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Anon Sól 74^VII

Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 74’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 348.

Anonymous Poems Sólarljóð

háir ‘’

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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high

Hávar ‘tall’

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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high

[1] Hávar: háir papp15ˣ, 1441ˣ

notes

[1] hávar reiðir ‘tall wagons’: Paasche (1948, 194) and Njörður Njarðvík (1991, 98) compare the flaming chariot which bears Elias to heaven in 2 Kings II.11.

reiðir ‘wagons’

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1. reið (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar): riding; chariot

[1] reiðir: so papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 1441ˣ, reiðar 166bˣ, 214ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ

notes

[1] hávar reiðir ‘tall wagons’: Paasche (1948, 194) and Njörður Njarðvík (1991, 98) compare the flaming chariot which bears Elias to heaven in 2 Kings II.11.

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

[2] ek: om. papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ

með ‘along’

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með (prep.): with

himnum ‘the heavens’

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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky

fara ‘journeying’

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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel

þær ‘they’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

eigu ‘have’

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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have

[3] eigu: so 1441ˣ, 2797ˣ, eiga 166bˣ, papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 214ˣ, 10575ˣ

götur ‘paths’

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gata (noun f.): path, road

[3] götur: götu 738ˣ, 214ˣ

til ‘to’

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til (prep.): to

guðs ‘God’

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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God

enn ‘’

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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again

menn ‘men’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

[4] menn: enn 214ˣ

þeim ‘them’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

[4] þeim: þeir 214ˣ

stýra ‘drive’

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stýra (verb): steer, control

sem ‘’

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sem (conj.): as, which

er ‘who’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

[5] er: sem papp15ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ

myrðir ‘murdered’

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myrða (verb): to murder

[5] myrðir: so papp15ˣ, 214ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, ‘mindir’ 166bˣ, ‘marder’ 738ˣ, ‘mirder’ corrected from ‘m[…]rder’ 167b 6ˣ, myrðtir 1441ˣ

notes

[5-6] myrðir … fyrir alls öngvar sakir ‘murdered … for no cause at all’: A theme sounded earlier in the poem, e.g sts 1-7 and 20-4.

eru ‘are’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

alls ‘at all’

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allr (adj.): all

notes

[5-6] myrðir … fyrir alls öngvar sakir ‘murdered … for no cause at all’: A theme sounded earlier in the poem, e.g sts 1-7 and 20-4.

fyrir ‘for’

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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of

notes

[5-6] myrðir … fyrir alls öngvar sakir ‘murdered … for no cause at all’: A theme sounded earlier in the poem, e.g sts 1-7 and 20-4.

öngvar ‘no’

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2. engi (pron.): no, none

[6] öngvar: öngvan 167b 6ˣ, ‘aungr’ 1441ˣ

notes

[5-6] myrðir … fyrir alls öngvar sakir ‘murdered … for no cause at all’: A theme sounded earlier in the poem, e.g sts 1-7 and 20-4.

sakir ‘cause [lit. causes]’

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sǫk (noun f.; °sakar; sakar/sakir): cause, offence

notes

[5-6] myrðir … fyrir alls öngvar sakir ‘murdered … for no cause at all’: A theme sounded earlier in the poem, e.g sts 1-7 and 20-4.

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