Anon Leið 40VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 40’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 174.
Kostum ‘strive’
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1. kosta (verb): try, strive
allir ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
æsta ‘to ask’
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æsta (verb): ask, request
oss ‘for ourselves’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
at ‘beside’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
helgum ‘the holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
krossi ‘Cross’
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kross (noun m.; °-, dat. -i; -ar): cross, crucifix
kœnir ‘wise’
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2. kœnn (adj.; °superl. kǿnstr/kǿnastr): wise, skilful
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
kunnum ‘we are able’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
Krist ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
eilífrar ‘for an eternal’
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eilífr (adj.): eternal
vistar ‘abode’
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vist (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): abode, lodging, provisions
Staðr ‘That place’
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1. staðr (noun m.; °-ar/-s; -ir): place
es ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ǫllum ‘than all’
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allr (adj.): all
œðri ‘higher’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
ótta ‘fear’
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ótti (noun m.; °-a): fear < óttalauss (adj.): fearless
notes
[6] óttalaus með dróttni: The identical l. occurs at 41/8, while 13/6 reads óttalaust ok lið dróttni. Cf. the strikingly similar óttalaus fyr dróttni in Has 32/4.
laus ‘lessly’
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lauss (adj.; °compar. lausari): loose, free, without < óttalauss (adj.): fearless
notes
[6] óttalaus með dróttni: The identical l. occurs at 41/8, while 13/6 reads óttalaust ok lið dróttni. Cf. the strikingly similar óttalaus fyr dróttni in Has 32/4.
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
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[6] óttalaus með dróttni: The identical l. occurs at 41/8, while 13/6 reads óttalaust ok lið dróttni. Cf. the strikingly similar óttalaus fyr dróttni in Has 32/4.
dróttni ‘the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
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[6] óttalaus með dróttni: The identical l. occurs at 41/8, while 13/6 reads óttalaust ok lið dróttni. Cf. the strikingly similar óttalaus fyr dróttni in Has 32/4.
þjóð ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
lifir ‘will live’
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lifa (verb): live
glǫð ‘the happy’
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2. glaðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad
s ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
notes
[7] gœði* ‘good things’: Sveinbjörn’s emendation (1844, 69 n. 23) has been adopted by all subsequent eds.
getr ‘obtains’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
munligri ‘more desirable’
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munligr (adj.): [more desirable]
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
betri ‘better’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
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[5-8]: Several interpretations of this helmingr are possible. The one favoured here assumes l. 5 staðr es ǫllum œðri ‘the place is higher than all’ to refer back to the first helmingr, in which the poet advocates that humans seek a place in heaven beside the holy Cross; munligri ok betri ‘more desirable and better’ (l. 8) qualify staðr (l. 5). The remainder of the helmingr may then be understood as an intercalary sentence. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) takes með dróttni ‘with the Lord’ (l. 6) as qualifying staðr ‘place’ (l. 5) and óttalauss ‘fearless’ (l. 6) as part of the intercalary cl., qualifying þjóð lifir ‘the people live’ (l. 7). He construes staðr með dróttni es ǫllum æðri, munnligri ok betri; glǫð þjóð … lifir óttalaus ‘A place with the Lord is higher, more pleasant and better than all others; the happy people … lives without fear’. Kock (NN §1269) agrees with Finnur’s understanding of með dróttni and promotes óttalaus, emended to óttalauss to agree with staðr, to the main cl., construing staðr óttalauss með dróttni ‘a fearless place with the Lord’.
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