Anon Sól 32VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 32’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 317.
Vin ‘friendly’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend < vinsamligr (adj.)
samlig ‘’
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-samligr (adj.): (having the quality) < vinsamligr (adj.)
ráð ‘counsels’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
viti ‘with wit’
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1. vit (noun n.; °-s; -): wisdom, wit; visit
bundin ‘bound’
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binda (verb; °bindr; batt/bant(cf. [$332$]), bundu; bundinn): bind, tie
kunni ‘’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
kenni ‘teach’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
[3] kenni: so papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, kunni 166bˣ
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[3] kenni ‘[I] teach’: 166bˣ has kunni ‘I know’, but this cannot take an indirect object.
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
sjau ‘seven’
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sjau (num. cardinal): seven
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[3] sjau ‘seven’: A number with Christian associations, contrasting with the nine fimbulljóð ‘mighty spells’ of Óðinn in Hávm 140. For pagan and Christian number symbolism in Sól see Tate 1985, 1031 and more generally Laugesen 1959. The seven counsels are given in sts 25-32.
saman ‘in all’
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saman (adv.): together
görla ‘fully’
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gǫrla (adv.): quite, fully
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
þau ‘them’
[4] þau: þú papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 1441ˣ, 2797ˣ
man ‘’
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1. muna (verb): remember
nem ‘’
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1. nema (verb): to take
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
glata ‘forget’
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glata (verb): destroy
aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
öll ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
notes
[6] öll eru þau nýt at nema ‘they are all useful to learn’: Cf. Hávm sts 112-37: nióta mundo, ef þú nemr ‘they will be useful if you learn them’; Hávm 162/8 nýt, ef þú nemr ‘useful if you learn’; Hsv 86/3 nýtt at nema ‘useful to learn’. Cf. also Gróg 16; Hsv 2, 148; Prov. VII.1-2 for the adjuration to memorise imparted wisdom.
eru ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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[6] öll eru þau nýt at nema ‘they are all useful to learn’: Cf. Hávm sts 112-37: nióta mundo, ef þú nemr ‘they will be useful if you learn them’; Hávm 162/8 nýt, ef þú nemr ‘useful if you learn’; Hsv 86/3 nýtt at nema ‘useful to learn’. Cf. also Gróg 16; Hsv 2, 148; Prov. VII.1-2 for the adjuration to memorise imparted wisdom.
þau ‘they’
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[6] öll eru þau nýt at nema ‘they are all useful to learn’: Cf. Hávm sts 112-37: nióta mundo, ef þú nemr ‘they will be useful if you learn them’; Hávm 162/8 nýt, ef þú nemr ‘useful if you learn’; Hsv 86/3 nýtt at nema ‘useful to learn’. Cf. also Gróg 16; Hsv 2, 148; Prov. VII.1-2 for the adjuration to memorise imparted wisdom.
nýt ‘useful’
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nýtr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. nýztr/nýtastr): useful, able
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[6] öll eru þau nýt at nema ‘they are all useful to learn’: Cf. Hávm sts 112-37: nióta mundo, ef þú nemr ‘they will be useful if you learn them’; Hávm 162/8 nýt, ef þú nemr ‘useful if you learn’; Hsv 86/3 nýtt at nema ‘useful to learn’. Cf. also Gróg 16; Hsv 2, 148; Prov. VII.1-2 for the adjuration to memorise imparted wisdom.
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
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[6] öll eru þau nýt at nema ‘they are all useful to learn’: Cf. Hávm sts 112-37: nióta mundo, ef þú nemr ‘they will be useful if you learn them’; Hávm 162/8 nýt, ef þú nemr ‘useful if you learn’; Hsv 86/3 nýtt at nema ‘useful to learn’. Cf. also Gróg 16; Hsv 2, 148; Prov. VII.1-2 for the adjuration to memorise imparted wisdom.
nema ‘learn’
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1. nema (verb): to take
notes
[6] öll eru þau nýt at nema ‘they are all useful to learn’: Cf. Hávm sts 112-37: nióta mundo, ef þú nemr ‘they will be useful if you learn them’; Hávm 162/8 nýt, ef þú nemr ‘useful if you learn’; Hsv 86/3 nýtt at nema ‘useful to learn’. Cf. also Gróg 16; Hsv 2, 148; Prov. VII.1-2 for the adjuration to memorise imparted wisdom.
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