Anon Sól 8VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 8’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 300-1.
Auði ‘riches’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth
[1] Auði: auð papp15ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ
né ‘or’
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né (conj.): nor
ræðr ‘has control over’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
enginn ‘No’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
þótt ‘though’
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þó (adv.): though
honum ‘for him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[3] honum: so papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, hann 166bˣ
gangi ‘it may go’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
greitt ‘smoothly’
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greitt (adv.): smoothly
margan ‘many a man’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
hendir ‘’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
minst ‘least’
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3. minni (adj. comp.; °superl. minnstr): less, least
of ‘’
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4. of (particle): (before verb)
enginn ‘no one’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
sættum ‘terms’
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sætt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): settlement
[6] sættum: sættum corrected from ‘sättum’ 738ˣ
sjálfr ‘his own’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
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The thought of sts 8-9 is paralleled in Hávm 78, which tells of the misfortune of Fitjungr’s sons.
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