Anon Lil 75VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 75’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 647-8.
tungan ‘tongue’
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tunga (noun f.; °-u; -ur): tongue, language
[1] tungan: tárum 713, tárinn 4892
af ‘away’
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af (prep.): from
mál ‘speech’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
sálin ‘soul’
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sál (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): soul
beriz ‘convulse’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
[3] beriz: berz 622
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[3] beriz um ‘convulse’: The idiom means ‘to hit right and left, to flail (with one’s arms and legs)’ (see ONP: berja E.).
um ‘’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
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[3] beriz um ‘convulse’: The idiom means ‘to hit right and left, to flail (with one’s arms and legs)’ (see ONP: berja E.).
fast ‘hard’
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fastr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): firm, fast
[3] fast: ‘[...]azt’ 4892
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[3] að búkinn hristi ‘that the body shakes’: Hrista can be used both impersonally and transitively. JH reads the phrase here as an impersonal construction, but it is also possible to understand sálin as subject and búkinn as the direct object: the trembling body reflects the agitated soul. Búkinn is the reading of Bb. Other mss have búkrinn (m. nom. sg.) with ‘the body’ as subject and the verb hristiz in m.v.
búkinn ‘the body’
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búkr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): body
[3] búkinn: búkrinn 622, 713, 4892
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[3] að búkinn hristi ‘that the body shakes’: Hrista can be used both impersonally and transitively. JH reads the phrase here as an impersonal construction, but it is also possible to understand sálin as subject and búkinn as the direct object: the trembling body reflects the agitated soul. Búkinn is the reading of Bb. Other mss have búkrinn (m. nom. sg.) with ‘the body’ as subject and the verb hristiz in m.v.
hristi ‘shakes’
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hrista (verb): shake
[3] hristi: hristiz 622, 713, 4892, hristiz 622, 713, 4892, hristir Vb, 41 8°ˣ
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[3] að búkinn hristi ‘that the body shakes’: Hrista can be used both impersonally and transitively. JH reads the phrase here as an impersonal construction, but it is also possible to understand sálin as subject and búkinn as the direct object: the trembling body reflects the agitated soul. Búkinn is the reading of Bb. Other mss have búkrinn (m. nom. sg.) with ‘the body’ as subject and the verb hristiz in m.v.
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
óttandi ‘fearfully’
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2. ótta (verb): fear
[4] óttandi: óttandi þú 99a, 705ˣ, óttandi að 713, óttandi eg 4892
hjálp ‘help’
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1. hjalpa (verb): help
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[4] hjálp mier, dróttinn ‘help me, Lord’: Reminiscent of the psalmist’s cry, adiuva me Domine ‘help me, Lord’ (Pss. LXIX.6 and CVIII.26), as well as of the terrified disciples’ Herra hialpa þu os ‘Lord, help us’ during a storm at sea (Hið Nya Testament 1540 [Sigurður Nordal 1933]; Matt. VIII.25) and of the Canaanite woman’s plea for help for her daughter: hialpa þu mier Herra ‘help me, Lord’ (Sigurður Nordal 1933; Matt. XV.25).
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
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[4] hjálp mier, dróttinn ‘help me, Lord’: Reminiscent of the psalmist’s cry, adiuva me Domine ‘help me, Lord’ (Pss. LXIX.6 and CVIII.26), as well as of the terrified disciples’ Herra hialpa þu os ‘Lord, help us’ during a storm at sea (Hið Nya Testament 1540 [Sigurður Nordal 1933]; Matt. VIII.25) and of the Canaanite woman’s plea for help for her daughter: hialpa þu mier Herra ‘help me, Lord’ (Sigurður Nordal 1933; Matt. XV.25).
dróttinn ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
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[4] hjálp mier, dróttinn ‘help me, Lord’: Reminiscent of the psalmist’s cry, adiuva me Domine ‘help me, Lord’ (Pss. LXIX.6 and CVIII.26), as well as of the terrified disciples’ Herra hialpa þu os ‘Lord, help us’ during a storm at sea (Hið Nya Testament 1540 [Sigurður Nordal 1933]; Matt. VIII.25) and of the Canaanite woman’s plea for help for her daughter: hialpa þu mier Herra ‘help me, Lord’ (Sigurður Nordal 1933; Matt. XV.25).
Ævinliga ‘Unceasingly’
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ævinliga (adv.): unceasingly
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Ævinliga med lyptvm lofum lof’ Bb, ‘æfinliga med’ 99a, ‘Æfenliga’ 622, ‘æuen liga med l. l.’ 713, ‘Æfinliga med lyptum lofum’ 705ˣ
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Ævinliga med lyptvm lofum lof’ Bb, ‘æfinliga med’ 99a, ‘Æfenliga’ 622, ‘æuen liga med l. l.’ 713, ‘Æfinliga med lyptum lofum’ 705ˣ
lyftum ‘lifted’
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lyfta (verb): lift, raise
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Ævinliga med lyptvm lofum lof’ Bb, ‘æfinliga med’ 99a, ‘Æfenliga’ 622, ‘æuen liga med l. l.’ 713, ‘Æfinliga med lyptum lofum’ 705ˣ
lófum ‘hands’
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lófi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): palm of hand
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Ævinliga med lyptvm lofum lof’ Bb, ‘æfinliga med’ 99a, ‘Æfenliga’ 622, ‘æuen liga med l. l.’ 713, ‘Æfinliga med lyptum lofum’ 705ˣ
lof ‘praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Ævinliga med lyptvm lofum lof’ Bb, ‘æfinliga med’ 99a, ‘Æfenliga’ 622, ‘æuen liga med l. l.’ 713, ‘Æfinliga med lyptum lofum’ 705ˣ
ræðandi ‘uttering’
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2. rœða (verb): utter, speak
á ‘to’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
knie ‘knees’
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kné (noun n.; °-s; -, gen. knjá): knee, lap
sín ‘its’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
bæði ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
skepnan ‘creation’
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skepna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): creation
öll ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
skyld ‘should’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
að ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
skapari ‘Creator’
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skapari (noun m.; °-a): (the) creator
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
fyrir ‘before’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
þinni ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
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[5-8]: The final repeat of the second stef.
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