Anon Pl 6VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 6’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 185-6.
Snjallr ‘Brave’
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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold
gat ‘was able’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
ǫrr ‘prompt’
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ǫrr (adj.): generous, brave
frá ‘from’
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frá (prep.): from
illu ‘evil’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
Evstákíus ‘Eustace’
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Eustachius (noun ?): [Eustace]
vaknat ‘to wake’
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vakna (verb): wake, awake
kvôn ‘wife’
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kván (noun f.; °-ar): wife
réð ‘undertook’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
þegns ‘the man’s’
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þegn (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ar): thane, man, franklin
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
Þéopista ‘Theopista’
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Þeópista (noun f.): [Theopista]
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
Kristi ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
Ungr ‘Young’
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ungr (adj.): young
nam ‘began’
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1. nema (verb): to take
atferð ‘the behaviour’
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atferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): behaviour
drengja ‘of good men’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
Ágapítus ‘Agapitus’
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Ágapítus (noun m.): [Agapitus]
notes
[6] fága ‘to cultivate’: Emendation proposed by Finnur Jónsson 1887. Cf. st. 8/3.
þýðr ‘the mild’
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þýðr (adj.): kind
né ‘nor’
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né (conj.): nor
þengils ‘in the ruler’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
kennings
þengils lýða.‘in the ruler of mankind.’
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in the ruler of mankind. → God
lýða ‘of mankind’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
kennings
þengils lýða.‘in the ruler of mankind.’
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in the ruler of mankind. → God
Þéopistus ‘Theopistus’
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Þeópistus (noun m.): [Theopistus]
trú ‘faith’
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trú (noun f.; °-ar): faith, belief
missti ‘lack’
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2. missa (verb): lose, lack
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