Anon Alpost 5^VII

Oss ‘us’

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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our

giefi ‘grant’

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gefa (verb): give

Jácób ‘James’

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Jácób (noun m.): James, Jacob

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[1] Jácób ‘James’: On S. James ‘the Great’, see Cross and Livingstone 1983, 723; Kilström 1962a, 529-30; Widding, Bekker-Nielsen and Shook 1963, 313-14; Foote 1976, 161-2; Cormack 1994, 108, 242.

þessa ‘of this’

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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this

[1] þessa: ‘þesse’ 721

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[1] þessa (m. gen. sg.) ‘of this’: Ms. ‘þesse’ (m. nom. sg.) ‘this’. Finnur Jónsson and Kock emend to þessa, m. gen. sg., modifying Jóns, interpreting ll. 1-2 as ‘James, brother of this John’ (i.e. the Apostle referred to in the preceding st.). The ms. reading might alternatively be retained and the passage read: ‘this James, John’s brother’, i.e. James the Great, as opposed to James the Less, the subject of st. 8 below. The detail that James the Great was John’s older brother derives ultimately from scripture (cf. Matt. IV.21; Mark I.19; Acts XII.2).

Jóns ‘John’

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Jón (noun m.): John, Jón

bróðir ‘brother’

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bróðir (noun m.; °bróður/brǿðr/bróðurs, dat. bróður/brǿðr/breðr, acc. bróður/brǿðr; brǿðr/bróðr/breðr (brǿðrirnir Jvs291 75¹⁴), gen. brǿ---): brother

frið ‘peace’

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friðr (noun m.): peace

góðan ‘good’

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góðr (adj.): good

siðar ‘of faith’

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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals

og ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

sanna ‘the true’

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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true

prýði ‘adornment’

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prýði (noun f.): finery, honour

sætast ‘the sweetest’

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sœtr (adj.): sweet

hæfilæti ‘modesty’

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hœfilæti (noun n.): modesty, moderation

Halda ‘make’

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halda (verb): hold, keep

notes

[5-8] Pílagrímar halda mikið stím mildum manni ... í Kompostella ‘Pilgrims make a great tumult about the gentle man ... in Compostela’: James the Great is the patron saint of pilgrims, and a pilgrim’s staff is one of his attributes (see Braun 1943, 347-9; Kilström 1956, 174; Roeder 1956, 20). In the later Middle Ages the shrine of S. James at Santiago de Compostela in Spain was one of the greatest centres of pilgrimage in Christendom (see generally Vázquez de Parga et al. 1948-9; Sumption 1975, 115-16, 120; Cross and Livingstone 1983, 325; Kilström 1962a, 529). Icelanders who visited Santiago de Compostela include Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson, who made the journey a little before 1200 (see GSvert Hrafndr 3^IV; Hrafns saga, ch. 4 in Guðrún P. Helgadóttir 1987, 4) and the chieftain Björn Einarsson, who included Compostela in a pilgrimage he made between 1405 and 1411 (Lögmannsannáll, s.a. 1406, Storm 1888, 288; cf. Einar Arnórsson 1954-8, 41; Jakob Benediktsson 1968, 305-6; Krötzl 1987, 189-200; Cucina 1998, 86-7, 126). Cf. refs to the shrine of S. James in JJ SÁM 1 669, 671, 680, 684, 687, 695-6, 698, 699, 700; and in Mar 1871, 869, 1079. Finnur Jónsson interprets the late word stím according to one of its modern senses ‘trouble, difficulty’ (LP: stím; cf. Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4: stím I.c.) and translates: pilegrimme gör den milde mand megen ulejlighed ‘pilgrims cause the gentle man much distress’. Here the word stím may perhaps have the same sense as its MHG cognate stīm ‘tumult, din’ (see AEW: stím); for medieval accounts of unruly clamour, in a cacophony of different languages, among pilgrims gathering in large numbers at the shrine of S. James at Santiago see, e.g., Sumption 1975, 213, 339. Alternatively, the word may have developed a sense close to that reflected in MDan. stime n. ‘shoal (of fish), swarm’, cf. stime sammen ‘to crowd, throng’, and the passage may mean ‘pilgrims maintain a great swarm about the gentle man’.

