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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Pl 46VII/4 — steldr ‘mighty’

Anon Pl 46VII

Dýrr es himna harri;
hann eignask veg sannan;
aldrgǫfgu ræðr aldar
aflsteldrveldi.
Lýtr engla lið ítrum
angrhrjóðanda ok þjóðir;
einn es ǫllu hreinni,
allt gótt sás skóp, dróttinn.

Harri himna es dýrr; hann eignask sannan veg; ræðr aflsteldr aldrgǫfgu … veldi aldar. Lið engla ok þjóðir lýtr ítrum angrhrjóðanda; einn dróttinn, sás skóp allt gótt, es ǫllu hreinni.

The king of the heavens [= God] is glorious; he gains true honour; he rules, mighty, over the age-noble …-power of the age. The band of angels and humankind bows to the glorious sin-destroyer [= God]; the one Lord, who created everything good, is purer than all.

readings

[4] aflsteldr: ‘[...]fll steldr’ 673b, 673bÞH, ‘afll stelldr’ 673bFJ

notes

[4] aflsteldr ‘mighty’: This is the only occurrence of this cpd in ON. In LP, Finnur Jónsson suggests that the second element is from a verb *stella, related to the late OIcel. stelling ‘mast-step’ (MIcel. ‘posture, stance’).

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