Anon Sól 48VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 48’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 329.
Virði ‘value’
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2. virða (verb): value, appraise
þat ‘that’
[1] þat ok viti: ok viti þat papp15ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[1] þat ok viti: ok viti þat papp15ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ
virki ‘precious’
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virkr (adj.): considerate
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
skóp ‘created’
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2. skapa (verb): form
hauðr ‘earth’
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hauðr (noun n.): earth, ground
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
himin ‘heaven’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
einmana ‘’
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einmana (adj.; °indecl.): °alone < einmanalauss (adj.)
munaðar ‘love’
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munaðr (noun m.; °; gen. -aða): desire < munaðarlauss (adj.)
[4] munaðarlausir: einmana papp15ˣ, 1441ˣ, 2797ˣ, einmunalausir 738ˣ, einmanalausir 10575ˣ
notes
[4] munaðarlausir (m. nom. pl.) ‘loveless’: Found in 166bˣ and a number of other mss; other usages of munaðr and munuðr ‘desire, voluptuousness’ elsewhere in the poem (10/1, 18/1, 77/3) usually refer to sexual desire, which does not seem to be the case here. It is possible that the first element of the cpd was originally munar from munr m. ‘mind, delight, love’; an emendation to munarlausir ‘without love, loveless’ is adopted by Skj B and Skald. Papp15ˣ and 1441ˣ have einmana indeclinable adj. ‘solitary, lonely’, and Falk accepts this reading; the forms of 738ˣ, and 10575ˣ seem to be a blend of the two readings, with uncertain meaning. The l. is hypermetrical; accordingly Skj B and Skald substitute hvé for hversu, and produce a lesser number of syllables through emending to munarlausir.
lausir ‘less’
[4] munaðarlausir: einmana papp15ˣ, 1441ˣ, 2797ˣ, einmunalausir 738ˣ, einmanalausir 10575ˣ
notes
[4] munaðarlausir (m. nom. pl.) ‘loveless’: Found in 166bˣ and a number of other mss; other usages of munaðr and munuðr ‘desire, voluptuousness’ elsewhere in the poem (10/1, 18/1, 77/3) usually refer to sexual desire, which does not seem to be the case here. It is possible that the first element of the cpd was originally munar from munr m. ‘mind, delight, love’; an emendation to munarlausir ‘without love, loveless’ is adopted by Skj B and Skald. Papp15ˣ and 1441ˣ have einmana indeclinable adj. ‘solitary, lonely’, and Falk accepts this reading; the forms of 738ˣ, and 10575ˣ seem to be a blend of the two readings, with uncertain meaning. The l. is hypermetrical; accordingly Skj B and Skald substitute hvé for hversu, and produce a lesser number of syllables through emending to munarlausir.
margir ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
lifa ‘’
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lifa (verb): live
fara ‘journey’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
[5] fara: lifa fara 214ˣ
þótt ‘though’
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þó (adv.): though
við ‘from’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
skylda ‘their kin’
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skyldir (noun m.): commander
skili ‘they part’
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1. skilja (verb): separate, understand
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