Anon Sól 52VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 52’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 332.
Utan ‘outside’
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útan (prep.): outside, without
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
innan ‘inside’
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innan (prep.): inside, within
þóttumz ‘It seemed to me’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
[2] þóttumz: þóttist papp15ˣ, 1441ˣ
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
fara ‘travelled’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
sigr ‘victory-’
notes
[3] sjau sigrheima ‘seven victory-worlds’: The Christian number seven contrasts with the pagan number nine, as in st. 51; see Note to 32/3.
himna ‘’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky < sigrhiminn (noun m.)
heima ‘worlds’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world < sigrheimr (noun m.)
[3] ‑heima: ‑himna 738ˣ
notes
[3] sjau sigrheima ‘seven victory-worlds’: The Christian number seven contrasts with the pagan number nine, as in st. 51; see Note to 32/3.
sjau ‘the seven’
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sjau (num. cardinal): seven
notes
[3] sjau sigrheima ‘seven victory-worlds’: The Christian number seven contrasts with the pagan number nine, as in st. 51; see Note to 32/3.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
leitaða ‘looked for’
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leita (verb): seek, look for, attack
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
æðra ‘better’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
[5] æðra: so 738ˣ, 2797ˣ, æðri 166bˣ, papp15ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ
notes
[5] æðra: Although many of the earlier mss have the form æðri, this form, occurring in 18 mss, is grammatically correct. Njörður Njarðvík (1991, 81), compares the dream-verse Anon (Hrafn) 8/1-4IV: Se þú, hvé hvarfa | heima í milli | synðauðigra | sálir manna ‘see how between worlds, the souls of sin-rich men hover’.
vegar ‘ways’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
[5] vegar: vegr 1441ˣ
hvar ‘where’
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hvar (adv.): where
mér ‘for me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
væri ‘would be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
greiðastar ‘easiest’
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greiðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. greiðastr/greiztr): smooth, easy
götur ‘the roads’
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gata (noun f.): path, road
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