manni ‘man’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

[5] manni: ‘(m)ann(e)’(?) 721

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[5-8] Pílagrímar halda mikið stím mildum manni ... í Kompostella ‘Pilgrims make a great tumult about the gentle man ... in Compostela’: James the Great is the patron saint of pilgrims, and a pilgrim’s staff is one of his attributes (see Braun 1943, 347-9; Kilström 1956, 174; Roeder 1956, 20). In the later Middle Ages the shrine of S. James at Santiago de Compostela in Spain was one of the greatest centres of pilgrimage in Christendom (see generally Vázquez de Parga et al. 1948-9; Sumption 1975, 115-16, 120; Cross and Livingstone 1983, 325; Kilström 1962a, 529). Icelanders who visited Santiago de Compostela include Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson, who made the journey a little before 1200 (see GSvert Hrafndr 3^IV; Hrafns saga, ch. 4 in Guðrún P. Helgadóttir 1987, 4) and the chieftain Björn Einarsson, who included Compostela in a pilgrimage he made between 1405 and 1411 (Lögmannsannáll, s.a. 1406, Storm 1888, 288; cf. Einar Arnórsson 1954-8, 41; Jakob Benediktsson 1968, 305-6; Krötzl 1987, 189-200; Cucina 1998, 86-7, 126). Cf. refs to the shrine of S. James in JJ SÁM 1 669, 671, 680, 684, 687, 695-6, 698, 699, 700; and in Mar 1871, 869, 1079. Finnur Jónsson interprets the late word stím according to one of its modern senses ‘trouble, difficulty’ (LP: stím; cf. Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4: stím I.c.) and translates: pilegrimme gör den milde mand megen ulejlighed ‘pilgrims cause the gentle man much distress’. Here the word stím may perhaps have the same sense as its MHG cognate stīm ‘tumult, din’ (see AEW: stím); for medieval accounts of unruly clamour, in a cacophony of different languages, among pilgrims gathering in large numbers at the shrine of S. James at Santiago see, e.g., Sumption 1975, 213, 339. Alternatively, the word may have developed a sense close to that reflected in MDan. stime n. ‘shoal (of fish), swarm’, cf. stime sammen ‘to crowd, throng’, and the passage may mean ‘pilgrims maintain a great swarm about the gentle man’.

mildum ‘about the gentle’

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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous

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[5-8] Pílagrímar halda mikið stím mildum manni ... í Kompostella ‘Pilgrims make a great tumult about the gentle man ... in Compostela’: James the Great is the patron saint of pilgrims, and a pilgrim’s staff is one of his attributes (see Braun 1943, 347-9; Kilström 1956, 174; Roeder 1956, 20). In the later Middle Ages the shrine of S. James at Santiago de Compostela in Spain was one of the greatest centres of pilgrimage in Christendom (see generally Vázquez de Parga et al. 1948-9; Sumption 1975, 115-16, 120; Cross and Livingstone 1983, 325; Kilström 1962a, 529). Icelanders who visited Santiago de Compostela include Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson, who made the journey a little before 1200 (see GSvert Hrafndr 3^IV; Hrafns saga, ch. 4 in Guðrún P. Helgadóttir 1987, 4) and the chieftain Björn Einarsson, who included Compostela in a pilgrimage he made between 1405 and 1411 (Lögmannsannáll, s.a. 1406, Storm 1888, 288; cf. Einar Arnórsson 1954-8, 41; Jakob Benediktsson 1968, 305-6; Krötzl 1987, 189-200; Cucina 1998, 86-7, 126). Cf. refs to the shrine of S. James in JJ SÁM 1 669, 671, 680, 684, 687, 695-6, 698, 699, 700; and in Mar 1871, 869, 1079. Finnur Jónsson interprets the late word stím according to one of its modern senses ‘trouble, difficulty’ (LP: stím; cf. Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4: stím I.c.) and translates: pilegrimme gör den milde mand megen ulejlighed ‘pilgrims cause the gentle man much distress’. Here the word stím may perhaps have the same sense as its MHG cognate stīm ‘tumult, din’ (see AEW: stím); for medieval accounts of unruly clamour, in a cacophony of different languages, among pilgrims gathering in large numbers at the shrine of S. James at Santiago see, e.g., Sumption 1975, 213, 339. Alternatively, the word may have developed a sense close to that reflected in MDan. stime n. ‘shoal (of fish), swarm’, cf. stime sammen ‘to crowd, throng’, and the passage may mean ‘pilgrims maintain a great swarm about the gentle man’.

