Anon Sól 64VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 64’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 342.
Menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
sá ‘saw’
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2. sjá (verb): see
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
margan ‘many a one’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
höfðu ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
fé ‘of property’
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fé (noun n.; °fjár/féar; -): cattle, money
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fjörvi ‘life’
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fjǫr (noun n.): life
rænt ‘robbed’
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ræna (verb): rob
bifrost ‘’
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Bifrǫst (noun f.)
brjóst ‘the breasts’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
[4] brjóst: brjósti 167b 6ˣ, bifrost 214ˣ
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
gegnum ‘through’
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gegnum (prep.): through
rendu ‘ran’
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3. renna (verb): let run (weak)
brögnum ‘men’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
ofleigir ‘’
oflugir ‘’
öflgir ‘mighty’
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ǫflugr (adj.): mighty, strong
[6] öflgir: oflugir papp15ˣ, 1441ˣ, ofleigir 214ˣ, ‘aufligir’ 2797ˣ
notes
[6] öflgir eitrdrekar ‘mighty poisonous dragons’: Cf. Vsp 39 for the dragon Níðhǫggr who devours the corpses of evil-doers and the vánardreki of st. 54/2.
eitr ‘poisonous’
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eitr (noun n.; °; dat. -um): poison < eitrdreki (noun m.)
notes
[6] öflgir eitrdrekar ‘mighty poisonous dragons’: Cf. Vsp 39 for the dragon Níðhǫggr who devours the corpses of evil-doers and the vánardreki of st. 54/2.
drekar ‘dragons’
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dreki (noun m.; °-a; -ar): dragon, dragon-ship < eitrdreki (noun m.)
notes
[6] öflgir eitrdrekar ‘mighty poisonous dragons’: Cf. Vsp 39 for the dragon Níðhǫggr who devours the corpses of evil-doers and the vánardreki of st. 54/2.
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