Anon Lil 54VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 54’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 624.
Höfuð ‘The supreme’
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hǫfuð (noun n.; °-s; -): head < hǫfuðdróttning (noun f.)
drotningin ‘queen’
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dróttning (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-, acc. -u/-; -ar): queen < hǫfuðdróttning (noun f.)
harmi ‘with grief’
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1. harmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sorrow, grief
[1] harmi: af harmi 99a
þrungin ‘filled’
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þrøngva (verb): press, throng
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
lút ‘bent’
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lútr (adj.; °compar. -ari): bent, bowed
skálf ‘trembled’
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1. skjalfa (verb): shake - intrans.
af ‘with’
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af (prep.): from
sútum ‘sorrows’
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1. sút (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sorrow
færðiz ‘moved’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
[3] færðiz: og færdiz 99a, 705ˣ
nær ‘close’
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nær (adv.): near, almost; when
fell ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
sárum ‘the wounds’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
fossum ‘in torrents’
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fors (noun m.): torrent
blóðið ‘the blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
niðr ‘down’
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3. niðr (adv.): down
krossinn ‘the cross’
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kross (noun m.; °-, dat. -i; -ar): cross, crucifix
Þrútnar ‘swells’
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þrútna (verb): [swells, swelled]
notes
[5] brjóst ‘breast’: Cf. 2/5 and Note.
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
hjartað ‘the heart’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
hold ‘the flesh’
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hold (noun n.; °-s; -): flesh
[6] hold er: hold var 99a, holdið 622, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892, hold Vb
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[6] hold er: hold var 99a, holdið 622, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892, hold Vb
klökt ‘weak’
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klókr (adj.; °comp. -ari, superl. -astr): clever, profound
notes
[6] klökt ‘weak, soft, pliable’: The implication is that Mary could not hold herself upright.
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
notes
[6] öndin ‘spirit, soul, breath’: JH prefers the last meaning: ‘her breath came in sobs’. In favour of understanding ‘soul’ is the resulting flesh/spirit topos.
snöktir ‘sobs’
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snøkða (verb): [sobs]
[6] snöktir: snökti 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892
notes
[6] snöktir ‘sobs’: Bb has the 3rd pers. pres. indic. of snökta ‘to sob, whine’, whereas the majority of mss have the pret. snökti.
augun ‘the eyes’
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auga (noun n.; °auga; augu/augun, gen. augna): eye
tóku ‘began’
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2. taka (verb): take
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
drukna ‘drown’
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drukkna (verb; °-að-): to (be) drown(ed)
drjúgum ‘terribly’
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drjúgr (adj.; °compar. -ari (drýgari [$1033$] ms. 56v, superl. -astr): very, excessive
döpr ‘sad’
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dapr (adj.): gloomy
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
móð ‘weary’
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móðr (adj.): weary
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
flóði ‘a flood’
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2. flóð (noun n.): flood
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The supreme queen, filled with grief, who trembled with sorrows, bowed and bent, moved close, when the blood from the wounds fell in torrents down over the cross. The breast swells, and the heart trembles; the flesh is weak, and the spirit sobs; the eyes began to drown terribly, sad and weary in a flood of tears.
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