mikið ‘a great’

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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large

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[5-8] Pílagrímar halda mikið stím mildum manni ... í Kompostella ‘Pilgrims make a great tumult about the gentle man ... in Compostela’: James the Great is the patron saint of pilgrims, and a pilgrim’s staff is one of his attributes (see Braun 1943, 347-9; Kilström 1956, 174; Roeder 1956, 20). In the later Middle Ages the shrine of S. James at Santiago de Compostela in Spain was one of the greatest centres of pilgrimage in Christendom (see generally Vázquez de Parga et al. 1948-9; Sumption 1975, 115-16, 120; Cross and Livingstone 1983, 325; Kilström 1962a, 529). Icelanders who visited Santiago de Compostela include Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson, who made the journey a little before 1200 (see GSvert Hrafndr 3^IV; Hrafns saga, ch. 4 in Guðrún P. Helgadóttir 1987, 4) and the chieftain Björn Einarsson, who included Compostela in a pilgrimage he made between 1405 and 1411 (Lögmannsannáll, s.a. 1406, Storm 1888, 288; cf. Einar Arnórsson 1954-8, 41; Jakob Benediktsson 1968, 305-6; Krötzl 1987, 189-200; Cucina 1998, 86-7, 126). Cf. refs to the shrine of S. James in JJ SÁM 1 669, 671, 680, 684, 687, 695-6, 698, 699, 700; and in Mar 1871, 869, 1079. Finnur Jónsson interprets the late word stím according to one of its modern senses ‘trouble, difficulty’ (LP: stím; cf. Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4: stím I.c.) and translates: pilegrimme gör den milde mand megen ulejlighed ‘pilgrims cause the gentle man much distress’. Here the word stím may perhaps have the same sense as its MHG cognate stīm ‘tumult, din’ (see AEW: stím); for medieval accounts of unruly clamour, in a cacophony of different languages, among pilgrims gathering in large numbers at the shrine of S. James at Santiago see, e.g., Sumption 1975, 213, 339. Alternatively, the word may have developed a sense close to that reflected in MDan. stime n. ‘shoal (of fish), swarm’, cf. stime sammen ‘to crowd, throng’, and the passage may mean ‘pilgrims maintain a great swarm about the gentle man’.

stím ‘tumult’

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stím (noun n.): [tumult]

