Anon Lil 57VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 57’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 627-8.
Fyrir ‘For the sake’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
Máríu ‘of Mary’s’
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María (noun f.): Mary
faðminn ‘embrace’
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faðmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): embrace
[1] faðminn: framburð Vb, 41 8°ˣ
notes
[1] faðminn ‘embrace’: Cf. the same word in 55/6, where it refers to Christ’s embrace.
dýra ‘precious’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
[1] dýra: dýran Vb, 41 8°ˣ, dýri 4892
fyrir ‘for the sake of’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
Máríu ‘Mary’s’
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María (noun f.): Mary
grátinn ‘weeping’
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grátr (noun m.): weeping, crying
[2] grátinn: so 99a, 713, 705ˣ, 4892, ‘grat en’ 99a, 705ˣ, 4892, grát hinn 622, barnit Vb, 41 8°ˣ
sára ‘sorrowful’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
mig ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þinnar ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
notes
[3] þinnar lausnar ‘your salvation’: The phrase can be understood in two ways: as a subjective gen. (Christ saves the poet), or as a descriptive gen. (the poet participates in the salvation associated with Christ’s suffering and death). See NS §§124 and 127.
lausnar ‘salvation’
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lausn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar (RbHM (*1315)³ 113²)): liberation, redemption
[3] lausnar: líknar 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, leinar 4892
notes
[3] þinnar lausnar ‘your salvation’: The phrase can be understood in two ways: as a subjective gen. (Christ saves the poet), or as a descriptive gen. (the poet participates in the salvation associated with Christ’s suffering and death). See NS §§124 and 127.
njóta ‘experience’
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njóta (verb): enjoy, use
lifandi ‘living’
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lifa (verb): live
notes
[4] lifandi guð með feðr og anda ‘living God with the Father and the Spirit’: The mention of the Father and the Holy Spirit indicates that the pronoun þinnar in l. 3 refers to Christ, the second person of the Trinity. The phrase echoes the standard liturgical formula for the conclusion of prayers: per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, Filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus per omnia sæcula sæculorum ‘through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever’. Cf. the macaronic version in the Marian prayer from HómÍsl: ieſuſ chriſtuſ filiuſ tuuſ dominuſ noſter. ſa eſ í éiningo goþdómſ meþ feþur oc meþ helgom anda uiuit et regnat per omnia ſecula ſeculorum amen ‘Our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, he who lives and reigns in the unity of the Divinity with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever and ever, amen’ (HómÍsl 1993, 90v).
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
notes
[4] lifandi guð með feðr og anda ‘living God with the Father and the Spirit’: The mention of the Father and the Holy Spirit indicates that the pronoun þinnar in l. 3 refers to Christ, the second person of the Trinity. The phrase echoes the standard liturgical formula for the conclusion of prayers: per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, Filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus per omnia sæcula sæculorum ‘through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever’. Cf. the macaronic version in the Marian prayer from HómÍsl: ieſuſ chriſtuſ filiuſ tuuſ dominuſ noſter. ſa eſ í éiningo goþdómſ meþ feþur oc meþ helgom anda uiuit et regnat per omnia ſecula ſeculorum amen ‘Our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, he who lives and reigns in the unity of the Divinity with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever and ever, amen’ (HómÍsl 1993, 90v).
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
notes
[4] lifandi guð með feðr og anda ‘living God with the Father and the Spirit’: The mention of the Father and the Holy Spirit indicates that the pronoun þinnar in l. 3 refers to Christ, the second person of the Trinity. The phrase echoes the standard liturgical formula for the conclusion of prayers: per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, Filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus per omnia sæcula sæculorum ‘through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever’. Cf. the macaronic version in the Marian prayer from HómÍsl: ieſuſ chriſtuſ filiuſ tuuſ dominuſ noſter. ſa eſ í éiningo goþdómſ meþ feþur oc meþ helgom anda uiuit et regnat per omnia ſecula ſeculorum amen ‘Our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, he who lives and reigns in the unity of the Divinity with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever and ever, amen’ (HómÍsl 1993, 90v).
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[4] lifandi guð með feðr og anda ‘living God with the Father and the Spirit’: The mention of the Father and the Holy Spirit indicates that the pronoun þinnar in l. 3 refers to Christ, the second person of the Trinity. The phrase echoes the standard liturgical formula for the conclusion of prayers: per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, Filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus per omnia sæcula sæculorum ‘through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever’. Cf. the macaronic version in the Marian prayer from HómÍsl: ieſuſ chriſtuſ filiuſ tuuſ dominuſ noſter. ſa eſ í éiningo goþdómſ meþ feþur oc meþ helgom anda uiuit et regnat per omnia ſecula ſeculorum amen ‘Our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, he who lives and reigns in the unity of the Divinity with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever and ever, amen’ (HómÍsl 1993, 90v).
