spekð (noun f.) [°-ar; -ir] ‘wisdom...’

Please note that the lexical concordance has not been reviewed and should not be referenced as a definitive and accurate concordance to the poetic corpus. Dates in particular may be taken from earlier editions and should be checked.

semantic categories

• intellect, wisdom1

citations (undefined)

• mæt fremjanda spekt að temja; — Kálf Kátr 7^VII/2

  ...að temja spekt; heilög skorða ...    ‘...to practise her wisdom; the holy prop ...’

  1380

• fannar lófa spekt að prófa — Kálf Kátr 12^VII/6

  ...að prófa spekt við fræga ...    ‘...to compete in wisdom with the famous ...’

  1380

• fyldr af spekt, að vitraz skyldi. — Anon Mgr 4^VII/4

  ...fyldr af spekt, Máríu, fegri ...    ‘...filled with wisdom, asked Mary, ...’

  1394

• fæddi hun til spektar gædda. — Anon Mey 8^VII/4

  ...gædda til spektar. Meingið nefnir ...    ‘...endowed with wisdom. The crowd mentions ...’

  1410

elements in compounds

• spektaranda ‘spirit of understanding’ — Anon Heildr 3^VII 1285

kennings

skaldic manuscripts

• AM 757 a 4° (B)  (1)c1400
• AM 721 4° (721)  (1)c1500-1525
• AM 713 4° (713)  (4)c1500-1550
• AM 1032 4°x (1032x)  (1)c1700-1725
• AM 920 4°x (920x)  (3)c1800-1900
• JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)  (3)