Anon Sól 6VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 6’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 299-300.
Himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hjálpa ‘to help’
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1. hjalpa (verb): help
sér ‘him’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
þá ‘when’
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2. þá (adv.): then
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
veginn ‘slain’
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1. vega (verb): strike, slay
vaknaði ‘awoke’
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vakna (verb): wake, awake
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
notes
[4-5] en sá gat við syndum taka ‘but the one took on his sins’: Falk (1914a, 3) draws the parallel between Christ and the good thief who was crucified with him in Luke XXIII.40-3. Njörður Njarðvík (1991, 197) compares the appearance of the thief in heaven in Niðrst2 (13-14). The idea that a malefactor takes on the sins of his victim is a theological oddity, which most commentators have ignored.
sá ‘the one [the guest]’
notes
[4-5] en sá gat við syndum taka ‘but the one took on his sins’: Falk (1914a, 3) draws the parallel between Christ and the good thief who was crucified with him in Luke XXIII.40-3. Njörður Njarðvík (1991, 197) compares the appearance of the thief in heaven in Niðrst2 (13-14). The idea that a malefactor takes on the sins of his victim is a theological oddity, which most commentators have ignored.
gat ‘’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
notes
[4-5] en sá gat við syndum taka ‘but the one took on his sins’: Falk (1914a, 3) draws the parallel between Christ and the good thief who was crucified with him in Luke XXIII.40-3. Njörður Njarðvík (1991, 197) compares the appearance of the thief in heaven in Niðrst2 (13-14). The idea that a malefactor takes on the sins of his victim is a theological oddity, which most commentators have ignored.
notes
[4-5] en sá gat við syndum taka ‘but the one took on his sins’: Falk (1914a, 3) draws the parallel between Christ and the good thief who was crucified with him in Luke XXIII.40-3. Njörður Njarðvík (1991, 197) compares the appearance of the thief in heaven in Niðrst2 (13-14). The idea that a malefactor takes on the sins of his victim is a theological oddity, which most commentators have ignored.
syndum ‘his sins’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
notes
[4-5] en sá gat við syndum taka ‘but the one took on his sins’: Falk (1914a, 3) draws the parallel between Christ and the good thief who was crucified with him in Luke XXIII.40-3. Njörður Njarðvík (1991, 197) compares the appearance of the thief in heaven in Niðrst2 (13-14). The idea that a malefactor takes on the sins of his victim is a theological oddity, which most commentators have ignored.
notes
[4-5] en sá gat við syndum taka ‘but the one took on his sins’: Falk (1914a, 3) draws the parallel between Christ and the good thief who was crucified with him in Luke XXIII.40-3. Njörður Njarðvík (1991, 197) compares the appearance of the thief in heaven in Niðrst2 (13-14). The idea that a malefactor takes on the sins of his victim is a theological oddity, which most commentators have ignored.
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hefði ‘’
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hafa (verb): have
sak ‘cause’
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sǫk (noun f.; °sakar; sakar/sakir): cause, offence < saklauss (adj.): innocent, without cause
lausan ‘without’
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lauss (adj.; °compar. lausari): loose, free, without < saklauss (adj.): innocent, without cause
svikit ‘betrayed’
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svíkja (verb): betray, deceive
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