Anon Pl 8VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 8’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 187.
Unnit ‘did not allow’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
engla ‘of angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
kennings
Aldyggr kennir engla‘The all-good knower of angels ’
= God
The all-good knower of angels → God
kennir ‘knower’
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kennir (noun m.): teacher
kennings
Aldyggr kennir engla‘The all-good knower of angels ’
= God
The all-good knower of angels → God
al ‘The all’
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al- ((prefix)): very < aldyggr (adj.): very excellent
kennings
Aldyggr kennir engla‘The all-good knower of angels ’
= God
The all-good knower of angels → God
dyggr ‘good’
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dyggr (adj.; °dyggvan/dyggan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr/-str): trustworthy < aldyggr (adj.): very excellent
kennings
Aldyggr kennir engla‘The all-good knower of angels ’
= God
The all-good knower of angels → God
við ‘of’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
bǫl ‘evil’
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bǫl (noun n.; °-s, dat. bǫlvi): evil
styggum ‘shy’
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styggr (adj.): shy
lý ‘of the fish’
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lýr (noun m.): pollack, fish < lýteigr (noun m.)
[3] lýteigs: ‘lyteigir’ 673b
kennings
lýteigs log beiði,‘fish-field’s fire-demander’
= MAN
the fish-field, → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
the demander of the GOLD → MAN
lý ‘of the fish’
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lýr (noun m.): pollack, fish < lýteigr (noun m.)
[3] lýteigs: ‘lyteigir’ 673b
kennings
lýteigs log beiði,‘fish-field’s fire-demander’
= MAN
the fish-field, → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
the demander of the GOLD → MAN
lý ‘of the fish’
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lýr (noun m.): pollack, fish < lýteigr (noun m.)
[3] lýteigs: ‘lyteigir’ 673b
kennings
lýteigs log beiði,‘fish-field’s fire-demander’
= MAN
the fish-field, → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
the demander of the GOLD → MAN
teigs ‘field’
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teigr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ar, acc. -a/-u): field, land < lýteigr (noun m.)
[3] lýteigs: ‘lyteigir’ 673b
kennings
lýteigs log beiði,‘fish-field’s fire-demander’
= MAN
the fish-field, → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
the demander of the GOLD → MAN
teigs ‘field’
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teigr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ar, acc. -a/-u): field, land < lýteigr (noun m.)
[3] lýteigs: ‘lyteigir’ 673b
kennings
lýteigs log beiði,‘fish-field’s fire-demander’
= MAN
the fish-field, → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
the demander of the GOLD → MAN
teigs ‘field’
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teigr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ar, acc. -a/-u): field, land < lýteigr (noun m.)
[3] lýteigs: ‘lyteigir’ 673b
kennings
lýteigs log beiði,‘fish-field’s fire-demander’
= MAN
the fish-field, → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
the demander of the GOLD → MAN
lengi ‘for long’
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lengi (adv.): for a long time
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
fága ‘cultivate’
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fága (verb; °-að-): cultivate
log ‘of the fire’
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log (noun n.; °; -): flame < logbeiðir (noun m.)
kennings
lýteigs log beiði,‘fish-field’s fire-demander’
= MAN
the fish-field, → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
the demander of the GOLD → MAN
log ‘of the fire’
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log (noun n.; °; -): flame < logbeiðir (noun m.)
kennings
lýteigs log beiði,‘fish-field’s fire-demander’
= MAN
the fish-field, → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
the demander of the GOLD → MAN
beiði ‘the demander’
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beiðir (noun m.): demander < logbeiðir (noun m.)
kennings
lýteigs log beiði,‘fish-field’s fire-demander’
= MAN
the fish-field, → SEA
the fire of the SEA → GOLD
the demander of the GOLD → MAN
sið ‘practice[s]’
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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals
heiðinn ‘heathen’
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heiðinn (adj.): heathen
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
s ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
sinnar ‘of his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
trú ‘faith’
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trú (noun f.; °-ar): faith, belief
kennings
svinnan fleinrjóð‘the wise spear-reddener ’
= WARRIOR
the wise spear-reddener → WARRIOR
sjald ‘by an unusual’
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sjaldan (adv.): seldom < sjaldspurðr (adj./verb p.p.)
spurðum ‘’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out < sjaldspurðr (adj./verb p.p.)
atburði ‘event’
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atburðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir/-ar(var. Hirð 437¹: NKS 1642 4° D)): event, accident
[6] atburði: ‘at þvrþi’ 673b
flein ‘spear’
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fleinn (noun m.; °dat. fleini): spear < fleinrjóðr (noun m.): spear-reddener
kennings
svinnan fleinrjóð‘the wise spear-reddener ’
= WARRIOR
the wise spear-reddener → WARRIOR
rjóð ‘reddener’
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1. rjóðr (noun m.): reddener < fleinrjóðr (noun m.): spear-reddener
kennings
svinnan fleinrjóð‘the wise spear-reddener ’
= WARRIOR
the wise spear-reddener → WARRIOR
fylkir ‘ruler’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
kennings
flærðvarr fylkir lýða‘the deceit-wary ruler of mankind ’
= God
the deceit-wary ruler of mankind → God
lýða ‘of mankind’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
kennings
flærðvarr fylkir lýða‘the deceit-wary ruler of mankind ’
= God
the deceit-wary ruler of mankind → God
flærð ‘the deceit’
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flærð (noun f.): falsehood, deceit < flærðvarr (adj.)
kennings
flærðvarr fylkir lýða‘the deceit-wary ruler of mankind ’
= God
the deceit-wary ruler of mankind → God
varr ‘wary’
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2. varr (adj.): wary < flærðvarr (adj.)
kennings
flærðvarr fylkir lýða‘the deceit-wary ruler of mankind ’
= God
the deceit-wary ruler of mankind → God
notes
[8] gǫtu ‘the way’: Emendation supplied by Finnur Jónsson 1887; Sveinbjörn Egilsson has ‘gøto’.
lærði ‘taught’
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2. læra (verb): learned
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Unnit engla kennir |
The all-good knower of angels [= God] did not allow the demander of the fire of the fish-field [(lit. ‘fish-field’s fire-demander’) SEA > GOLD > MAN], shy of evil, to cultivate heathen practice[s] for long, when the deceit-wary ruler of mankind [= God] taught the wise spear-reddener [WARRIOR] the way of his faith by an unusual event.
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