Anon Lil 80VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 80’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 652-3.
Svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
sæti ‘Sweet’
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sœtr (adj.): sweet
notes
[1] sæti Jésú ‘sweet Jesus’: Cf. Jésú sæta 60/1 and Note, as well as sæti Jésú 63/1 and faðir hinn sæti ‘sweet Father’ 79/1.
notes
[1] sæti Jésú ‘sweet Jesus’: Cf. Jésú sæta 60/1 and Note, as well as sæti Jésú 63/1 and faðir hinn sæti ‘sweet Father’ 79/1.
synda ‘on my sins’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
líkn ‘for mercy’
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líkn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): grace, mercy
[2] líkn: lausn 99a, 622, 705ˣ
þeira ‘of them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[2] þeira: þessa 622
myndir ‘images’
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mynd (noun f.; °; -ir): shape
[2] myndir: so 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892, ‘mydi’ Bb
notes
[3-4] myndir lítaz ‘images appear’: Lítaz is the reflexive form of líta ‘see’. The reflexive usually means ‘think, seem’, but its association here with myndir, which can mean ‘picture’ or ‘image’ as well as ‘conception’ or ‘idea’ suggests that we are meant to think of visual images.
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[3-4] myndir lítaz ‘images appear’: Lítaz is the reflexive form of líta ‘see’. The reflexive usually means ‘think, seem’, but its association here with myndir, which can mean ‘picture’ or ‘image’ as well as ‘conception’ or ‘idea’ suggests that we are meant to think of visual images.
sem ‘as if’
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sem (conj.): as, which
liggi ‘lies’
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liggja (verb): lie
linna ‘serpents’’
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linnr (noun m.): snake
eitr ‘venom’
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eitr (noun n.; °; dat. -um): poison
um ‘around’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
hjartað ‘heart’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
innan ‘inside’
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innan (prep.): inside, within
Send ‘Send’
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senda (verb): send
mier ‘to me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[5] hingað mier: mier hingað Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892
sjau ‘of the seven’
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sjau (num. cardinal): seven < sjaufaldr (adj.)
notes
[5-6] sjaufalds anda sanna gipt ‘sevenfold Spirit’s true gift’: Cf. 27/5 and Note.
falds ‘fold’
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-faldr (adj.): -fold < sjaufaldr (adj.)
notes
[5-6] sjaufalds anda sanna gipt ‘sevenfold Spirit’s true gift’: Cf. 27/5 and Note.
anda ‘Spirit’
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andi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): spirit, soul
notes
[5-6] sjaufalds anda sanna gipt ‘sevenfold Spirit’s true gift’: Cf. 27/5 and Note.
sanna ‘the true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
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[5-6] sjaufalds anda sanna gipt ‘sevenfold Spirit’s true gift’: Cf. 27/5 and Note.
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[5-6] sjaufalds anda sanna gipt ‘sevenfold Spirit’s true gift’: Cf. 27/5 and Note.
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
notes
[6] leysi … ór banni ‘loose … from its ban (of excommunication)’: Cf. 15/2, 64/7, and 83/2.
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
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[6] leysi … ór banni ‘loose … from its ban (of excommunication)’: Cf. 15/2, 64/7, and 83/2.
banni ‘its ban’
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bann (noun n.; °-s; *-): ban
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[6] leysi … ór banni ‘loose … from its ban (of excommunication)’: Cf. 15/2, 64/7, and 83/2.
mína ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
önd ‘soul’
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2. ǫnd (noun f.; °andar, dat. ǫnd/ǫndu; andir): soul, breath
mættag ‘I may’
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mega (verb): may, might
þjóna ‘serve’
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þjóna (verb): serve
Máríu ‘of Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
kennings
blómi Máríu.‘fruit of Mary.’
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fruit of Mary. → Christ
notes
[8] blómi Máríu ‘fruit of Mary’: An allusion to Elizabeth’s greeting to Mary in Luke I.42: benedicta tu inter mulieres et benedictus fructus ventris tui ‘Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb’. The epithet for Jesus is pervasive in the Lat. tradition, but this is the only instance cited by LP. ONP cites an analogous use of the word in Mar in a translation of Isa. XI.1-2: Upp mun renna vöndr af rót Jesse ok blómgaz, ok yfir þeim blóma mun hvílaz andi dróttins ‘there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and blossom. And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon that flower’ (Mar 1871, 15). In ON poetry, blóm is more commonly used in reference to Mary: cf. mektarblóm ‘flower of might’ 25/2 and LP: blóm. The Marian prayer in HómÍsl calls Mary blóme hréinlifes ‘flower of chastity’ (HómÍsl 1993, 90v). In Lil 16/3 and 18/2 the word is used of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Its appearance in the present context may be an attempt to draw attention to the typological relationship of the two events.
blómi ‘fruit’
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blóm (noun n.; °-s; -): flower
[8] blómi: blóm 99a, 622, 713, 705ˣ, fróm Vb, 41 8°ˣ
kennings
blómi Máríu.‘fruit of Mary.’
= Christ
fruit of Mary. → Christ
notes
[8] blómi Máríu ‘fruit of Mary’: An allusion to Elizabeth’s greeting to Mary in Luke I.42: benedicta tu inter mulieres et benedictus fructus ventris tui ‘Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb’. The epithet for Jesus is pervasive in the Lat. tradition, but this is the only instance cited by LP. ONP cites an analogous use of the word in Mar in a translation of Isa. XI.1-2: Upp mun renna vöndr af rót Jesse ok blómgaz, ok yfir þeim blóma mun hvílaz andi dróttins ‘there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and blossom. And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon that flower’ (Mar 1871, 15). In ON poetry, blóm is more commonly used in reference to Mary: cf. mektarblóm ‘flower of might’ 25/2 and LP: blóm. The Marian prayer in HómÍsl calls Mary blóme hréinlifes ‘flower of chastity’ (HómÍsl 1993, 90v). In Lil 16/3 and 18/2 the word is used of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Its appearance in the present context may be an attempt to draw attention to the typological relationship of the two events.
fyrir ‘to’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
yðarn ‘your’
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yðvarr (pron.; °f. yður; pl. yðrir): your
[8] yðarn: ykkar 99a, ykkrum 622, ykkarn 713, þínum Vb, om. 41 8°ˣ
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