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[5-8] Pílagrímar halda mikið stím mildum manni ... í Kompostella ‘Pilgrims make a great tumult about the gentle man ... in Compostela’: James the Great is the patron saint of pilgrims, and a pilgrim’s staff is one of his attributes (see Braun 1943, 347-9; Kilström 1956, 174; Roeder 1956, 20). In the later Middle Ages the shrine of S. James at Santiago de Compostela in Spain was one of the greatest centres of pilgrimage in Christendom (see generally Vázquez de Parga et al. 1948-9; Sumption 1975, 115-16, 120; Cross and Livingstone 1983, 325; Kilström 1962a, 529). Icelanders who visited Santiago de Compostela include Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson, who made the journey a little before 1200 (see GSvert Hrafndr 3^IV; Hrafns saga, ch. 4 in Guðrún P. Helgadóttir 1987, 4) and the chieftain Björn Einarsson, who included Compostela in a pilgrimage he made between 1405 and 1411 (Lögmannsannáll, s.a. 1406, Storm 1888, 288; cf. Einar Arnórsson 1954-8, 41; Jakob Benediktsson 1968, 305-6; Krötzl 1987, 189-200; Cucina 1998, 86-7, 126). Cf. refs to the shrine of S. James in JJ SÁM 1 669, 671, 680, 684, 687, 695-6, 698, 699, 700; and in Mar 1871, 869, 1079. Finnur Jónsson interprets the late word stím according to one of its modern senses ‘trouble, difficulty’ (LP: stím; cf. Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4: stím I.c.) and translates: pilegrimme gör den milde mand megen ulejlighed ‘pilgrims cause the gentle man much distress’. Here the word stím may perhaps have the same sense as its MHG cognate stīm ‘tumult, din’ (see AEW: stím); for medieval accounts of unruly clamour, in a cacophony of different languages, among pilgrims gathering in large numbers at the shrine of S. James at Santiago see, e.g., Sumption 1975, 213, 339. Alternatively, the word may have developed a sense close to that reflected in MDan. stime n. ‘shoal (of fish), swarm’, cf. stime sammen ‘to crowd, throng’, and the passage may mean ‘pilgrims maintain a great swarm about the gentle man’.

pílagrímar ‘Pilgrims’

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pílagrímr (noun m.; °; -ar): pilgrim

[6] pílagrímar: pílagrímum 721

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[5-8] Pílagrímar halda mikið stím mildum manni ... í Kompostella ‘Pilgrims make a great tumult about the gentle man ... in Compostela’: James the Great is the patron saint of pilgrims, and a pilgrim’s staff is one of his attributes (see Braun 1943, 347-9; Kilström 1956, 174; Roeder 1956, 20). In the later Middle Ages the shrine of S. James at Santiago de Compostela in Spain was one of the greatest centres of pilgrimage in Christendom (see generally Vázquez de Parga et al. 1948-9; Sumption 1975, 115-16, 120; Cross and Livingstone 1983, 325; Kilström 1962a, 529). Icelanders who visited Santiago de Compostela include Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson, who made the journey a little before 1200 (see GSvert Hrafndr 3^IV; Hrafns saga, ch. 4 in Guðrún P. Helgadóttir 1987, 4) and the chieftain Björn Einarsson, who included Compostela in a pilgrimage he made between 1405 and 1411 (Lögmannsannáll, s.a. 1406, Storm 1888, 288; cf. Einar Arnórsson 1954-8, 41; Jakob Benediktsson 1968, 305-6; Krötzl 1987, 189-200; Cucina 1998, 86-7, 126). Cf. refs to the shrine of S. James in JJ SÁM 1 669, 671, 680, 684, 687, 695-6, 698, 699, 700; and in Mar 1871, 869, 1079. Finnur Jónsson interprets the late word stím according to one of its modern senses ‘trouble, difficulty’ (LP: stím; cf. Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4: stím I.c.) and translates: pilegrimme gör den milde mand megen ulejlighed ‘pilgrims cause the gentle man much distress’. Here the word stím may perhaps have the same sense as its MHG cognate stīm ‘tumult, din’ (see AEW: stím); for medieval accounts of unruly clamour, in a cacophony of different languages, among pilgrims gathering in large numbers at the shrine of S. James at Santiago see, e.g., Sumption 1975, 213, 339. Alternatively, the word may have developed a sense close to that reflected in MDan. stime n. ‘shoal (of fish), swarm’, cf. stime sammen ‘to crowd, throng’, and the passage may mean ‘pilgrims maintain a great swarm about the gentle man’.

