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Sigv Austv 15^I/5 — Nanna ‘Nanna’

⬅︎ Nanna (noun f.): Nanna < mjǫðnanna (noun f.)

Oss hafa augu þessi
íslenzk, kona, vísat
brattan stíg at baugi
bjǫrtum langt in svǫrtu.
Sjá hefr, mjǫð-Nanna, manni
mínn ókunnar þínum
fótr á fornar brautir
fulldrengila gengit.

Þessi íslenzk augu in svǫrtu hafa vísat oss, kona, brattan stíg langt at bjǫrtum baugi. Sjá fótr mínn hefr gengit fulldrengila á fornar brautir, ókunnar manni þínum, mjǫð-Nanna.

These black Icelandic eyes have shown us [me], woman, a steep path a long way to a bright ring. This foot of mine has walked most bravely on ancient ways, unknown to your husband, mead-Nanna <goddess> [WOMAN].

readings

[5] Nanna: so Flat, Nannan Holm2, 325V, R686ˣ, 972ˣ, J2ˣ, 325VI, 75a, 73aˣ, 68, 61, Holm4, 325VII, Tóm, Kˣ, Bb

notes

[5] Nanna ‘Nanna <goddess>’: Wife of Óðinn’s son Baldr. Noreen (1922a, 21) points out that this is one of just seven instances in Sigvatr’s poetry in which a pagan deity is named. The woman addressed in the stanza is unidentified and the figure in the prose context seems to be no more than an extrapolation from the stanza.

kennings

mjǫð-Nanna. — mead-Nanna <goddess>. [WOMAN]

grammar

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