Anon Sól 33VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 33’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 317-18.
Frá ‘’
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frá (prep.): from
er ‘It is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
segja ‘be told’
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segja (verb): say, tell
hvat ‘’
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hvat (pron.): what
sæll ‘happy’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ægis ‘’
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œgir (noun m.): terrifier < œgisheimr (noun m.)
ynðis ‘the delightful ’
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ynði (noun n.; °-s): pleasure < ynðisheimr (noun m.)
[3] ynðis‑: ægis‑ papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ
heimi ‘world’
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
inu ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
öðru ‘other thing’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
hvé ‘how’
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hvé (adv.): how
ýta ‘of men’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
synir ‘the sons’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
verða ‘to become’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
nauðgir ‘are forced’
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nauðigr (adj.; °nauðgan; superl. nauðgastr): reluctant(ly), under duress
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
náum ‘corpses’
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nár (noun m.; °-s; -ir): corpse
[6] náum (‘nám’): so 2797ˣ, námi 166bˣ, papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ
notes
[6] náum: Gísli Konráðsson, scribe of 2797ˣ, copied or emended his text as nám, probably recognising that the majority mss’ námi is unmetrical in final position. Even though his reading has support only from 7 mostly unimportant mss, it is likely to be correct, both on metrical grounds, and on grounds of sense. Nám or náum (dat. pl.) ‘corpses’ was adopted as an emendation by Bugge and accepted by Skj B, Skald, Falk, Björn Ólsen and Fidjestøl. The expression verða at nám ‘to become corpses’ occurs in HHund II 28/4: at nám orðnir. If the majority mss’ reading verða at námi is retained, as Njörður Njarðvik does (1991, 67), the sense must be that the second thing the speaker mentions is that sons of men are forced to set about learning (nám n.), a sentiment certainly relevant to the injunction to learn in st. 32.
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214ˣ and related mss transpose sts 33 and 34.
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