by Finnur Jónsson 1887.
kennings
þýðr prýðir lærdóms‘the kindly adorner of learning ’
= BISHOP
the kindly adorner of learning → BISHOP
notes
[6, 7] gaf lærdóms ... hǫldum: Emendations proposed by Finnur Jónsson 1887.
prýðir ‘adorner’
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prýðir (noun m.): adorner
kennings
þýðr prýðir lærdóms‘the kindly adorner of learning ’
= BISHOP
the kindly adorner of learning → BISHOP
notes
[6, 7] gaf lærdóms ... hǫldum: Emendations proposed by Finnur Jónsson 1887.
hilmis ‘of the ruler’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
kennings
foldar hilmis hirð‘court-names of the ruler of the earth’
= HEAVEN
the ruler of the earth. → God
the court of GOD → HEAVEN
hilmis ‘of the ruler’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
kennings
foldar hilmis hirð‘court-names of the ruler of the earth’
= HEAVEN
the ruler of the earth. → God
the court of GOD → HEAVEN
foldar ‘of the earth’
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fold (noun f.): land
kennings
foldar hilmis hirð‘court-names of the ruler of the earth’
= HEAVEN
the ruler of the earth. → God
the court of GOD → HEAVEN
foldar ‘of the earth’
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fold (noun f.): land
kennings
foldar hilmis hirð‘court-names of the ruler of the earth’
= HEAVEN
the ruler of the earth. → God
the court of GOD → HEAVEN
hirð ‘of the court’
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hirð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(FskB 53)): retinue < hirðnafn (noun n.)
[8] hirðnǫfn: ‘hiþnøfn’ 673b
kennings
foldar hilmis hirð‘court-names of the ruler of the earth’
= HEAVEN
the ruler of the earth. → God
the court of GOD → HEAVEN
notes
[8] hirðnǫfn ‘court-names’: That is, names that show these persons belong to the hirð ‘court’ of God. The names Eustace, Theopista, Agapitus and Theopistus are given in the next st., where they all contribute to aðalhendingar. The latinate forms in Pl are closer to the Lat. prose text and version A of the saga than they are to version C (Louis-Jensen 1998, cxviii). Cf. also the use of another hirð- cpd in connection with God in st. 7/8.
nǫfn ‘names’
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nafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): name < hirðnafn (noun n.)
[8] hirðnǫfn: ‘hiþnøfn’ 673b
notes
[8] hirðnǫfn ‘court-names’: That is, names that show these persons belong to the hirð ‘court’ of God. The names Eustace, Theopista, Agapitus and Theopistus are given in the next st., where they all contribute to aðalhendingar. The latinate forms in Pl are closer to the Lat. prose text and version A of the saga than they are to version C (Louis-Jensen 1998, cxviii). Cf. also the use of another hirð- cpd in connection with God in st. 7/8.
synir ‘sons’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
skírðusk ‘were baptised’
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skíra (verb): baptise, purify
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Ok bæði hjú blíðan |
And both husband and wife had that night a gracious reception from the bishop with honour — I think good fortune came within their grasp — and their two sons were baptised with them; the kindly adorner of learning [BISHOP] gave the men names of the court of the ruler of the earth [(lit. ‘court-names of the ruler of the earth’) = God > HEAVEN].
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