Anon Sól 67VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 67’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 343-4.
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
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
margt ‘greatly’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
höfðu ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
[2] höfðu: so papp15ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 2797ˣ, hafa 166bˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 10575ˣ
notes
[2] höfðu ‘had’: The past tense is generally used in this section to refer to sinners’ lives on earth, though see 61/2.
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
annan ‘another’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
logit ‘slandered’
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ljúga (verb): lie
heljar ‘Hell’s’
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1. hel (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju): death, Hel, hell
notes
[4] hrafnar heljar ‘Hell’s ravens’: These ravens may be associated with the pagan goddess of death, Hel (although Óðinn was traditionally the owner of ravens; cf. Tate 1985, 1032), as well as with the Christian realm of punishment; see Note to 38/4.
hrafnar ‘ravens’
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hrafn (noun m.; °hrafns; dat. hrafni; hrafnar): raven
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[4] hrafnar heljar ‘Hell’s ravens’: These ravens may be associated with the pagan goddess of death, Hel (although Óðinn was traditionally the owner of ravens; cf. Tate 1985, 1032), as well as with the Christian realm of punishment; see Note to 38/4.
ór ‘out of’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
höfði ‘heads’
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hǫfuð (noun n.; °-s; -): head
þeim ‘their’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sárliga ‘’
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sárliga (adv.): bitterly, painfully
harðliga ‘violently’
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harðliga (adv.): powerfully
[6] harðliga sjónir slitu: slitu harðliga sjónir 738ˣ, ‘hardleg[...] sjónir slitu’ 214ˣ, sárliga sjónir slitu 2797ˣ
sjónir ‘the eyes’
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sjón (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): eyes, sight
[6] harðliga sjónir slitu: slitu harðliga sjónir 738ˣ, ‘hardleg[...] sjónir slitu’ 214ˣ, sárliga sjónir slitu 2797ˣ
notes
[6] slitu sjónir ‘tore the eyes (out)’: In Fj 45/1-3 Svipdagr is threatened with having his eyes pecked out by ravens as a punishment for lying: horskir hrafnar | skulu þér á hám gálga | slíta sjónir úr | ef þú þat lýgr ‘wise ravens shall, on high gallows, tear out your eyes if you are lying about that’.
slitu ‘tore’
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slíta (verb): to tear
[6] harðliga sjónir slitu: slitu harðliga sjónir 738ˣ, ‘hardleg[...] sjónir slitu’ 214ˣ, sárliga sjónir slitu 2797ˣ
notes
[6] slitu sjónir ‘tore the eyes (out)’: In Fj 45/1-3 Svipdagr is threatened with having his eyes pecked out by ravens as a punishment for lying: horskir hrafnar | skulu þér á hám gálga | slíta sjónir úr | ef þú þat lýgr ‘wise ravens shall, on high gallows, tear out your eyes if you are lying about that’.
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