Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 52

Jonna Louis-Jensen

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Anon Pl 52^VII

Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 52’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 214.

Anonymous Poems Plácitusdrápa

51 52 53

[1, 2] tœki tveir brœðr: ‘t[...](c)[...] tu[...]þr’(?) 673b, ‘tøce tu[...]þr’ 673bÞH, ‘tøce tueir brøþr’ 673bFJ

tveir ‘the two ’

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tveir (num. cardinal): two

[1, 2] tœki tveir brœðr: ‘t[...](c)[...] tu[...]þr’(?) 673b, ‘tøce tu[...]þr’ 673bÞH, ‘tøce tueir brøþr’ 673bFJ

brœðr ‘brothers’

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bróðir (noun m.; °bróður/brǿðr/bróðurs, dat. bróður/brǿðr/breðr, acc. bróður/brǿðr; brǿðr/bróðr/breðr (brǿðrirnir Jvs291 75¹⁴), gen. brǿ---): brother

[1, 2] tœki tveir brœðr: ‘t[...](c)[...] tu[...]þr’(?) 673b, ‘tøce tu[...]þr’ 673bÞH, ‘tøce tueir brøþr’ 673bFJ

of ‘of’

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3. of (prep.): around, from; too

þat ‘that’

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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

rœða ‘to speak’

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2. rœða (verb): utter, speak

orð ‘’

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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word

hvat ‘which’

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hvat (pron.): what

œski ‘the wishing’

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œskja (verb): [wish for] < œskinjǫrðr (noun m.)

kennings

œski-Nirðir …
‘the wishing-Nirðir … ’
= MEN
the wishing-Nirðir … → MEN

Nirðir ‘Nirðir’

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Njǫrðr (noun m.): Njǫrðr < œskinjǫrðr (noun m.)

[3, 4] ‑Nirðir …: ‘nir[...]’ 673b, ‘nirþer [...]’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ, ‘nirþ[...]’ 673bJH

kennings

œski-Nirðir …
‘the wishing-Nirðir … ’
= MEN
the wishing-Nirðir … → MEN

notes

[3] -Nirðir: This is the nom. pl. of the name Njǫrðr, a member of the Vanir group of gods, and often regarded as the god of the sea in Norse mythology.

… ‘…’

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[3, 4] ‑Nirðir …: ‘nir[...]’ 673b, ‘nirþer [...]’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ, ‘nirþ[...]’ 673bJH

kennings

œski-Nirðir …
‘the wishing-Nirðir … ’
= MEN
the wishing-Nirðir … → MEN

notes

[4] …: A determinant of a man-kenning appears to be required here, but the metre predicts only that the two syllables should begin with a vowel and contain -yn. Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s conjecture, undlinns ‘of the wound-snake [SWORD]’, was rejected by Jón Helgason because it produces a poor rhyme. Finnur had ynðis ‘of happiness’ and added of before mynði to fill out the metre. Jón proposed instead odddyns ‘of the spear-din [BATTLE]’.

framast ‘first’

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framr (adj.; °compar. framari/fremri, superl. framastr/fremstr): outstanding, foremost

mynði ‘remembered’

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1. muna (verb): remember

Þollr ‘tree’

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þollr (noun m.): fir-tree

kennings

inn ellri þollr … hlífar
‘the older tree … of the shield ’
= WARRIOR
… of the shield → BATTLE
the older tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR

gat ‘was able’

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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love

… ‘…’

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(non-lexical)

kennings

inn ellri þollr … hlífar
‘the older tree … of the shield ’
= WARRIOR
… of the shield → BATTLE
the older tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR

notes

[5] …: The l. requires a long syllable alliterating with ellri or þollr (unless a conjecture in l. 6 is made), forming the base-word of a kenning. Jón Helgason proposed éls ‘of the storm’, forming a battle-kenning, but éls would produce three internal rhymes.

… ‘…’

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kennings

inn ellri þollr … hlífar
‘the older tree … of the shield ’
= WARRIOR
… of the shield → BATTLE
the older tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR

notes

inn ‘the’

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2. inn (art.): the

kennings

inn ellri þollr … hlífar
‘the older tree … of the shield ’
= WARRIOR
… of the shield → BATTLE
the older tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR

ellri ‘older’

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ellri (adj. comp.; °superl. ellztr; pos. gamall adj.): older, elder

[5, 6] ellri …: ‘el[...]’ 673b, ‘all[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘[...]’ 673bFJ, ‘[...]ll[...]þ[...]’ 673bJH

kennings

inn ellri þollr … hlífar
‘the older tree … of the shield ’
= WARRIOR
… of the shield → BATTLE
the older tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR

… ‘…’

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(non-lexical)

[5, 6] ellri …: ‘el[...]’ 673b, ‘all[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘[...]’ 673bFJ, ‘[...]ll[...]þ[...]’ 673bJH

notes

[6] …: The alliteration requires that the missing three syllables start with a vowel and contain the aðalhending -óð-. Jón Helgason suggested óðaljǫrð ‘ancestral home’ here, based in part on his own reading of the ms. (‘[...]ll[...]þ’), but this is largely conjectural.

fyr ‘to’

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

bróður ‘brother’

lýst ‘to describe’

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2. ljósta (verb): strike

ok ‘and’

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

langa ‘long’

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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long

freistni ‘ordeal’

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freistni (noun f.): trial, temptation

… ‘…’

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(non-lexical)

[8] …: ‘[...]’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘l[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘[...]sc[...]’ 673bJH

notes

[8] …: Jón read two letters (‘sc’) in this lacuna, and suggested lindskífanda ‘the shield-slicer’s’; a four-syllable sequence containing líf ... sk ... is also possible on the basis of the metre and Jón’s reading of the ms.

hlífar ‘of the shield’

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hlíf (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): shield, defence

kennings

inn ellri þollr … hlífar
‘the older tree … of the shield ’
= WARRIOR
… of the shield → BATTLE
the older tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR

hlífar ‘of the shield’

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hlíf (noun f.; °-ar; -ar): shield, defence

kennings

inn ellri þollr … hlífar
‘the older tree … of the shield ’
= WARRIOR
… of the shield → BATTLE
the older tree of the BATTLE → WARRIOR

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Anon Pl 52VII

unz ‘until’

tír ‘renown’

rœkir ‘cultivating’

tœki ‘began’

tveir ‘the two ’

brœðr ‘brothers’

of ‘of’

þat ‘that’

rœða ‘to speak’

orð ‘’

hvat ‘which’

œski ‘the wishing’

kennings

Nirðir ‘Nirðir’

kennings

notes

… ‘…’

kennings

notes

framast ‘first’

mynði ‘remembered’

Þollr ‘tree’

kennings

gat ‘was able’

… ‘…’

kennings

notes

… ‘…’

kennings

notes

inn ‘the’

kennings

ellri ‘older’

kennings

… ‘…’

notes

fyr ‘to’

bróður ‘brother’

lýst ‘to describe’

ok ‘and’

langa ‘long’

freistni ‘ordeal’

… ‘…’

notes

hlífar ‘of the shield’

kennings

hlífar ‘of the shield’

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Anon Pl 52^VII