Anon Lil 70VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 70’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 641-2.
Enn ‘Again’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
koma ‘come’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
í ‘a’
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í (prep.): in, into
öðru ‘second’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
sinni ‘time’
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2. sinni (noun n.; °-s;): time, occasion; company, following
alls ‘the all’
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alls- ((prefix)): [all, all-] < allsvaldandi (adj.): all-ruling
valdandi ‘ruling’
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valda (verb): cause < allsvaldandi (adj.): all-ruling
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
gjalda ‘repay’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
ferðum ‘crowds’
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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey
[3] ferðum: so 99a, 705ˣ, fyrðum Bb, verð fyrir 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892
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[3] ferðum (dat. pl.) ‘crowds’: The specific meaning of the word is a group of people on a journey or following a leader, a train or retinue. The poet may have in mind the image of centum quadraginta quattuor milia … hii qui sequuntur agnum quocumque abierit ‘the hundred forty-four thousand ... who follow the Lamb wheresoever he goeth’ (Rev. XIV.1-4).
sínar ‘for their’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
gerðir ‘deeds’
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1. gerð (noun f.): deed
sóma ‘with honour’
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sómi (noun m.; °-a): honour < sómaǫrr (adj.)
örr ‘generous’
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ǫrr (adj.): generous, brave < sómaǫrr (adj.)
á ‘at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
efsta ‘the Last’
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efri (adj. comp.; °superl. efstr/øfstr (eft- [$1653$] 13r²³, etc.)): higher, highest
dómi ‘Judgement’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
Svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
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[5-6] Þá geisar eldr og eisa svá jörð og fjöll ‘Then fire and flames will so rage over earth and mountains’: Geisa is normally intransitive: here, jörð ok fjöll are acc. of place (see NS §96).
geisar ‘rage over’
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geisa (verb): rage
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[5-6] Þá geisar eldr og eisa svá jörð og fjöll ‘Then fire and flames will so rage over earth and mountains’: Geisa is normally intransitive: here, jörð ok fjöll are acc. of place (see NS §96).
þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
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[5-6] Þá geisar eldr og eisa svá jörð og fjöll ‘Then fire and flames will so rage over earth and mountains’: Geisa is normally intransitive: here, jörð ok fjöll are acc. of place (see NS §96).
eldr ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
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[5-6] Þá geisar eldr og eisa svá jörð og fjöll ‘Then fire and flames will so rage over earth and mountains’: Geisa is normally intransitive: here, jörð ok fjöll are acc. of place (see NS §96).
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
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[5-6] Þá geisar eldr og eisa svá jörð og fjöll ‘Then fire and flames will so rage over earth and mountains’: Geisa is normally intransitive: here, jörð ok fjöll are acc. of place (see NS §96).
eisa ‘flames’
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1. eisa (noun f.; °; -ur): flame, ember
[5] eisa: æstiz 99a, æsir 713, 705ˣ, 4892, æsiz Vb, 41 8°ˣ
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[5-6] Þá geisar eldr og eisa svá jörð og fjöll ‘Then fire and flames will so rage over earth and mountains’: Geisa is normally intransitive: here, jörð ok fjöll are acc. of place (see NS §96).
jörð ‘earth’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
[6] jörð: um jörð Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892
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[5-6] Þá geisar eldr og eisa svá jörð og fjöll ‘Then fire and flames will so rage over earth and mountains’: Geisa is normally intransitive: here, jörð ok fjöll are acc. of place (see NS §96).
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
notes
[5-6] Þá geisar eldr og eisa svá jörð og fjöll ‘Then fire and flames will so rage over earth and mountains’: Geisa is normally intransitive: here, jörð ok fjöll are acc. of place (see NS §96).
fjöll ‘mountains’
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1. fjall (noun n.): mountain
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[5-6] Þá geisar eldr og eisa svá jörð og fjöll ‘Then fire and flames will so rage over earth and mountains’: Geisa is normally intransitive: here, jörð ok fjöll are acc. of place (see NS §96).
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
heimi ‘the world’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
öllum ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
eigi ‘nothing’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
[7] eigi: hvergi Bb, að eigi 99a, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, ekki 622, 713, að ei 705ˣ, ‘eye’ 4892
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[7] eigi ‘not’: This form of the word is necessary for the rhyme eigi : ský-.
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[7] hier ‘there’: The word commonly means ‘here’ or ‘hither’. Other mss have þá. If it is to have that meaning here, the syntax of the sentence must be finz eigi óbrunnið upp ór skýjum og hier niðr að grunnum ‘is found unburned up above the clouds and here below on the ground’. But when addressing someone from afar (e.g. in a letter), it can mean ‘there [where you are]’ (see Heggstad, Hødnebø and Simensen 1997: hér 4). The previous st. is addressed to Christ in heaven, and perhaps the image continues in this st. ‘neither up there [where you are] …’
upp ‘up’
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upp (adv.): up
skýjum ‘the clouds’
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ský (noun n.; °-s; -): cloud
[7] skýjum: so 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892, skygjum Bb
óbrunnið ‘unburned’
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óbrunninn (adj./verb p.p.): [unburned]
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[7] óbrunnið ‘unburned’: On the use of a sg. complement with a cpd or collective subject, see NS §71.
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
niðr ‘down’
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3. niðr (adv.): down
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[8] að grunnum ‘on the ground’: The pl. form may be analogous to the idiom til grunna (gen. pl.), e.g. ‘[sink] to the bottom’.
grunnum ‘the ground’
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1. grunnr (noun m.): bottom, shallows
[8] grunnum: grunni 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892
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[8] að grunnum ‘on the ground’: The pl. form may be analogous to the idiom til grunna (gen. pl.), e.g. ‘[sink] to the bottom’.
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Cf. Has 31. — [5-8]: An allusion to 2 Pet. III.12, which describes Dei diei per quam caeli ardentes solventur et elementa ignis ardore tabescent ‘[the coming] of the day of the Lord, by which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with the burning heat of fire’. Cf. the liturgical sequence Dies irae: Dies irae, dies illa / solvet saeclum in favilla ‘On the day of wrath, that day will the whole world be reduced to embers’ (AH 54, 269).
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