Anon Pl 53VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 53’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 215.
frá ‘about’
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frá (prep.): from
s ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
friðgin ‘parents [and children]’
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friðgin (noun n.; °; gen. -a): parents and children
[1] friðgin: ‘fr[...]þgin’ 673b, ‘friþgin’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
notes
[1] friðgin ‘parents [and children]’: Lit. ‘(married) couple’. Hap. leg. in poetry.
nýja ‘the new’
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nýr (adj.; °nýjan; compar. nýrri, superl. nýjastr): new
fjǫgur ‘the four’
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fjórir (num. cardinal): four
[2] fjǫgur endr: ‘fiog[...]’ 673b, ‘fi[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘fiogur [...]’ 673bFJ
endr ‘once’
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endr (adv.): formerly, once, again
[2] fjǫgur endr: ‘fiog[...]’ 673b, ‘fi[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘fiogur [...]’ 673bFJ
notes
[2] endr ‘once’: Emendation proposed by Finnur Jónsson 1887.
síz ‘after’
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síz (conj.): since
trú ‘faith’
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trú (noun f.; °-ar): faith, belief
kenndu ‘they embraced’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
ráð ‘circumstances’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
notes
[3] ór víðri Rúmsborg ‘from the great city of Rome’: The C text of the prose saga also mentions Rome, both here and in the passage corresponding to st. 57/5, while the Lat. and A texts do not (Louis-Jensen 1998, cxxv). Cf. Note to 15/1.
Rúms ‘city of Rome’
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Róm (noun n.): Rome < Rúmsborg (noun f.)
notes
[3] ór víðri Rúmsborg ‘from the great city of Rome’: The C text of the prose saga also mentions Rome, both here and in the passage corresponding to st. 57/5, while the Lat. and A texts do not (Louis-Jensen 1998, cxxv). Cf. Note to 15/1.
borg ‘’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold < Rúmsborg (noun f.)
notes
[3] ór víðri Rúmsborg ‘from the great city of Rome’: The C text of the prose saga also mentions Rome, both here and in the passage corresponding to st. 57/5, while the Lat. and A texts do not (Louis-Jensen 1998, cxxv). Cf. Note to 15/1.
notes
[3] ór víðri Rúmsborg ‘from the great city of Rome’: The C text of the prose saga also mentions Rome, both here and in the passage corresponding to st. 57/5, while the Lat. and A texts do not (Louis-Jensen 1998, cxxv). Cf. Note to 15/1.
notes
[4] …: Finnur Jónsson (1887 and Skj B) has raunmœðila ‘with very great difficulty’ to fill this gap in the ms., but his reading requires further emendation of ms. ráð to ráði (to agree with því). Jón Helgason suggested rýrt ‘poor, reduced’, but only the first letter is determined by the metre.
mœðila ‘with difficulty’
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mœðiliga (adv.): [with difficulty]
flœðu ‘fled’
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flœja (verb): flee
Ok ‘And’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
bjart ‘of the bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright < bjartglóð (noun f.)
kennings
bragðvíss frár beiðir bjartglóða flóðs‘the plucky, agile demander of the bright embers of the flood ’
= MAN
the bright embers of the flood → GOLD
the plucky, agile demander of the GOLD → MAN
bjart ‘of the bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright < bjartglóð (noun f.)
kennings
bragðvíss frár beiðir bjartglóða flóðs‘the plucky, agile demander of the bright embers of the flood ’
= MAN
the bright embers of the flood → GOLD
the plucky, agile demander of the GOLD → MAN
glóða ‘embers’
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glóð (noun f.): ember < bjartglóð (noun f.)
kennings
bragðvíss frár beiðir bjartglóða flóðs‘the plucky, agile demander of the bright embers of the flood ’
= MAN
the bright embers of the flood → GOLD
the plucky, agile demander of the GOLD → MAN
glóða ‘embers’
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glóð (noun f.): ember < bjartglóð (noun f.)
kennings
bragðvíss frár beiðir bjartglóða flóðs‘the plucky, agile demander of the bright embers of the flood ’
= MAN
the bright embers of the flood → GOLD
the plucky, agile demander of the GOLD → MAN
beiðir ‘demander’
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beiðir (noun m.): demander
[5, 6] beiðir bragðvíss: ‘beiþ(e)[...]þuiss’(?) 673b, ‘beiþer [...]þuiss’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
kennings
bragðvíss frár beiðir bjartglóða flóðs‘the plucky, agile demander of the bright embers of the flood ’
= MAN
the bright embers of the flood → GOLD
the plucky, agile demander of the GOLD → MAN
bragð ‘the plucky’
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bragð (noun n.; °-s; *-): action, movement, trick < bragðvíss (adj.): [cunning]
[5, 6] beiðir bragðvíss: ‘beiþ(e)[...]þuiss’(?) 673b, ‘beiþer [...]þuiss’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
kennings
bragðvíss frár beiðir bjartglóða flóðs‘the plucky, agile demander of the bright embers of the flood ’
= MAN
the bright embers of the flood → GOLD
the plucky, agile demander of the GOLD → MAN
víss ‘’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly) < bragðvíss (adj.): [cunning]
[5, 6] beiðir bragðvíss: ‘beiþ(e)[...]þuiss’(?) 673b, ‘beiþer [...]þuiss’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
kennings
bragðvíss frár beiðir bjartglóða flóðs‘the plucky, agile demander of the bright embers of the flood ’
= MAN
the bright embers of the flood → GOLD
the plucky, agile demander of the GOLD → MAN
gripinn ‘taken’
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grípa (verb): seize, grasp
sagðisk ‘described himself’
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segja (verb): say, tell
frár ‘agile’
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frár (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -vastr/-str): agile, quick
kennings
bragðvíss frár beiðir bjartglóða flóðs‘the plucky, agile demander of the bright embers of the flood ’
= MAN
the bright embers of the flood → GOLD
the plucky, agile demander of the GOLD → MAN
af ‘by’
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af (prep.): from
frœknu ‘a fierce’
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frœkn (adj.): brave, bold
dýri ‘beast’
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1. dýr (noun n.; °-s (spec.: dyʀiɴs KonrA 66⁴, etc., cf. Seip 1955 188-189); -): animal
flóðs ‘of the flood’
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2. flóð (noun n.): flood
[8] flóðs: ‘floþ[...]’ 673b, 673bÞH, ‘floþs’ 673bFJ
kennings
bragðvíss frár beiðir bjartglóða flóðs‘the plucky, agile demander of the bright embers of the flood ’
= MAN
the bright embers of the flood → GOLD
the plucky, agile demander of the GOLD → MAN
flóðs ‘of the flood’
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2. flóð (noun n.): flood
[8] flóðs: ‘floþ[...]’ 673b, 673bÞH, ‘floþs’ 673bFJ
kennings
bragðvíss frár beiðir bjartglóða flóðs‘the plucky, agile demander of the bright embers of the flood ’
= MAN
the bright embers of the flood → GOLD
the plucky, agile demander of the GOLD → MAN
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
vargr ‘a wolf’
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vargr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wolf
tók ‘took’
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2. taka (verb): take
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frá þvís friðgin, nýja, |
about how the four, parents [and children], once fled with difficulty from their … circumstances from the great city of Rome, after they embraced the new faith. And the plucky, agile demander of the bright embers of the flood [GOLD > MAN] described himself being taken by a fierce beast, and [how] a wolf took his brother.
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