þar ‘where’

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þar (adv.): there

er ‘’

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

fagnaðar ‘for rejoicing’

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fǫgnuðr (noun m.; °fagnaðar; fagnaðir): joy

[7] fagnaðar: ‘f[...]adar’ 721

færi ‘occasion’

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fœri (noun n.): opportunity; tool, gear

fellr ‘occurs’

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falla (verb): fall

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

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[5-8] Pílagrímar halda mikið stím mildum manni ... í Kompostella ‘Pilgrims make a great tumult about the gentle man ... in Compostela’: James the Great is the patron saint of pilgrims, and a pilgrim’s staff is one of his attributes (see Braun 1943, 347-9; Kilström 1956, 174; Roeder 1956, 20). In the later Middle Ages the shrine of S. James at Santiago de Compostela in Spain was one of the greatest centres of pilgrimage in Christendom (see generally Vázquez de Parga et al. 1948-9; Sumption 1975, 115-16, 120; Cross and Livingstone 1983, 325; Kilström 1962a, 529). Icelanders who visited Santiago de Compostela include Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson, who made the journey a little before 1200 (see GSvert Hrafndr 3^IV; Hrafns saga, ch. 4 in Guðrún P. Helgadóttir 1987, 4) and the chieftain Björn Einarsson, who included Compostela in a pilgrimage he made between 1405 and 1411 (Lögmannsannáll, s.a. 1406, Storm 1888, 288; cf. Einar Arnórsson 1954-8, 41; Jakob Benediktsson 1968, 305-6; Krötzl 1987, 189-200; Cucina 1998, 86-7, 126). Cf. refs to the shrine of S. James in JJ SÁM 1 669, 671, 680, 684, 687, 695-6, 698, 699, 700; and in Mar 1871, 869, 1079. Finnur Jónsson interprets the late word stím according to one of its modern senses ‘trouble, difficulty’ (LP: stím; cf. Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4: stím I.c.) and translates: pilegrimme gör den milde mand megen ulejlighed ‘pilgrims cause the gentle man much distress’. Here the word stím may perhaps have the same sense as its MHG cognate stīm ‘tumult, din’ (see AEW: stím); for medieval accounts of unruly clamour, in a cacophony of different languages, among pilgrims gathering in large numbers at the shrine of S. James at Santiago see, e.g., Sumption 1975, 213, 339. Alternatively, the word may have developed a sense close to that reflected in MDan. stime n. ‘shoal (of fish), swarm’, cf. stime sammen ‘to crowd, throng’, and the passage may mean ‘pilgrims maintain a great swarm about the gentle man’.

Kompostella ‘Compostela’

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Kompostella (noun f.): [Compostela]

[8] Kompostella: ‘kompa stella’ 721

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[5-8] Pílagrímar halda mikið stím mildum manni ... í Kompostella ‘Pilgrims make a great tumult about the gentle man ... in Compostela’: James the Great is the patron saint of pilgrims, and a pilgrim’s staff is one of his attributes (see Braun 1943, 347-9; Kilström 1956, 174; Roeder 1956, 20). In the later Middle Ages the shrine of S. James at Santiago de Compostela in Spain was one of the greatest centres of pilgrimage in Christendom (see generally Vázquez de Parga et al. 1948-9; Sumption 1975, 115-16, 120; Cross and Livingstone 1983, 325; Kilström 1962a, 529). Icelanders who visited Santiago de Compostela include Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson, who made the journey a little before 1200 (see GSvert Hrafndr 3^IV; Hrafns saga, ch. 4 in Guðrún P. Helgadóttir 1987, 4) and the chieftain Björn Einarsson, who included Compostela in a pilgrimage he made between 1405 and 1411 (Lögmannsannáll, s.a. 1406, Storm 1888, 288; cf. Einar Arnórsson 1954-8, 41; Jakob Benediktsson 1968, 305-6; Krötzl 1987, 189-200; Cucina 1998, 86-7, 126). Cf. refs to the shrine of S. James in JJ SÁM 1 669, 671, 680, 684, 687, 695-6, 698, 699, 700; and in Mar 1871, 869, 1079. Finnur Jónsson interprets the late word stím according to one of its modern senses ‘trouble, difficulty’ (LP: stím; cf. Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4: stím I.c.) and translates: pilegrimme gör den milde mand megen ulejlighed ‘pilgrims cause the gentle man much distress’. Here the word stím may perhaps have the same sense as its MHG cognate stīm ‘tumult, din’ (see AEW: stím); for medieval accounts of unruly clamour, in a cacophony of different languages, among pilgrims gathering in large numbers at the shrine of S. James at Santiago see, e.g., Sumption 1975, 213, 339. Alternatively, the word may have developed a sense close to that reflected in MDan. stime n. ‘shoal (of fish), swarm’, cf. stime sammen ‘to crowd, throng’, and the passage may mean ‘pilgrims maintain a great swarm about the gentle man’. — [8] Kompostella: Ms. ‘kompa stella’; the spelling ‘Kompastella’ appears again in another late poem in honour of James the Great, the so-called Jakobsdiktur, st. 11/4 (ÍM II, 314), which is included earlier in ms. 721 (17r-v).

