Anon Alpost 3VII
Ian McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Allra postula minnisvísur 3’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 856-7.
Gief ‘grant’
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gefa (verb): give
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
Andréas ‘Andrew’
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Andreas (noun m.): [Andrew]
notes
[1] Andréas: On S. Andrew the Apostle, see Cross and Livingstone 1983, 51; Jón Þorkelsson 1888, 58, 61, 65-6; Bugge 1956, 133-8; Widding, Bekker-Nielsen and Shook 1963, 299-300; Foote 1976, 159-60; Cormack 1994, 78-80, 240. — [1] Andréas yndi: With this skothending cf. Anon Andr 1/5: Andréas yndi.
Andréas ‘Andrew’
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Andreas (noun m.): [Andrew]
notes
[1] Andréas: On S. Andrew the Apostle, see Cross and Livingstone 1983, 51; Jón Þorkelsson 1888, 58, 61, 65-6; Bugge 1956, 133-8; Widding, Bekker-Nielsen and Shook 1963, 299-300; Foote 1976, 159-60; Cormack 1994, 78-80, 240. — [1] Andréas yndi: With this skothending cf. Anon Andr 1/5: Andréas yndi.
yndi ‘joy’
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ynði (noun n.; °-s): pleasure
notes
[1] Andréas yndi: With this skothending cf. Anon Andr 1/5: Andréas yndi.
oss ‘us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
notes
[2] er hiekkt á krossi ‘[you] who hung upon a cross’: The wording is reminiscent of some of the accounts of Andrew’s crucifixion in the lists of Apostles which preface the Hieronymian Martyrologies (cf. Brev. 3; IO 69), which describe Andrew as cruci suspensus ‘suspended on a cross’. But it is not possible to point to a specific source for such a commonplace detail. Accounts of S. Andrew’s passion generally emphasise that he was tied, rather than nailed, to a cross (see Note to Andr 2/2; cf. Cross 1979, 170; Foote 1976, 153, 154, 159-60).
notes
[2] hiekkt: The emendation from ms. ‘hieck’ is necessary to give a verb in the 2nd pers. sg. — [2] er hiekkt á krossi ‘[you] who hung upon a cross’: The wording is reminiscent of some of the accounts of Andrew’s crucifixion in the lists of Apostles which preface the Hieronymian Martyrologies (cf. Brev. 3; IO 69), which describe Andrew as cruci suspensus ‘suspended on a cross’. But it is not possible to point to a specific source for such a commonplace detail. Accounts of S. Andrew’s passion generally emphasise that he was tied, rather than nailed, to a cross (see Note to Andr 2/2; cf. Cross 1979, 170; Foote 1976, 153, 154, 159-60).
notes
[2] hiekkt: The emendation from ms. ‘hieck’ is necessary to give a verb in the 2nd pers. sg. — [2] er hiekkt á krossi ‘[you] who hung upon a cross’: The wording is reminiscent of some of the accounts of Andrew’s crucifixion in the lists of Apostles which preface the Hieronymian Martyrologies (cf. Brev. 3; IO 69), which describe Andrew as cruci suspensus ‘suspended on a cross’. But it is not possible to point to a specific source for such a commonplace detail. Accounts of S. Andrew’s passion generally emphasise that he was tied, rather than nailed, to a cross (see Note to Andr 2/2; cf. Cross 1979, 170; Foote 1976, 153, 154, 159-60).
á ‘upon’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[2] er hiekkt á krossi ‘[you] who hung upon a cross’: The wording is reminiscent of some of the accounts of Andrew’s crucifixion in the lists of Apostles which preface the Hieronymian Martyrologies (cf. Brev. 3; IO 69), which describe Andrew as cruci suspensus ‘suspended on a cross’. But it is not possible to point to a specific source for such a commonplace detail. Accounts of S. Andrew’s passion generally emphasise that he was tied, rather than nailed, to a cross (see Note to Andr 2/2; cf. Cross 1979, 170; Foote 1976, 153, 154, 159-60).
krossi ‘a cross’
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kross (noun m.; °-, dat. -i; -ar): cross, crucifix
notes
[2] er hiekkt á krossi ‘[you] who hung upon a cross’: The wording is reminiscent of some of the accounts of Andrew’s crucifixion in the lists of Apostles which preface the Hieronymian Martyrologies (cf. Brev. 3; IO 69), which describe Andrew as cruci suspensus ‘suspended on a cross’. But it is not possible to point to a specific source for such a commonplace detail. Accounts of S. Andrew’s passion generally emphasise that he was tied, rather than nailed, to a cross (see Note to Andr 2/2; cf. Cross 1979, 170; Foote 1976, 153, 154, 159-60).
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
frumtígnar ‘of supreme glory’
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frumtígn (noun f.): highest dignity
fagnað ‘the delight’
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fǫgnuðr (noun m.; °fagnaðar; fagnaðir): joy
[3] fagnað: ‘fangnad’ 721
fái ‘may receive’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
menn ‘people’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
hóp ‘company’
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hóp (noun n.): [company, bay]
Sier ‘for himself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
notes
[5] sier til æstrar æru ‘for himself for the highest honour’: This edn understands the highest honour to be S. Andrew’s, but it is possible to interpret the l. to understand the honour as God’s.
til ‘for’
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til (prep.): to
notes
[5] sier til æstrar æru ‘for himself for the highest honour’: This edn understands the highest honour to be S. Andrew’s, but it is possible to interpret the l. to understand the honour as God’s.
æstrar ‘the highest’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
notes
[5] sier til æstrar æru ‘for himself for the highest honour’: This edn understands the highest honour to be S. Andrew’s, but it is possible to interpret the l. to understand the honour as God’s.
æru ‘honour’
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1. æra (noun f.; °-u): honour
notes
[5] sier til æstrar æru ‘for himself for the highest honour’: This edn understands the highest honour to be S. Andrew’s, but it is possible to interpret the l. to understand the honour as God’s.
almáttigr ‘Almighty’
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almáttigr (adj.; °·máttkan/máttigan): almighty
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
valdi ‘chose’
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velja (verb): choose
þig ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
þýðu ‘gentleness’
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1. þýða (noun f.; °-u): [gentleness]
fagri ‘fair’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
þitt ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
vald ‘might’
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vald (noun n.; °-s; *-): strength, power
tapaz ‘be lost’
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tapa (verb): lose, abolish
oss ‘from us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
Signi ‘bless’
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2. signa (verb): bless, consecrate
hier ‘here’
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hér (adv.): here
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
sjálfr ‘himself’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
inni ‘in’
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2. inni (adv.): in, inside, indoors
sankte ‘for Saint’
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sankti (adj.): [Saint, for Saint]
Andréas ‘Andrew’
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Andreas (noun m.): [Andrew]
minni ‘a memorial toast’
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1. minni (noun n.; °-s; -): memory
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Andrew, who hung upon a cross, grant us joy, so that people may receive into this company the delight of supreme glory. Almighty God chose you for himself for the highest honour with fair gentleness; your might will never be lost from us. May God himself bless herein a memorial toast for Saint Andrew.
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