Anon Lil 19VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 19’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 585-6.
Refsar ‘punishes’
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1. refsa (verb): punish
þeim ‘them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
riettum ‘a just’
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3. réttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): right, straight, direct
dómi ‘judgement’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
ríkr ‘the powerful’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
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[2] ríkr ‘powerful’: Kock (NN §1522) argues that normalisation by some eds (Eiríkur Magnússon 1870, 20; Cf. Gunnar Finnbogason 1988, 19) to ríkur is unnecessary.
guð ‘’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
fyr ‘For’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
ó ‘faith’
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ó- ((prefix)): un- < ódyggð (noun f.): faithlessness
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[2] ódygð ‘faithlessness’: The word also occurs in 42/8 and 66/7, where the context suggests that its use here has connotations of Eve’s deceitful speech.
dygð ‘lessness’
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dyggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): virtue < ódyggð (noun f.): faithlessness
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[2] ódygð ‘faithlessness’: The word also occurs in 42/8 and 66/7, where the context suggests that its use here has connotations of Eve’s deceitful speech.
slíka ‘such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
rak ‘he drove’
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2. reka (verb): drive, force
þau ‘them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[3] þau: hann þau á 720a VIII
burt ‘’
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2. burt (adv.): away
braut ‘away’
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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away
[3] braut: burt 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ
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[3] braut ‘away’: Cf. Stjórn: Rak gud hann þa sidan brott af sællifis paradis ‘God drove him [Lucifer] away from the paradise of blessed life’ (Unger 1862, 39). The reading of Bb and 99a is necessary for the rhyme with -sæt- (JH).
sæmdar ‘of honour’
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sœmð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): honour < sœmðarsæti (noun n.)
sæti ‘the seat’
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2. sæti (noun n.; °-s; -): seat < sœmðarsæti (noun n.)
snögg ‘’
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1. snøggr (adj.): [swift]
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
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[4] nökt ‘naked’: Probably a contraction of nøkkviðr (acc. nøkðan > nøktan), although it could also be nökt, n. pl. of nakinn (JH).
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
písl ‘’
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písl (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Maurit 650²²)): torture
myrkr ‘darkness’
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1. myrkr (noun n.; °myrkrs/myrks; -): darkness
[4] myrkr: písl 720a VIII, 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
dauða ‘death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
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[5] veltuz aum í veslum heimi ‘wandered wretched in the woeful world’: Cf. Stjórn: Se nu i hueria eymd ok uesolld þu ert uolltin ‘See now in what misery and woe you are involved’ (Unger 1862, 36).
um ‘’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
aum ‘wretched’
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aumr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wretched, poor
[5] aum: um 622
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[5] veltuz aum í veslum heimi ‘wandered wretched in the woeful world’: Cf. Stjórn: Se nu i hueria eymd ok uesolld þu ert uolltin ‘See now in what misery and woe you are involved’ (Unger 1862, 36).
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
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[5] veltuz aum í veslum heimi ‘wandered wretched in the woeful world’: Cf. Stjórn: Se nu i hueria eymd ok uesolld þu ert uolltin ‘See now in what misery and woe you are involved’ (Unger 1862, 36).
vesligum ‘’
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vesligr (adj.)
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[5] veltuz aum í veslum heimi ‘wandered wretched in the woeful world’: Cf. Stjórn: Se nu i hueria eymd ok uesolld þu ert uolltin ‘See now in what misery and woe you are involved’ (Unger 1862, 36).
heimi ‘world’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
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[5] veltuz aum í veslum heimi ‘wandered wretched in the woeful world’: Cf. Stjórn: Se nu i hueria eymd ok uesolld þu ert uolltin ‘See now in what misery and woe you are involved’ (Unger 1862, 36).
víða ‘far and wide’
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1. víða (adv.): widely
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[6] víða lands ‘far and wide about the land’: Fritzner cites two examples of víða with gen., both from Stjórn: víða lands and víða veraldar (Fritzner: víða 1; Unger 1862, 490 and 43).
lands ‘about the land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
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[6] víða lands ‘far and wide about the land’: Fritzner cites two examples of víða with gen., both from Stjórn: víða lands and víða veraldar (Fritzner: víða 1; Unger 1862, 490 and 43).
er ‘where’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[6] þar er nær öll: þau veröld 720a VIII; er: om. 99a, 622, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892
veröld ‘’
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verǫld (noun f.; °-aldar, dat. -/-u; -aldir): world, age
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[6] nær öll ‘nearly all’: Mary and Christ were not touched by the sin of Adam.
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[6] nær öll ‘nearly all’: Mary and Christ were not touched by the sin of Adam.
síðan ‘since’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
lýða ‘of men’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
kind ‘of the race’
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kind (noun f.; °-ar; -r): offspring, race
af ‘because of’
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af (prep.): from
[7] af: mier 720a VIII, með 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ
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[7] af sárum syndum ‘because of painful sins’: Sárum is the last word in the l. in Bb: the omission of syndum is probably a careless scribal error.
sárum ‘painful’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
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[7] af sárum syndum ‘because of painful sins’: Sárum is the last word in the l. in Bb: the omission of syndum is probably a careless scribal error.
syndum ‘sins’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
[7] syndum: so 720a VIII, 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892, om. Bb
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[7] af sárum syndum ‘because of painful sins’: Sárum is the last word in the l. in Bb: the omission of syndum is probably a careless scribal error.
sendiz ‘have been sent’
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senda (verb): send
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
Ádáms ‘Adam’s’
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Adam (noun m.): Adam
lendum ‘loins’
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lendr (adj.): landed
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[8] lendum (f. dat. pl.) ‘loins’: A biblical term translating Lat. lumbus. Cf. Stjórn: konungar ut af þer ok þinum lendum fædaz ‘kings will be born from you and from your loins’ (Gen. XXXV.11; Unger 1862, 189).
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For such faithlessness the powerful Lord punishes them with a just judgement: he drove them away, poor and naked, from the seat of honour into darkness and death. They wandered wretched far and wide about the land in the woeful world, where nearly all of the race of men because of painful sins have been sent forth since from Adam’s loins.
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