Anon Pl 56VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 56’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 217-18.
Kenndusk ‘recognised each other’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
[1] Kenndusk: ‘[...]enndosc’ 673b, ‘[...]nndosc’ 673bÞH, ‘Kenndosc’ 673bFJ
hjú ‘The husband and wife’
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hjú (noun n.; °; -): husband and wife, household
þás ‘when’
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2. þá (adv.): then
handa ‘of arms’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
kennings
Nirði elda handa‘the Njǫrðr of the fires of arms ’
= MAN
the fires of arms → ARM-RINGS
the Njǫrðr of ARM-RINGS → MAN
handa ‘of arms’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
kennings
Nirði elda handa‘the Njǫrðr of the fires of arms ’
= MAN
the fires of arms → ARM-RINGS
the Njǫrðr of ARM-RINGS → MAN
h… ‘the …’
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(non-lexical)
[2] h… þǫp…: ‘[...]þꜵp[...]’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘[...]þauf[...]ne’ 673bÞH, ‘[...]þaup[...]ne’ or ‘[...]þauʀ[...]ne’ 673bHE
kennings
h… þǫp… ormvangs …‘the … of the serpent-ground [told] ’
= WOMAN
the serpent-ground [told] → GOLD
the … of the GOLD → WOMAN
notes
[2] h… þǫp…: The ‘h’ is predicted by the alliteration in the first l. Kock’s conjecture Hlín Þeópista tíndi (NN §3135), puts the name in a metrical position which it does not otherwise fill; also, the second of the visible letters is certainly <ꜵ> not <eo>. Jón Helgason 1932-3 saw no possibility other than reconstructing the l. as hýr þopta nam skýra ‘the friendly thwart ... [WOMAN] began to explain’ or hrein þopta nam greina ‘the pure thwart ... [WOMAN] began to expound’, suggestions that depend on the likelihood that <ꜵ> can represent <o>, either intentionally or by mistake.
þǫp… ‘’
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(non-lexical)
[2] h… þǫp…: ‘[...]þꜵp[...]’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘[...]þauf[...]ne’ 673bÞH, ‘[...]þaup[...]ne’ or ‘[...]þauʀ[...]ne’ 673bHE
kennings
h… þǫp… ormvangs …‘the … of the serpent-ground [told] ’
= WOMAN
the serpent-ground [told] → GOLD
the … of the GOLD → WOMAN
notes
[2] h… þǫp…: The ‘h’ is predicted by the alliteration in the first l. Kock’s conjecture Hlín Þeópista tíndi (NN §3135), puts the name in a metrical position which it does not otherwise fill; also, the second of the visible letters is certainly <ꜵ> not <eo>. Jón Helgason 1932-3 saw no possibility other than reconstructing the l. as hýr þopta nam skýra ‘the friendly thwart ... [WOMAN] began to explain’ or hrein þopta nam greina ‘the pure thwart ... [WOMAN] began to expound’, suggestions that depend on the likelihood that <ꜵ> can represent <o>, either intentionally or by mistake.
atburð ‘the events’
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atburðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir/-ar(var. Hirð 437¹: NKS 1642 4° D)): event, accident
elda ‘of the fires’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
kennings
Nirði elda handa‘the Njǫrðr of the fires of arms ’
= MAN
the fires of arms → ARM-RINGS
the Njǫrðr of ARM-RINGS → MAN
elda ‘of the fires’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
kennings
Nirði elda handa‘the Njǫrðr of the fires of arms ’
= MAN
the fires of arms → ARM-RINGS
the Njǫrðr of ARM-RINGS → MAN
Nirði ‘the Njǫrðr’
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Njǫrðr (noun m.): Njǫrðr
kennings
Nirði elda handa‘the Njǫrðr of the fires of arms ’
= MAN
the fires of arms → ARM-RINGS
the Njǫrðr of ARM-RINGS → MAN
orm ‘of the serpent’
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ormr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): serpent < ormvangr (noun m.)
[4] ormvangs hvé: ‘orm u[...]s [...]’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘ormu [...]’ 673bÞH
kennings
h… þǫp… ormvangs …‘the … of the serpent-ground [told] ’
= WOMAN
the serpent-ground [told] → GOLD
the … of the GOLD → WOMAN
orm ‘of the serpent’
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ormr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): serpent < ormvangr (noun m.)
[4] ormvangs hvé: ‘orm u[...]s [...]’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘ormu [...]’ 673bÞH
kennings
h… þǫp… ormvangs …‘the … of the serpent-ground [told] ’
= WOMAN
the serpent-ground [told] → GOLD
the … of the GOLD → WOMAN
vangs ‘ground’
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1. vangr (noun m.): field, plain < ormvangr (noun m.)
[4] ormvangs hvé: ‘orm u[...]s [...]’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘ormu [...]’ 673bÞH
kennings
h… þǫp… ormvangs …‘the … of the serpent-ground [told] ’
= WOMAN
the serpent-ground [told] → GOLD
the … of the GOLD → WOMAN
vangs ‘ground’
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1. vangr (noun m.): field, plain < ormvangr (noun m.)
