Anon Lil 72VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 72’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 643-4.
Einginn ‘’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
finz ‘is found’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
á ‘At’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
þingi ‘assembly’
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þing (noun n.; °-s; -): meeting, assembly
þrætu ‘quarrel’
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1. þræta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): quarrel < þrætugjarn (adj.)
gjarn ‘some’
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gjarn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager < þrætugjarn (adj.)
með ‘’
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með (prep.): with
eðr ‘’
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eða (conj.): or
klókrar ‘’
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klókr (adj.; °comp. -ari, superl. -astr): clever, profound
klókar ‘ingenious’
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klókr (adj.; °comp. -ari, superl. -astr): clever, profound
[2] klókar: klókrar 99a, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ
varna ‘’
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vǫrn (noun f.; °varnar; varnir): defence
varnar ‘’
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vǫrn (noun f.; °varnar; varnir): defence
varnir ‘defences’
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vǫrn (noun f.; °varnar; varnir): defence
[2] varnir: varnar 99a, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892, varna 705ˣ
orða ‘of words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word < orðahreimr (noun m.)
[3] orðahreimr: orðahreims Vb, 705ˣ, orðahríms 41 8°ˣ, orðahrumir 4892
hreimr ‘noise’
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hreimr (noun m.; °dat. -): [noise, clamour] < orðahreimr (noun m.)
[3] orðahreimr: orðahreims Vb, 705ˣ, orðahríms 41 8°ˣ, orðahrumir 4892
og ‘’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
að ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
drottins ‘the Lord’s’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
dómi ‘judgement’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
dreifaz ‘are separated’
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dreifa (verb; °-fð-): sprinkle, separate
[4] dreifaz: þá dreifaz 99a
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
flokka ‘flocks’
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flokkr (noun m.): group, flock
tvenna ‘two’
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tvennr (adj.): two
Aðra ‘The one’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
sveit ‘group’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
hæsta ‘’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
hæstum ‘highest’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
[5] hæstum: hæsta 705ˣ
heiðri ‘honour’
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1. heiðr (noun m.; °heiðrs/heiðar, dat. heiðri/heiðr): honour - gen. -rs
hefr ‘raises up’
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hafa (verb): have
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
yfir ‘above’
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yfir (prep.): over
spéras ‘spheres’
[6] spéras: sperans 99a, 622, 713, spheras Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892
notes
[6] spéras ‘spheres’: Lat. acc. pl. inflection. Cf. niðr af þriðja himni ‘down from the third heaven’ 40/2 and upp yfir hæðir himna ‘up over the heights of the heavens’ 67/7. See Holtsmark 1959.
efri ‘the higher’
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efri (adj. comp.; °superl. efstr/øfstr (eft- [$1653$] 13r²³, etc.)): higher, highest
steypir ‘casts’
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steypa (verb): throw down, cast off
[7] steypir: enn steypir 99a, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892, ei steypir Vb
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
eymdar ‘’
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eymð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): misery
ópi ‘shrieking’
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ópi (noun m.): [shrieking]
öðrum ‘the others’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
[8] öðrum: ‘oerdrum’ Bb
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
fjandann ‘of the fiend’
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fjándi (noun m.; °-a; fjándr/fjándar/fjándir): enemy, devil
notes
[8] fjandann ‘the fiend, the devil’: A metonymy for hell, cf. the MIcel. saying, far þú í fjandann ‘go to hell’ (Guðbrandur Jónsson 1951, 175).
miðjan ‘the middle’
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miðja (noun f.; °-u): the middle
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At this assembly is found no quarrelsome noise of words nor ingenious defences, when at the Lord’s judgement men are separated into two flocks. The one group he raises up with highest honour far above the higher spheres; then casts down the others with misery and shrieking into the midst of hell [lit. into the middle of the fiend].
The model for this st. is the evangelist Matthew’s account of the Last Judgement: cum autem venerit Filius hominis in maiestate sua et omnes angeli cum eo tunc sedebit super sedem maiestatis suae et congregabuntur ante eum omnes gentes et separabit eos ab invicem sicut pastor segregat oves ab hedis et statuet oves quidem a dextris suis hedos autem a sinistris tunc dicet rex his qui a dextris eius erunt venite benedicti Patris mei possidete paratum vobis regnum a constitutione mundi … tunc dicet et his qui a sinistris erunt discedite a me maledicti in ignem aeternum qui paratus est diabolo et angelis eius ‘and when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty. And all nations shall be gathered together before him: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left. Then shall the king say to them that shall be on his right hand: Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess you the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world … Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand: Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels’ (Matt. XXV.31-4, 41). — [1-3]: Cf. the similar syntactical pattern in Has 32/1-4: Engi mun alls á þingi | ísheims vesa þvísa | jóskreytandi ítrum | óttalauss fyr drótni ‘Not a single adorner of the horse of the ice-world [SEA > SHIP > SEAFARER] will be fearless before the glorious Lord at this assembly’. The representation of the Last Judgement as a þing ‘assembly’ also occurs in Líkn 26/6 and 27/1. — [4]: For the idea of dividing those to be judged into two flocks, cf. again Has 36/4-5.
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