Anon Sól 47VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 47’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 328.
Öllum ‘than all’
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allr (adj.): all
lengri ‘longer’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[2] var: so papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, er 166bˣ
notes
[2] var ‘was’: Found in all mss except for 166bˣ and one other. The past tense is required here to match lá ‘lay’.
eina ‘one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
nótt ‘night’
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nátt (noun f.; °náttar/nǽtr, dat. -/-u; nǽtr): night
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
lá ‘lay’
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liggja (verb): lie
stirðr ‘stiff’
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stirðr (adj.): stiff
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
fram ‘’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
stráum ‘the straw’
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1. strá (noun n.; °; -): [straw]
[3, 4] stráum þat: strám þá corrected from ‘strámi þá’ papp15ˣ, fram strám þá 2797ˣ
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
þat ‘that’
[3, 4] stráum þat: strám þá corrected from ‘strámi þá’ papp15ˣ, fram strám þá 2797ˣ
merktak ‘’
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
mæli ‘’
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2. mála (verb): speak
áðr ‘’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
notes
[6] maðr er moldu samr ‘man is the same as earth’: Cf. Gen. III.19: quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris ‘for dust thou art and into dust thou shalt return’ and HómÍsl 1872, ch. 26. Similar sentiments are found in the ON and OIcel. Rune Poems for the letter M: maðr er moldar auki ‘man is the augmentation of earth’. It is likely that the sentiment is semi-proverbial.
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[6] maðr er moldu samr ‘man is the same as earth’: Cf. Gen. III.19: quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris ‘for dust thou art and into dust thou shalt return’ and HómÍsl 1872, ch. 26. Similar sentiments are found in the ON and OIcel. Rune Poems for the letter M: maðr er moldar auki ‘man is the augmentation of earth’. It is likely that the sentiment is semi-proverbial.
moldu ‘as earth’
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mold (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u; -ir): earth, soil
[6] moldu: moldar papp15ˣ, 1441ˣ
notes
[6] maðr er moldu samr ‘man is the same as earth’: Cf. Gen. III.19: quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris ‘for dust thou art and into dust thou shalt return’ and HómÍsl 1872, ch. 26. Similar sentiments are found in the ON and OIcel. Rune Poems for the letter M: maðr er moldar auki ‘man is the augmentation of earth’. It is likely that the sentiment is semi-proverbial.
sonr ‘’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
sannr ‘’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
samr ‘the same’
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samr (adj.; °compar. -ari): same
[6] samr: so 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, sami 166bˣ, sannr corrected from ‘samr’ papp15ˣ, sonr 1441ˣ
notes
[6] samr ‘same’: 166bˣ has the weak form sami, as well as 6 other mss which follow it closely. Samr as in 738ˣ, 10575ˣ and 2797ˣ is grammatically correct. — [6] maðr er moldu samr ‘man is the same as earth’: Cf. Gen. III.19: quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris ‘for dust thou art and into dust thou shalt return’ and HómÍsl 1872, ch. 26. Similar sentiments are found in the ON and OIcel. Rune Poems for the letter M: maðr er moldar auki ‘man is the augmentation of earth’. It is likely that the sentiment is semi-proverbial.
samr ‘the same’
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samr (adj.; °compar. -ari): same
[6] samr: so 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, sami 166bˣ, sannr corrected from ‘samr’ papp15ˣ, sonr 1441ˣ
notes
[6] samr ‘same’: 166bˣ has the weak form sami, as well as 6 other mss which follow it closely. Samr as in 738ˣ, 10575ˣ and 2797ˣ is grammatically correct. — [6] maðr er moldu samr ‘man is the same as earth’: Cf. Gen. III.19: quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris ‘for dust thou art and into dust thou shalt return’ and HómÍsl 1872, ch. 26. Similar sentiments are found in the ON and OIcel. Rune Poems for the letter M: maðr er moldar auki ‘man is the augmentation of earth’. It is likely that the sentiment is semi-proverbial.
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