Anon Lil 65VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 65’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 636-7.
stundaðir ‘were you zealous’
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stunda (verb): proceed
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[1, 2] stundaðir … á ‘[you] were zealous for’: The idiom stunda á means ‘strive after, aspire to, trust in’.
forni ‘old’
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forn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): ancient, old
[1] forni: feigi 99a
fjandi ‘fiend’
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fjándi (noun m.; °-a; fjándr/fjándar/fjándir): enemy, devil
fremdar ‘of honour’
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fremð (noun f.): honour
snauðr ‘bereft’
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snauðr (adj.): bereft, poor
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[1, 2] stundaðir … á ‘[you] were zealous for’: The idiom stunda á means ‘strive after, aspire to, trust in’.
Jésú ‘Jesus’’
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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus
[2] Jésú: so 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, Jésús Bb, 99a, 705ˣ, Kristi 705ˣ, 4892
dauða ‘death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
Eða ‘Or’
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eða (conj.): or
þóttiz ‘think yourself’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
[3] þóttiz: hugðiz 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, hugðaz 4892
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
meiri ‘greater’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
[3] meiri: meir 4892
mætti ‘strength’
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máttr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. mǽtti/mátt; mǽttir, dat. -um): power
[3] mætti: mættar 622
máttrinn ‘power’
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máttr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. mǽtti/mátt; mǽttir, dat. -um): power
[4] máttrinn: enn máttrinn 99a, 705ˣ
hans ‘his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[4] hans: þín 713
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[4] er: þó 99a, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, að 622, enn 713, 4892
guð ‘to divin’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God < guðdómr (noun m.): God’s dominion
Eða ‘Or’
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eða (conj.): or
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
líkams ‘of the body’
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líkamr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ir): body
[5] líkams: líkamans Vb, 41 8°ˣ
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[5] lygðir líkams ‘the lies of the body’: I.e. the body’s apparent weakness. This is a return to the theme of st. 60: the seemingly mortal Jesus on the Cross as bait in a trap.
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[5] lygðir líkams ‘the lies of the body’: I.e. the body’s apparent weakness. This is a return to the theme of st. 60: the seemingly mortal Jesus on the Cross as bait in a trap.
Líkam ‘the body’
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líkamr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ir): body
[6] Líkam: líkama 99a, 4892, að líkama Vb, 41 8°ˣ
hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
meyjar ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
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[6] ríkrar meyjar ‘of a powerful maiden’: Cf. mektarblóm ‘flower of might’ 25/2.
ríkrar ‘of a powerful’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
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[6] ríkrar meyjar ‘of a powerful maiden’: Cf. mektarblóm ‘flower of might’ 25/2.
óverðugan ‘not deserving’
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óverðugr (adj.): undeserving
hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[7] hann: að 99a, 622, 713, om. Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ
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[7] fleingdu ‘whipped’: Cf. Mark X.34: þeir munu og ſpotta hann / og fleingia ſpyta a hann ‘they will mock him and whip and spit on him’ (Hið Nya Testament 1540 [Sigurður Nordal 1933]); see also Matt. XX.19, XVII.36; Mark XV.15; Luke XVIII.32-3; and John XIX.1.
fyrðar ‘men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
flekk ‘spot’
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flekkr (noun m.): stain, defect < flekklauss (adj.)
[8] flekklaustan: flekklausastir 99a, 705ˣ, flekklaustur 622, flekklausan 713, flekklausastur Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892
laustan ‘less’
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lauss (adj.; °compar. lausari): loose, free, without < flekklauss (adj.)
[8] flekklaustan: flekklausastir 99a, 705ˣ, flekklaustur 622, flekklausan 713, flekklausastur Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[8] hann: so 99a, 622, 713, 705ˣ, om. Bb, Vb, 41 8°ˣ
vann ‘earned’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
til ‘it’
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til (prep.): to
ekki ‘not’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
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The st. contrasts Lucifer’s inflated idea of his power with the greater might of both Jesus and Mary. Peter Foote (1982, 118) points out that much of the content of this st. and the following is ‘clearly a verbatim transfer of the Poetria nova’ of Geoffrey of Vinsauf. Cf. Geoffrey on subjectio and gradatio: Serpens invidiae nostraeque propaginis auctor, / Cur cruce damnasti Christum? Meruitne? Sed expers / Omnis erat maculae. Corpus fantasma putasti? / Sed veram carnem sumpsit de virgine. Purum / Credebas hominem? Sed de virtute probavit / Esse Deum. Quare merita damnare ‘Serpent of envy and foe of our race, why did you seek Christ’s death on the cross? Did he deserve it? But he was free of all guilt. Did you think his body a phantom? But he assumed true flesh of a virgin. Did you think him mere man? But by his power he proved himself God...’ (Nims 1967, 57; Faral 1924, 232). — [4]: Skj B reads máttrinn hans at guðdóm váttar and translates uagtet hans styrke vidner om goddomsnatur? ‘although his strength attests to his divine nature?’. JH points out that ‘although’ is Finnur’s editorial addition and suggests that Bb’s er is preferable to the að of 622. He translates når hans magt vidner om guddom ‘when his might attests to divinity’.
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