Kompostella ‘Compostela’

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Kompostella (noun f.): [Compostela]

[8] Kompostella: ‘kompa stella’ 721

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[5-8] Pílagrímar halda mikið stím mildum manni ... í Kompostella ‘Pilgrims make a great tumult about the gentle man ... in Compostela’: James the Great is the patron saint of pilgrims, and a pilgrim’s staff is one of his attributes (see Braun 1943, 347-9; Kilström 1956, 174; Roeder 1956, 20). In the later Middle Ages the shrine of S. James at Santiago de Compostela in Spain was one of the greatest centres of pilgrimage in Christendom (see generally Vázquez de Parga et al. 1948-9; Sumption 1975, 115-16, 120; Cross and Livingstone 1983, 325; Kilström 1962a, 529). Icelanders who visited Santiago de Compostela include Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson, who made the journey a little before 1200 (see GSvert Hrafndr 3^IV; Hrafns saga, ch. 4 in Guðrún P. Helgadóttir 1987, 4) and the chieftain Björn Einarsson, who included Compostela in a pilgrimage he made between 1405 and 1411 (Lögmannsannáll, s.a. 1406, Storm 1888, 288; cf. Einar Arnórsson 1954-8, 41; Jakob Benediktsson 1968, 305-6; Krötzl 1987, 189-200; Cucina 1998, 86-7, 126). Cf. refs to the shrine of S. James in JJ SÁM 1 669, 671, 680, 684, 687, 695-6, 698, 699, 700; and in Mar 1871, 869, 1079. Finnur Jónsson interprets the late word stím according to one of its modern senses ‘trouble, difficulty’ (LP: stím; cf. Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4: stím I.c.) and translates: pilegrimme gör den milde mand megen ulejlighed ‘pilgrims cause the gentle man much distress’. Here the word stím may perhaps have the same sense as its MHG cognate stīm ‘tumult, din’ (see AEW: stím); for medieval accounts of unruly clamour, in a cacophony of different languages, among pilgrims gathering in large numbers at the shrine of S. James at Santiago see, e.g., Sumption 1975, 213, 339. Alternatively, the word may have developed a sense close to that reflected in MDan. stime n. ‘shoal (of fish), swarm’, cf. stime sammen ‘to crowd, throng’, and the passage may mean ‘pilgrims maintain a great swarm about the gentle man’. — [8] Kompostella: Ms. ‘kompa stella’; the spelling ‘Kompastella’ appears again in another late poem in honour of James the Great, the so-called Jakobsdiktur, st. 11/4 (ÍM II, 314), which is included earlier in ms. 721 (17r-v).

Gleði ‘make joyful’

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gleðja (verb): gladden, rejoice

gjörvalla ‘all without exception’

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gǫrvallr (adj.): everything

inni ‘within’

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2. inni (adv.): in, inside, indoors

Guð ‘God’

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

með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

Jácóbs ‘for James’

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Jácób (noun m.): James, Jacob

minni ‘a memorial toast’

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1. minni (noun n.; °-s; -): memory