Anon Lil 32VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 32’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 600.
Hjörtun ‘hearts’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
játi ‘confess’
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1. játa (verb): agree
fagni ‘’
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fagna (verb; °-að-): welcome, rejoice
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fljóti ‘flow’
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fljóta (verb): flow, float
fagnaðar ‘of joy’
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fǫgnuðr (noun m.; °fagnaðar; fagnaðir): joy < fagnaðarlaug (noun f.)
[2] fagnaðarlaug: so 720a VIII, 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892, ‘fagnadadar laug’ Bb
kennings
fagnaðarlaug‘a hot spring of joy ’
= TEARS
a hot spring of joy → TEARS
notes
[2] fagnaðarlaug ‘hot spring of joy’: In ON, as in MIcel., compounds with fagnaðar- as the first element are common. Laug means literally ‘hot spring’ or ‘bath’. JH notes that the metaphor here has to do with the heat of the tears and not their cleansing ability.
laug ‘a hot spring’
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laug (noun f.; °-ar; dat. -u/-; -ar): bath, hot spring < fagnaðarlaug (noun f.)
[2] fagnaðarlaug: so 720a VIII, 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892, ‘fagnadadar laug’ Bb
kennings
fagnaðarlaug‘a hot spring of joy ’
= TEARS
a hot spring of joy → TEARS
notes
[2] fagnaðarlaug ‘hot spring of joy’: In ON, as in MIcel., compounds with fagnaðar- as the first element are common. Laug means literally ‘hot spring’ or ‘bath’. JH notes that the metaphor here has to do with the heat of the tears and not their cleansing ability.
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
hvers ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
manns ‘man’s’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
augum ‘eyes’
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auga (noun n.; °auga; augu/augun, gen. augna): eye
guði ‘’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
þakkandi ‘thanking’
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1. þakka (verb): thank
[3] þakkandi: þakkandi corrected from ‘misku’ Bb
notes
[3]: Note the rhyme between þak- and mjúk-.
mikla ‘’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
miskunn ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
[3] miskunn mjúka: mikla miskunn 720a VIII, miskunn mikla 99a, 713, 705ˣ, 4892
notes
[3] mjúka miskunn ‘mild mercy’: This may be an allusion to the medieval topos of the dispute in heaven between the personified virtues Mercy, Truth, Peace, and Justice: the virtues debate the fate of fallen humanity, and Mercy eventually prevails, persuading the second person of the Trinity to become incarnate and bring about salvation. The topos, based on Ps. LXXXIV.11 (misericordia et veritas occurrerunt iustitia et pax deosculatae sunt ‘Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed’) was widespread: for classic examples see Meditaciones Vite Christi, De Contencione inter Misericordiam et Veritatem (Stallings-Taney 1997, 12-14; Taney 2000, 6-8), and Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo 1 In Annuntiatione Dominica (Leclerq and Rochais 1968, 22-9).
mjúka ‘mild’
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mjúkr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, humble
[3] miskunn mjúka: mikla miskunn 720a VIII, miskunn mikla 99a, 713, 705ˣ, 4892
notes
[3]: Note the rhyme between þak- and mjúk-. — [3] mjúka miskunn ‘mild mercy’: This may be an allusion to the medieval topos of the dispute in heaven between the personified virtues Mercy, Truth, Peace, and Justice: the virtues debate the fate of fallen humanity, and Mercy eventually prevails, persuading the second person of the Trinity to become incarnate and bring about salvation. The topos, based on Ps. LXXXIV.11 (misericordia et veritas occurrerunt iustitia et pax deosculatae sunt ‘Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed’) was widespread: for classic examples see Meditaciones Vite Christi, De Contencione inter Misericordiam et Veritatem (Stallings-Taney 1997, 12-14; Taney 2000, 6-8), and Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo 1 In Annuntiatione Dominica (Leclerq and Rochais 1968, 22-9).
