Anon Lil 10VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 10’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 572-3.
Dægrin ‘’
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dœgr (noun n.; °-s; -): day and night; 24h period
Dagarnir ‘days’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
[1] Dagarnir: so 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892, Dægrin Bb
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[1] dagarnir (m. nom. pl.) ‘the days’: The majority ms. reading, which must be adopted against Bb’s dægrin, with similar meaning, but dægr ‘a period of 24 hours’ is n., and the adj. veltiligir ‘rolling’ (l. 2) is m. pl.
sex ‘the six’
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sex (num. cardinal): six
að ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
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[1] að vísu ‘certainly’: = víst.
vísu ‘Truly’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
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[1] að vísu ‘certainly’: = víst.
uxu ‘’
veltiligir ‘rolling’
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veltiligr (adj.): [rolling]
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[2] veltiligir ‘rolling, that which can be overturned or rolled’: Normally used of a stone or a wheel, see Fritzner: veltiligr.
um ‘across’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
upphafs ‘’
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upphaf (noun n.): beginning < upphafsbelti (noun n.)
úthafs ‘’
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úthaf (noun n.) < úthafsbelti (noun n.)
sjávar ‘the sea’
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sjór (noun m.): sea < sjávarbelti (noun n.)
[2] sjávar‑: úthafs‑ 713, upphafs‑ 4892
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[2] sjávarbelti ‘sea belt’: Hap. leg., the world-encircling sea.
belti ‘belt’
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[2] sjávarbelti ‘sea belt’: Hap. leg., the world-encircling sea.
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
en ‘’
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4. en (conj.): than
feingi ‘received’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
alla ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
friði ‘’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
jörð ‘earth’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
loft ‘air’
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loft (noun n.): air, sky
það ‘that’
[4] það er: er 622, 713, sem Vb, 4892, það 705ˣ
drottinn ‘the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
gjörði ‘made’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
vatn ‘the water’
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vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
himininn ‘sky’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
[5] himininn: himinum 622
hvassa ‘the stormy’
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hvass (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): keen, sharp
hjörn ‘ice’
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hjarn (noun n.): [ice]
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
eld ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
[6] eld: so 99a, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, eldr Bb
sem ‘as well as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
merki ‘fixed’
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1. merki (noun n.; °-s: -): banner, sign < merkistjarna (noun f.): [marking stars]
[6] merkistjörnur: merki og stjörnur 713, 4892
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[6] merkistjörnur ‘fixed stars’: An allusion to Gen. I.14: dixit autem Deus fiant luminaria in firmamento caeli ut dividant diem ac noctem et sint in signa et tempora et dies et annos ‘And God said: Let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years’. Mar uses this word for the star of Bethlehem (Mar 1871, 31); in TGT it appears in a discussion of the music of the spheres (SnE 1848-87, II, 64).
stjörnur ‘stars’
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stjarna (noun f.; °*-u; *-ur): star < merkistjarna (noun f.): [marking stars]
[6] merkistjörnur: merki og stjörnur 713, 4892
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[6] merkistjörnur ‘fixed stars’: An allusion to Gen. I.14: dixit autem Deus fiant luminaria in firmamento caeli ut dividant diem ac noctem et sint in signa et tempora et dies et annos ‘And God said: Let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years’. Mar uses this word for the star of Bethlehem (Mar 1871, 31); in TGT it appears in a discussion of the music of the spheres (SnE 1848-87, II, 64).
haglig ‘’
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hagligr (adj.): proper, convenient
hagl ‘hail’
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hagl (noun n.; °-s; dat. *-um): hail
[7] hagl og: haglig 99a, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ
dríf ‘’
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2. drífa (verb; °drífr; dreif, drifu; drifinn): drive, rush
dýr ‘animals’
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1. dýr (noun n.; °-s (spec.: dyʀiɴs KonrA 66⁴, etc., cf. Seip 1955 188-189); -): animal
[7] dýr: dríf 713
sem ‘along with’
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sem (conj.): as, which
fiska ‘fish’
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fiskr (noun m.): fish
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fugla ‘birds’
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fugl (noun m.): bird
fagran ‘fair’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
plóg ‘crop’
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plóg (noun n.): [crop, plough]
og ‘’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
aldin ‘fruit-bearing’
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2. aldin (noun n.; °-s; -): orchard < aldinskógr (noun m.): °orchard (often of vineyards or olive groves)
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[5-8]: The works of creation are in apposition to prýði, hence the use of the acc. (JH).
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