Anon Lil 36VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 36’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 605-6.
Á ‘On’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
þrettánda ‘the thirteenth’
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þrettándi (num. ordinal): thirteenth
dag ‘day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
[1] dag: degi 622
drottins ‘the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
ríkjum ‘kingdoms’
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ríki (noun n.; °-s; -): kingdom, power
stýrðu ‘ruled’
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stýra (verb): steer, control
austr ‘in the eastern part’
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3. austr (adv.; °compar. -ar, superl. -ast): east, in the east
[3] austr: austan Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892
heim ‘the world’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
offri ‘offering’
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offra (verb): sacrifice, offer
[3] offri: offrið 99a, 705ˣ, offrin Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892
ungan ‘the young’
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ungr (adj.): young
mann ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
heiðra ‘’
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heiðra (verb): honour
prísa ‘honour’
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2. prísa (verb): praise
[4] prísa á: heiðra 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892
Um ‘’
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1. um (prep.): about, around < 2. umrennandi (adj.): run its course
rennandi ‘had run its course’
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2. renna (verb): run (strong) < 2. umrennandi (adj.): run its course
sjau ‘’
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sjau (num. cardinal): seven
að ‘When’
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4. at (conj.): that
sinnum ‘times’
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2. sinni (noun n.; °-s;): time, occasion; company, following
sex ‘six’
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sex (num. cardinal): six
daga ‘days’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
grein ‘a period’
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grein (noun f.): reason, period, branch
og ‘plus’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fjórum ‘four’
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fjórir (num. cardinal): four
[6] fjórum: so 705ˣ, þar til Bb, 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, þar að 4892
einum ‘just’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
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[7] offraz ‘offered’: The verbal echo of offri ‘offering’ (l. 3) points out the relationship between the offering of the Magi and Jesus’ offering of himself. Cf. the secreta of the mass for the Epiphany: Ecclesie tue quesumus domine dona propicius intuere. quibus non iam aurus thus et mirrha profertur: sed quod eiſdem muneribus declaratur immolatur et sumitur. Jesus Christus dominus noster ‘Lord, we ask that you regard propitiously the gifts of your church, through which not gold, frankincense, and myrrh are offered, but that which by these gifts is proclaimed, sacrificed, and taken up: Jesus Christ, our Lord’ (Missale pro usu totius regni Norvegie … 1519, a.xviiv).
kaus ‘chose’
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kjósa (verb): choose
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[7] kaus ‘chose’: This detail of the story is unusual. It is more theological than narrative: it emphasizes the voluntary nature of the Incarnation and all that it implies.
fyrir ‘for’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
oss ‘us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
að ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
vísu ‘indeed’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
Jésús ‘Jesus’
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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus
sjálfr ‘himself’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
musteris ‘of the temple’
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musteri (noun n.; °-s; -): church, temple
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On the thirteenth day came glorious men, who ruled kingdoms in the eastern part of the world, to the Lord with offering, to honour the young man in that way. When a period of six times six days plus just four more had run its course, Jesus himself indeed chose to be offered for us in the vault of the temple.
[1-4]: The story of the visit of the Magi is told in Matt. II.1-8. — [5-6]: The construction að + pres. part. is used to express elapsed time. See NS §229 Anm. 2, for analogous examples. The same formula appears in 68/1-2. This st. is corrupt in the ms. tradition, which has likely been influenced by st. 68. The reading given here seems most probable: forty is the number of days between Christmas and the Presentation. Only one late ms. supports the reading fjórum, although eds and translators since Páll Hallsson have adopted it (Páll Hallsson 1773, 20; Finnur Jónsson 1772-8, II, 416; Eiríkur Magnússon 1870, 37; Baumgartner 1884, 51; Wisén 1886-9, I, 92; Skj B; Paasche 1915, 64; Åkerblom 1916, 19; Meissner 1922, 15; Skald; Guðbrandur Jónsson 1951, 84 and 165; Lange 1958b, 63; Einar Bragi 1961; Boucher 1985, 2-10; Gunnar Finnbogason 1988, 49; Ødegård 1980, 49; Taillé 1989, 72). — [5-8]: The story of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (also called the Purification of Mary) is told in Luke II.22-40.
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