Anon Sól 69VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 69’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 345.
Menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
sá ‘saw’
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2. sjá (verb): see
[1] sá ek: so papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, ek sá 166bˣ, 167b 6ˣ
notes
[1] sá ek ‘I saw’: See Note to 61/1 above.
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[1] sá ek: so papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, ek sá 166bˣ, 167b 6ˣ
notes
[1] sá ek ‘I saw’: See Note to 61/1 above.
þar ‘’
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þar (adv.): there
sem ‘’
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sem (conj.): as, which
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[2] er: so papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 2797ˣ, om. 166bˣ, sem 10575ˣ
notes
[2] er ‘who’: See Note to 4/2 above.
mark ‘’
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mark (noun n.; °-s; *-): sign
notes
[2] margt ‘much’: The virtue of charity is rewarded, but if mark ‘heed’ is adopted from 167b 6ˣ and 214ˣ in place of margt, as Fidjestøl (1979, 55-6) advocates, it becomes a more generalised sentiment about paying heed to God’s laws.
höfðu ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
gefit ‘given’
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gefa (verb): give
at ‘according to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
guðs ‘God’s’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
vilja ‘’
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vili (noun m.; °-ja): will, wish
hreinir ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
kyndlar ‘candles’
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kyndill (noun m.; °; kyndlar): [candles]
váru ‘were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
of ‘’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
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...
breiddir ‘’
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breiða (verb; °-dd-): open, grow
brendir ‘being burned’
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3. brenna (verb; (weak, transitive)): to burn (weak, intr.)
[6] brendir: so papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, breiddir 166bˣ
notes
[6] brendir ‘(being) burned’: 166bˣ’s breiddir ‘spread’ is a possible if less convincing reading, but it occurs in only one other ms.
bjartliga ‘brightly’
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bjartliga (adv.; °compar. -ar): [brightly]
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Sts 69-72 employ the Menn sá ek þá formula, by contrast with sts 61-7, to give examples of people who had performed good deeds.
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