Anon Sól 49VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 49’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 329-30.
Sinna ‘from his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
verka ‘deeds’
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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed
nýtr ‘benefits’
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njóta (verb): enjoy, use
seggja ‘man’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
hverr ‘Every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
sæll ‘fortunate’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
gótt ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
gerir ‘does’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
auði ‘riches’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
frá ‘away from’
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frá (prep.): from
er ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ek ‘’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
* ‘’
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[5] * mér: ek mér 166bˣ, er mér papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ
notes
[5] mér ‘for me’: All mss but two add an unnecessary rel. er before mér; 166bˣ and one other have ek ‘I’, probably an error in abbreviation.
mér ‘for me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[5] * mér: ek mér 166bˣ, er mér papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ
notes
[5] mér ‘for me’: All mss but two add an unnecessary rel. er before mér; 166bˣ and one other have ek ‘I’, probably an error in abbreviation.
ætluð ‘intended’
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ætla (verb): intend, mean, think
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
sandi ‘with sand’
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sandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sand, beach
[6] sandi: í sandi 738ˣ, 214ˣ
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[6] sæng orpin sandi ‘a bed heaped up with sand’: The grave, a typical contrast with the comforts which life had offered.
orpin ‘heaped up’
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1. verpa (verb): to throw, cast (up)
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[6] sæng orpin sandi ‘a bed heaped up with sand’: The grave, a typical contrast with the comforts which life had offered.
sæng ‘a bed’
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sæng (noun f.; °-r/-(j)ar, dat. -/-u; -r/-ar/-jar): bed
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[6] sæng orpin sandi ‘a bed heaped up with sand’: The grave, a typical contrast with the comforts which life had offered.
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