Anon Lil 76VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 76’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 648-9.
Tvá ‘Two things’
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tveir (num. cardinal): two
hræðumz ‘fear’
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3. hræða (verb): fear, be afraid
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
dóm ‘judgement’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
dauða ‘death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
sá ‘a man’
[2] sá: svo 713
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[2] sá margr ‘many a man’: I.e. ‘every man’. The point here is that all die. Flestra ‘most’ (l. 7) and fátt ‘little’ (l. 8) are likewise understated (JH).
margr ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
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[2] sá margr ‘many a man’: I.e. ‘every man’. The point here is that all die. Flestra ‘most’ (l. 7) and fátt ‘little’ (l. 8) are likewise understated (JH).
eingi ‘no one’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
[2] eingi: einginn 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892
bjargar ‘saves’
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1. bjarga (verb; °bergr (biærgr Alk619 77⁹; biargr ÓH619 119¹); barg, burgu; borginn): to save, preserve
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[2] bjargar ‘saves’: The connotations of bjarga range from ‘to save or rescue from physical danger’ to ‘to redeem or save’ in the theological sense. In this context the meaning is both that there is no one who can ultimately prevent another from dying, and likewise no one who can save another from final damnation. JH notes that the present tense form bjargar (late, weak inflection) is probably the earliest occurence of this development.
mitt ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
eitt ‘utterly [lit. only]’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
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[3] eitt ‘only, alone’: The speaker’s life has been only, i.e. utterly and thoroughly, wicked (JH).
veit ‘know’
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1. vita (verb): know
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
líf ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
hið ‘that’
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2. inn (art.): the
ljóta ‘wicked’
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ljótr (adj.): ugly
mig ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
í ‘to’
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í (prep.): in, into
drottins ‘the Lord’s’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
reiði ‘wrath’
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2. reiði (noun f.; °-): anger
Af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
[5] Af: í 99a, 705ˣ, og 622, og í 713, 4892, og af Vb, 41 8°ˣ
margfaldri ‘the manifold’
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margfaldr (adj.): manifold
synda ‘of sins’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
saurgan ‘defilement’
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saurgun (noun f.; °saurganar): [defilement]
svíðir ‘burns’
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1. svíða (verb): cause pain, burn
[6] svíðir: svíður 99a, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, ‘[...]uydr’ 4892
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[6] svíðir ‘burns’: Probably the best reading, cf. svíddu 56/5 (JH). Skj B favours the strong 3rd pers. sg. pres. indic. form, svíður.
brjóst ‘My breast’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
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[6] brjóst ‘breast’: Cf. 2/5 (and Note) and 81/4 tendrað brjóst ‘my burning breast’.
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hefndum ‘revenge’
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hefnd (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): revenge
kvíðir ‘fears’
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3. kvíða (verb): fear
fyrir ‘for’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
afbrigðin ‘deviation’
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2. afbrigð (noun n.; °; -): transgression, deviation
[7] afbrigðin: afbrigði 99a, 713, 705ˣ, 4892, afbrigðið Vb, 41 8°ˣ
flestra ‘from most’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
dygða ‘virtues’
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dyggð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): virtue
fátt ‘little’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[8] er: er gott 99a, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892
það ‘there’
[8] það: om. 4892
siðuna ‘of good morals’
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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals
[8] siðuna: siðina Vb, 41 8°ˣ
vátti ‘may give evidence’
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vátta (verb): affirm, attest
[8] vátti: váttar 99a, 713, 705ˣ, 4892
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Two things I fear: judgement and death; many a man dies, whom no one saves; I know that my utterly [lit. only] wicked life will bring me to the Lord’s wrath. My breast burns from the manifold defilement of sins and fears revenge for deviation from most virtues; there is little that may give evidence of good morals.
The theme and diction of this st. (dauð-, bjarga, synda saurgan) are reminiscent of st. 27. — [3-4]: The verb vita ‘know’ introduces an acc.-inf. construction (see NS §217a).
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