[4] ormvangs hvé: ‘orm u[...]s [...]’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘ormu [...]’ 673bÞH
kennings
h… þǫp… ormvangs …‘the … of the serpent-ground [told] ’
= WOMAN
the serpent-ground [told] → GOLD
the … of the GOLD → WOMAN
hvé ‘how’
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hvé (adv.): how
[4] ormvangs hvé: ‘orm u[...]s [...]’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘ormu [...]’ 673bÞH
kom ‘had got’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
þangat ‘there’
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þangat (adv.): there, thither
Beiði ‘The demanding’
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beiða (verb; °-dd-): ask, request < beiðiþrór (noun m.)
kennings
Beiði-Þrór armlinns‘The demanding-Þrór of the arm-snake ’
= MAN
the arm-snake → ARM-RING
The demanding-Þrór of the ARM-RING → MAN
Þrór ‘Þrór’
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Þrór (noun m.): Þrór < beiðiþrór (noun m.)
kennings
Beiði-Þrór armlinns‘The demanding-Þrór of the arm-snake ’
= MAN
the arm-snake → ARM-RING
The demanding-Þrór of the ARM-RING → MAN
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
báða ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
notes
[6] buri, kannaðisk: Emendations proposed by Finnur Jónsson 1887.
kannaðisk ‘acknowledged’
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3. kanna (verb): know, be able
[6] buri kannaðisk: ‘b[...]ri[...]’ 673b
notes
[6] buri, kannaðisk: Emendations proposed by Finnur Jónsson 1887.
sanna ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
arm ‘of the arm’
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1. armr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): arm < armlinnr (noun m.): arm-snake
kennings
Beiði-Þrór armlinns‘The demanding-Þrór of the arm-snake ’
= MAN
the arm-snake → ARM-RING
The demanding-Þrór of the ARM-RING → MAN
arm ‘of the arm’
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1. armr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): arm < armlinnr (noun m.): arm-snake
kennings
Beiði-Þrór armlinns‘The demanding-Þrór of the arm-snake ’
= MAN
the arm-snake → ARM-RING
The demanding-Þrór of the ARM-RING → MAN
linns ‘snake’
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linnr (noun m.): snake < armlinnr (noun m.): arm-snake
kennings
Beiði-Þrór armlinns‘The demanding-Þrór of the arm-snake ’
= MAN
the arm-snake → ARM-RING
The demanding-Þrór of the ARM-RING → MAN
linns ‘snake’
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linnr (noun m.): snake < armlinnr (noun m.): arm-snake
kennings
Beiði-Þrór armlinns‘The demanding-Þrór of the arm-snake ’
= MAN
the arm-snake → ARM-RING
The demanding-Þrór of the ARM-RING → MAN
œsku ‘youth’
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œska (noun f.; °-u): youth
sinnar ‘of their’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
…ld… ‘…’
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(non-lexical)
[8] …ld… þ…ðu: ‘[...]ld[...]þ[...]þo’ 673b, ‘[...]ld[...]rþ[...]þo’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
notes
[8]: Instead of the first <þ> and the preceding word space, Sveinbjörn Egilsson (1833) read <rþ>, which was repeated in Skj A and B. Jón Helgason 1932-3 suggested aldýrð þegar es skýrðu ‘when [they] explained ... glorious’ but was not satisfied with aldýrð (according to the prose text, the brothers told each other alla sǫgu sem gengit hafði yfir þá ‘all the events which had happened to them’, not merely their happy memories). Another possibility which would be compatible with the legible remains of the words as described in Jón Helgason 1932-3 is aldrs bǫl þegars tǫlðu ‘when [they] told of the misfortunes of [their] life’ (Louis-Jensen 1998, 122). The conjecture in NN §3136 (ǫld es furðu tǫlðu) contains an unsatisfactory rhyme.
þ…ðu ‘’
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(non-lexical)
[8] …ld… þ…ðu: ‘[...]ld[...]þ[...]þo’ 673b, ‘[...]ld[...]rþ[...]þo’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
notes
[8]: Instead of the first <þ> and the preceding word space, Sveinbjörn Egilsson (1833) read <rþ>, which was repeated in Skj A and B. Jón Helgason 1932-3 suggested aldýrð þegar es skýrðu ‘when [they] explained ... glorious’ but was not satisfied with aldýrð (according to the prose text, the brothers told each other alla sǫgu sem gengit hafði yfir þá ‘all the events which had happened to them’, not merely their happy memories). Another possibility which would be compatible with the legible remains of the words as described in Jón Helgason 1932-3 is aldrs bǫl þegars tǫlðu ‘when [they] told of the misfortunes of [their] life’ (Louis-Jensen 1998, 122). The conjecture in NN §3136 (ǫld es furðu tǫlðu) contains an unsatisfactory rhyme.
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Kenndusk hjú, þás handa- |
The husband and wife recognised each other when the … of the serpent-ground [GOLD > WOMAN] [told] the Njǫrðr <god> of the fires of arms [ARM-RINGS > MAN] the events, how she had got there. The demanding-Þrór <= Óðinn> of the arm-snake [ARM-RING > MAN] acknowledged both as his true sons … of their youth.
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