Anon Lil 74VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 74’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 646-7.
Þessu ‘’
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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this
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[1] í gegn þessu ‘against this, on the other hand’: The image of the shepherd separating the sheep from the goats is sustained. In st. 72 the poet tells how, at the Last Judgement, Christ will separate the saved from the damned. St. 73 describes the fate of the damned at his left hand; st. 74 the fate of the saved at his right.
í ‘On’
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í (prep.): in, into
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[1] í gegn þessu ‘against this, on the other hand’: The image of the shepherd separating the sheep from the goats is sustained. In st. 72 the poet tells how, at the Last Judgement, Christ will separate the saved from the damned. St. 73 describes the fate of the damned at his left hand; st. 74 the fate of the saved at his right.
gegn ‘the other hand’
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2. gegn (prep.): against
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[1] í gegn þessu ‘against this, on the other hand’: The image of the shepherd separating the sheep from the goats is sustained. In st. 72 the poet tells how, at the Last Judgement, Christ will separate the saved from the damned. St. 73 describes the fate of the damned at his left hand; st. 74 the fate of the saved at his right.
fögnuð ‘joy’
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fǫgnuðr (noun m.; °fagnaðar; fagnaðir): joy
[1] finna fögnuð: fögnuð finna 622
fyrðum ‘men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
[2] fyrðum: fyrða 99a, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892, fyrðar 622
heim ‘home’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
[2] heim: hver 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
sinnar ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
[2] sinnar: himna Vb, 41 8°ˣ, sætrar 4892
dýrðar ‘glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
herrann ‘the Lord’
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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host
[3] herrann: er herrann 622, hærra 713, sem herrann 705ˣ, ‘hogra’ 4892
bauð ‘invited’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
[3] bauð: býðr 99a, 705ˣ, vegur 713, veg 4892
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
hæstri ‘highest’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
[3] hæstri: hæstum 713, hæðstum 4892
heim ‘home’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world < heimleiddr (adj./verb p.p.)
leiddir ‘having been led’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired < heimleiddr (adj./verb p.p.)
[4] ‑leiddir: so 713, Vb, 705ˣ, ‑leiðar Bb, ‑leiðir 622, ‑leiddan 41 8°ˣ, ‑leiðz 4892
því ‘because’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
[4] því að: skulu 99a, þar 713, 705ˣ, þá eð Vb, þá er 41 8°ˣ, þær 4892
að ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
[4] því að: skulu 99a, þar 713, 705ˣ, þá eð Vb, þá er 41 8°ˣ, þær 4892
verða ‘become’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
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[4] beimar ‘men’: On this heiti see 39/6 and Note.
ungir ‘young’
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ungr (adj.): young
glaðir ‘happy’
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2. glaðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad
[5] glaðir: glaðir enn 622
frjálsir ‘free’
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frjáls (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): free
[5] frjálsir: ‘frjálsz’ 4892
fríðir ‘beautiful’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
færir ‘healthy’
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fœrr (adj.): capable
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[6] færir ‘healthy’: Lit. ‘capable of travel, ready to travel’.
máttkir ‘mighty’
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máttigr (adj.; °compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): mighty
[6] máttkir: máttkir enn 622, maktz 4892
vitrir ‘wise’
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vitr (adj.): wise
skærir ‘radiant’
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1. skærr (adj.): pure, bright
hátíð ‘feast’
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hátíð (noun f.): feast, festival
gild ‘a magnificent’
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2. gildr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): valued at, worth
[7] gild: gild er 99a
um ‘through’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
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[7-8] um allar aldir alda ‘through all ages to come’: Lit. ‘through all ages of ages’: The phrase translates in sæcula sæculorum, the traditional conclusion of Lat. liturgical prayers. See 1/7 and Note; cf. 66/3.
allar ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
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[7-8] um allar aldir alda ‘through all ages to come’: Lit. ‘through all ages of ages’: The phrase translates in sæcula sæculorum, the traditional conclusion of Lat. liturgical prayers. See 1/7 and Note; cf. 66/3.
aldir ‘ages’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
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[7-8] um allar aldir alda ‘through all ages to come’: Lit. ‘through all ages of ages’: The phrase translates in sæcula sæculorum, the traditional conclusion of Lat. liturgical prayers. See 1/7 and Note; cf. 66/3.
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[7-8] um allar aldir alda ‘through all ages to come’: Lit. ‘through all ages of ages’: The phrase translates in sæcula sæculorum, the traditional conclusion of Lat. liturgical prayers. See 1/7 and Note; cf. 66/3.
þeim ‘to them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[8] þeim: þar 4892
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This st. concludes the epic portion of Lil. What follows is lyrical: confessions of faith, prayers, and praise of Mary (JH). — [2]: Cf. Líkn 28/1-2: Heim laðar hvern frá dómi | himins fyrða til dyrðar ‘[God] invites each of the [faithful] men home with him from the Judgement to heaven’s glory’. Cf. also Lil 68/8. — [3-4]: The idiom bjóða heim means ‘to drive livestock home’ (ONP: bjóða 4). The use of bjóða with heimleiðar ‘homewards’ (l. 4, gen. of heimleið ‘home path’, used adverbially) again evokes the image of the two flocks. On the adverbial use of the gen., see Guðbrandur Jónsson 1951, 176, and NS §152. Skj B and Skald follow the alternative ms. reading heimleiddir, from heimleiddr, adj. ‘led home’, and construe því at heimleiddir beimar verða ungir ... ‘because, having been led home, men become young ...’. Bauð (l. 3) is then given its normal sense of ‘invited’.
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