Anon Lil 59VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 59’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 629.
Eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
segi ‘say’
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segja (verb): say, tell
riett ‘rightly’
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3. réttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): right, straight, direct
að ‘that’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
einginn ‘no one’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
ógrátandi ‘without weeping’
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ógrátandi (adj.): [without weeping]
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[2] láta vörrum ‘speak’: Lit. ‘bring forth sound with the lips’.
láta ‘speak’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
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[2] láta vörrum ‘speak’: Lit. ‘bring forth sound with the lips’.
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
letrið ‘the record’
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letr (noun n.; °letrs; letr): [writing, record]
læsi ‘he were to read’
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lesa (verb): read
lin ‘tender’
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linr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): [tender] < linhjartaðr (adj./verb p.p.)
hjartaðr ‘hearted’
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hjartaðr (adj./verb p.p.): [hearted] < linhjartaðr (adj./verb p.p.)
af ‘of’
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af (prep.): from
píslum ‘sufferings’
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písl (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Maurit 650²²)): torture
[4] píslum: pínu 4892
því ‘’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
að ‘because’
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4. at (conj.): that
náttúran ‘nature’
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1. náttúra (noun f.; °-u; -ur): nature
af ‘with’
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af (prep.): from
ótta ‘fear’
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ótti (noun m.; °-a): fear
skjálfandi ‘quaking’
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1. skjalfa (verb): shake - intrans.
himnar ‘the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
sjálfir ‘themselves’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
berr ‘naked’
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2. berr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bare
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[7] er var bundinn berr ‘when you were bound naked’: Cf. Líkn 15/7-8.
bundinn ‘bound’
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binda (verb; °bindr; batt/bant(cf. [$332$]), bundu; bundinn): bind, tie
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[7] er var bundinn berr ‘when you were bound naked’: Cf. Líkn 15/7-8.
bifaðiz ‘trembled’
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2. bifa (verb; °-að-): shudder, tremble
hauðr ‘the earth’
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hauðr (noun n.): earth, ground
í ‘at’
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í (prep.): in, into
þínum ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
dauða ‘death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
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Cf. descriptions of the Crucifixion in Has 26 and Líkn 15-19. — [5-8]: The reaction of nature to the death of Jesus is recounted in Matt. XXVII.45, 51, Mark XV.33, 38, and Luke XXIII.44-6.
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