notes
[4] lifandi guð með feðr og anda ‘living God with the Father and the Spirit’: The mention of the Father and the Holy Spirit indicates that the pronoun þinnar in l. 3 refers to Christ, the second person of the Trinity. The phrase echoes the standard liturgical formula for the conclusion of prayers: per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, Filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus per omnia sæcula sæculorum ‘through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever’. Cf. the macaronic version in the Marian prayer from HómÍsl: ieſuſ chriſtuſ filiuſ tuuſ dominuſ noſter. ſa eſ í éiningo goþdómſ meþ feþur oc meþ helgom anda uiuit et regnat per omnia ſecula ſeculorum amen ‘Our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, he who lives and reigns in the unity of the Divinity with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever and ever, amen’ (HómÍsl 1993, 90v).
notes
[4] lifandi guð með feðr og anda ‘living God with the Father and the Spirit’: The mention of the Father and the Holy Spirit indicates that the pronoun þinnar in l. 3 refers to Christ, the second person of the Trinity. The phrase echoes the standard liturgical formula for the conclusion of prayers: per Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum, Filium tuum, qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitate Spiritus Sancti, Deus per omnia sæcula sæculorum ‘through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God forever and ever’. Cf. the macaronic version in the Marian prayer from HómÍsl: ieſuſ chriſtuſ filiuſ tuuſ dominuſ noſter. ſa eſ í éiningo goþdómſ meþ feþur oc meþ helgom anda uiuit et regnat per omnia ſecula ſeculorum amen ‘Our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, he who lives and reigns in the unity of the Divinity with the Father and the Holy Spirit forever and ever, amen’ (HómÍsl 1993, 90v).
Æfinliga ‘Unceasingly’
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ævinliga (adv.): unceasingly
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Æfinliga med lyptum l. l. r. a’ Bb, ‘æfinliga med’ 99a, ‘Æfennliga med lycktum lofum’ 622, ‘Æfenliga med l. l. r. a. k. si. b. s.’ 713, ‘Æfinliga med lyptum lofum lafræandi’ 705ˣ
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Æfinliga med lyptum l. l. r. a’ Bb, ‘æfinliga med’ 99a, ‘Æfennliga med lycktum lofum’ 622, ‘Æfenliga med l. l. r. a. k. si. b. s.’ 713, ‘Æfinliga med lyptum lofum lafræandi’ 705ˣ
lyftum ‘lifted’
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lyfta (verb): lift, raise
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Æfinliga med lyptum l. l. r. a’ Bb, ‘æfinliga med’ 99a, ‘Æfennliga med lycktum lofum’ 622, ‘Æfenliga med l. l. r. a. k. si. b. s.’ 713, ‘Æfinliga med lyptum lofum lafræandi’ 705ˣ [5] lyftum: lyktum 622
lófum ‘hands’
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lófi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): palm of hand
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Æfinliga med lyptum l. l. r. a’ Bb, ‘æfinliga med’ 99a, ‘Æfennliga med lycktum lofum’ 622, ‘Æfenliga med l. l. r. a. k. si. b. s.’ 713, ‘Æfinliga med lyptum lofum lafræandi’ 705ˣ
lof ‘praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Æfinliga med lyptum l. l. r. a’ Bb, ‘æfinliga med’ 99a, ‘Æfennliga med lycktum lofum’ 622, ‘Æfenliga med l. l. r. a. k. si. b. s.’ 713, ‘Æfinliga med lyptum lofum lafræandi’ 705ˣ
ræðandi ‘uttering’
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2. rœða (verb): utter, speak
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Æfinliga med lyptum l. l. r. a’ Bb, ‘æfinliga med’ 99a, ‘Æfennliga med lycktum lofum’ 622, ‘Æfenliga med l. l. r. a. k. si. b. s.’ 713, ‘Æfinliga med lyptum lofum lafræandi’ 705ˣ
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Æfinliga med lyptum l. l. r. a’ Bb, ‘æfinliga med’ 99a, ‘Æfennliga med lycktum lofum’ 622, ‘Æfenliga med l. l. r. a. k. si. b. s.’ 713, ‘Æfinliga med lyptum lofum lafræandi’ 705ˣ
knie ‘knees’
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kné (noun n.; °-s; -, gen. knjá): knee, lap
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Æfinliga med lyptum l. l. r. a’ Bb, ‘æfinliga med’ 99a, ‘Æfennliga med lycktum lofum’ 622, ‘Æfenliga med l. l. r. a. k. si. b. s.’ 713, ‘Æfinliga med lyptum lofum lafræandi’ 705ˣ
sín ‘its’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
bæði ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
skepnan ‘creation’
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skepna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): creation
öll ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
skyld ‘should’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
að ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
skapari ‘creator’
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skapari (noun m.; °-a): (the) creator
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
fyrir ‘before’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
ásjón ‘face’
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ásjón (noun f.; °; -ir): face
þinni ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
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[5-8]: The first repeat of the second stef, introduced at st. 51. The text is abbreviated in Bb, 99a, 622, 713 and 705ˣ, and written in full in the other mss.
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