mjúka ‘mild’
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mjúkr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, humble
[3] miskunn mjúka: mikla miskunn 720a VIII, miskunn mikla 99a, 713, 705ˣ, 4892
notes
[3]: Note the rhyme between þak- and mjúk-. — [3] mjúka miskunn ‘mild mercy’: This may be an allusion to the medieval topos of the dispute in heaven between the personified virtues Mercy, Truth, Peace, and Justice: the virtues debate the fate of fallen humanity, and Mercy eventually prevails, persuading the second person of the Trinity to become incarnate and bring about salvation. The topos, based on Ps. LXXXIV.11 (misericordia et veritas occurrerunt iustitia et pax deosculatae sunt ‘Mercy and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed’) was widespread: for classic examples see Meditaciones Vite Christi, De Contencione inter Misericordiam et Veritatem (Stallings-Taney 1997, 12-14; Taney 2000, 6-8), and Bernard of Clairvaux, Sermo 1 In Annuntiatione Dominica (Leclerq and Rochais 1968, 22-9).
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
drottinn ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
vist ‘’
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vist (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): abode, lodging, provisions
hier ‘’
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hér (adv.): here
þinni ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
Sie ‘Let there be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Se þ. d. ;’ Bb, ‘Sie þier dyrd med sannri:’ 99a, ‘Sie þier dyrd med sannre prydi:’ 622, 705ˣ, ‘Sie þier dyrd [...]is s. p. s. h.’ 713
þier ‘to you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Se þ. d. ;’ Bb, ‘Sie þier dyrd med sannri:’ 99a, ‘Sie þier dyrd med sannre prydi:’ 622, 705ˣ, ‘Sie þier dyrd [...]is s. p. s. h.’ 713 [5] þier: þar 4892
dýrð ‘glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Se þ. d. ;’ Bb, ‘Sie þier dyrd med sannri:’ 99a, ‘Sie þier dyrd med sannre prydi:’ 622, 705ˣ, ‘Sie þier dyrd [...]is s. p. s. h.’ 713
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Se þ. d. ;’ Bb, ‘Sie þier dyrd med sannri:’ 99a, ‘Sie þier dyrd med sannre prydi:’ 622, 705ˣ, ‘Sie þier dyrd [...]is s. p. s. h.’ 713
sannri ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Se þ. d. ;’ Bb, ‘Sie þier dyrd med sannri:’ 99a, ‘Sie þier dyrd med sannre prydi:’ 622, 705ˣ, ‘Sie þier dyrd [...]is s. p. s. h.’ 713
prýði ‘beauty’
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prýði (noun f.): finery, honour
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Se þ. d. ;’ Bb, ‘Sie þier dyrd med sannri:’ 99a, ‘Sie þier dyrd med sannre prydi:’ 622, 705ˣ, ‘Sie þier dyrd [...]is s. p. s. h.’ 713
sunginn ‘sung’
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syngja (verb): sing
heiðr ‘honour’
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1. heiðr (noun m.; °heiðrs/heiðar, dat. heiðri/heiðr): honour - gen. -rs
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
öllum ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
sæla ‘’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
æfinliga ‘’
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ævinliga (adv.): unceasingly
ilífliga ‘’
eilífliga ‘eternally’
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eilífliga (adv.): eternally
[7] eilífliga: so Vb, 41 8°ˣ, æfinliga Bb, ilífliga 4892
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
sigri ‘victory’
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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory
[7] sigri: sigr 4892
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
sælu ‘blessing’
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1. sæla (noun f.; °-u; -ur): bliss
sæmk ‘’
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sœma (verb): honour
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
vald ‘power’
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vald (noun n.; °-s; *-): strength, power
þitt ‘’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
það ‘that’
[8] það: þitt Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892
minkaz ‘be diminished’
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minnka (verb): diminish, decrease
[8] minkaz: minkiz Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892
aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
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Let hearts confess; let a hot spring of joy [TEARS] fall and flow from every man’s eyes, forever thanking mild mercy in your Incarnation, my Lord. Let there be to you glory with true beauty, honour sung from all tongues, eternally with victory and blessing; honour and that power will never be diminished.
[5-8]: The second iteration of the stef introduced at st. 26. Most mss abbreviate the ll., but Vb, 41ˣ and 4892 have them in full. The scribe of Bb adds a cross within a square immediately after his abbreviated l. 5, within the body of the text column, not in the margin.
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