Anon Sól 30VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 30’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 316.
Synðir ‘Sins’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
valda ‘cause’
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valda (verb): cause
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
syrgir ‘’
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syrgja (verb): [mourned]
hryggvir ‘sorrowful’
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2. hryggr (adj.; °-van/-jan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri; superl. -astr): sorrowful, sad
[2] hryggvir: syrgir 2797ˣ
notes
[2] hryggvir ‘sorrowful’: 2797ˣ’s reading syrgir (?for saurgir ‘stained’) is an attempt to improve the alliteration; otherwise ll. 1 and 2 are unmetrical.
förum ‘journey’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
ægis ‘the terrible’
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œgir (noun m.): terrifier < œgisheimr (noun m.)
heimi ‘world’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world < œgisheimr (noun m.)
ór ‘out of’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
engi ‘no-one’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
óttaz ‘is afraid’
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2. ótta (verb): fear
nema ‘unless’
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2. nema (conj.): unless
ilt ‘wrong’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
geri ‘he does’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
gótt ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
er ‘it is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
vamma ‘without’
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vamm (noun n.; °-s; *-): blemish < vammalauss (adj.)
[6] vammalausum: vammalaus 214ˣ, vammlausum 10575ˣ
lausum ‘stains’
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lauss (adj.; °compar. lausari): loose, free, without < vammalauss (adj.)
[6] vammalausum: vammalaus 214ˣ, vammlausum 10575ˣ
at ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
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