Anon Sól 71VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 71’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 346-7.
Menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
mjök ‘greatly’
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mjǫk (adv.): very, much
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
hungr ‘’
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2. hungr (noun n.): hunger
hungri ‘with hunger’
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1. hungr (noun m.; °hungrs/-s, dat. hungri, acc. hungr/hung): hunger
[3] hungri: so 2797ˣ, hungr í 166bˣ, papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ
notes
[3] hungri ‘with hunger’: This is the reading of about half the mss, while the others share the reading of 166bˣ, probably originating in a mistake in word division.
farit ‘afflicted’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
[3] farit hörund: hörund farit 1441ˣ
hörund ‘their flesh’
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2. hǫrund (noun n.; °-s): flesh
[3] farit hörund: hörund farit 1441ˣ
englar ‘angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
guðs ‘God’s’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
þeim ‘to them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[5] lutu öllum þeim: ‘[...]’ 167b 6ˣ
þat ‘that’
[6] þat er it æzta unað: þat ek æzta unað 166bˣ, þat er æzta unað papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, ‘[...]’ 167b 6ˣ
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[6] þat er it æzta unað: þat ek æzta unað 166bˣ, þat er æzta unað papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, ‘[...]’ 167b 6ˣ
it ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
[6] þat er it æzta unað: þat ek æzta unað 166bˣ, þat er æzta unað papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, ‘[...]’ 167b 6ˣ
æzta ‘highest’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
[6] þat er it æzta unað: þat ek æzta unað 166bˣ, þat er æzta unað papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, ‘[...]’ 167b 6ˣ
unað ‘delight’
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unað (noun n.; °-s): happiness
[6] þat er it æzta unað: þat ek æzta unað 166bˣ, þat er æzta unað papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, ‘[...]’ 167b 6ˣ
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[5-6]: These ll. are missing or semi-legible in 167b 6ˣ due to a damaged leaf. For praise of the ascetic life, cf. Hsv 116. — [6]: Emendation is required here. It is necessary to insert the n. def. art. it to accompany æzta n. nom. sg. weak adj.
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