Anon Sól 31VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 31’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 316-17.
Úlfum ‘wolves’
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1. ulfr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): wolf
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[1] líkir úlfum ‘like wolves’: cf. Matt. VII.15: adtendite a falsis prophetis qui veniunt ad vos in vestimentis ovium intrinsecus autem sunt lupi rapaces ‘beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves’.
líkir ‘like’
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líkr (adj.): like
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[1] líkir úlfum ‘like wolves’: cf. Matt. VII.15: adtendite a falsis prophetis qui veniunt ad vos in vestimentis ovium intrinsecus autem sunt lupi rapaces ‘beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves’.
þykkja ‘seem’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
vera ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sin ‘’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
hafa ‘’
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hafa (verb): have
eiga ‘have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
[3] eiga: hafa 1441ˣ, eigu 10575ˣ
hverfan ‘a changeable’
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2. hverfr (adj.): changeable, fickle
hug ‘heart’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
svá ‘thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
ok ‘’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
man ‘’
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1. muna (verb): remember
gefaz ‘turn out’
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gefa (verb): give
sem ‘’
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sem (conj.): as, which
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[5] er: sem papp15ˣ, er corrected from sem 10575ˣ
ganga ‘to tread’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
skal ‘has’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
[5] skal: om. papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ
inar ‘glowing’
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2. inn (art.): the
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[6] inar glæddu götur ‘the glowing-hot paths’: Cf. st. 59 and Dugg (Cahill 1983, 25-6).
glæddu ‘hot’
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glœða (verb): [hot]
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[6] inar glæddu götur ‘the glowing-hot paths’: Cf. st. 59 and Dugg (Cahill 1983, 25-6).
götur ‘paths’
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gata (noun f.): path, road
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[6] inar glæddu götur ‘the glowing-hot paths’: Cf. st. 59 and Dugg (Cahill 1983, 25-6).
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