Anon Lil 3VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 3’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 565-6.
Beiði ‘ask’
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beiða (verb; °-dd-): ask, request
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þig ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
blíður ‘’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
mær ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
[1] mær: blíður 720b, meyjar Vb
dróttinn ‘’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
mögur ‘’
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mǫgr (noun m.; °; megir, acc. mǫgu): son, boy
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
[1] móðir: dróttinn 720b, mögur (sonur) Vb, mögur 41 8°ˣ
kennings
raddartólum mínum,‘my voice-tools, ’
= ORGANS OF SPEECH
my voice-tools, → ORGANS OF SPEECH
hag ‘’
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1. hagr (noun m.; °-s; -ir): situation, condition
hug ‘’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage
fyrir ‘with’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
umsjá ‘overseeing’
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umsjá (noun f.): [overseeing]
[2] umsjá: umsján 622, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892
þína ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
renni ‘may flow’
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2. renna (verb): run (strong)
mál ‘speech’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
raddar ‘voice’
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rǫdd (noun f.; °raddar, dat. -/u; raddir): voice < raddartól (noun n.)
kennings
raddartólum mínum,‘my voice-tools, ’
= ORGANS OF SPEECH
my voice-tools, → ORGANS OF SPEECH
tólum ‘tools’
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tól (noun n.; °; -): [tools, with tools] < raddartól (noun n.)
kennings
raddartólum mínum,‘my voice-tools, ’
= ORGANS OF SPEECH
my voice-tools, → ORGANS OF SPEECH
riett ‘proper’
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3. réttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): right, straight, direct < réttferðugr (adj.)
[4] riettferðugt: so 713, 705ˣ, riettferðugazt Bb, 622, 41 8°ˣ, ‘ríettferdűg[...]’ 99a, riettferðugustu 720b
ferðugt ‘’
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ferðugr (adj.): wellbeing < réttferðugr (adj.)
[4] riettferðugt: so 713, 705ˣ, riettferðugazt Bb, 622, 41 8°ˣ, ‘ríettferdűg[...]’ 99a, riettferðugustu 720b
vísum ‘verses’
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1. vísa (noun f.; °-u; -ur): verse
sliettum ‘smooth’
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sléttr (adj.): level, smooth
skýr ‘clear’
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skýrr (adj.): clear
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
vörrum ‘lips’
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2. vǫrr (noun f.): lip
várum ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
orðin ‘’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
þar ‘’
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þar (adv.): there
þó ‘’
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þó (adv.): though
sem ‘’
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sem (conj.): as, which
vir ‘’
mæltum ‘’
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1. mæla (verb): speak, say
mætti ‘might’
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mega (verb): may, might
[6] mætti: mæltum 720b, mæltust Vb, 41 8°ˣ, mælti 4892
forðum ‘’
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forðum (adv.): formerly, once
orðin ‘the words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
[6] orðin: forðum 720b, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, ‘[...]orðum’ 4892
öll ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
og ‘’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
gulli ‘gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
guði ‘to God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þó ‘’
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þó (adv.): though
þau ‘them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[8] þau: so 99a, 622, 713, 720b, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892, þó Bb, 705ˣ
skyldr ‘bound’
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2. skyldr (adj.): obliged
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
færa ‘bring’
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færa (verb): [bring]
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[5-7]: The syntax is awkward. Guðbrandur Jónsson (1951, 156) reads orðin af vörrum vorum, vorðin svo skýr og sæt, að (þau) öll mætti laugaz í glóanda gulli ‘words from our lips, made so clear and sweet that (they) all might be washed in gleaming gold’. He suggests that laugaz í glóanda gulli refers to the words being written with illuminated letters. Kock (NN §1515) argues that the conjunction svá að joins the first helmingr with the second, and reads svá at orðin af vǫrrum várum, vorðin skýr ok sæt, mætti laugaz... ‘so that the words from our lips, made clear and sweet, might be washed ...’.
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