Anon Lil 81VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 81’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 653-4.
Laust ‘loose’
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lauss (adj.; °compar. lausari): loose, free, without
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[1] lát mig aldrigi laust ‘never let me loose’: The poet uses the same idiom in 61/7: cf. and see Note. The l. echoes the phrase ne permittas me separari a te ‘never let me be separated from you’ from the popular prayer Anima Christi, which first appeared at the beginning of C14th and was widely circulated throughout Europe: Pope John XXII attached an indulgence to it in 1327 (Dreves 1898).
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[1] lát mig aldrigi laust ‘never let me loose’: The poet uses the same idiom in 61/7: cf. and see Note. The l. echoes the phrase ne permittas me separari a te ‘never let me be separated from you’ from the popular prayer Anima Christi, which first appeared at the beginning of C14th and was widely circulated throughout Europe: Pope John XXII attached an indulgence to it in 1327 (Dreves 1898).
lát ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
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[1] lát mig aldrigi laust ‘never let me loose’: The poet uses the same idiom in 61/7: cf. and see Note. The l. echoes the phrase ne permittas me separari a te ‘never let me be separated from you’ from the popular prayer Anima Christi, which first appeared at the beginning of C14th and was widely circulated throughout Europe: Pope John XXII attached an indulgence to it in 1327 (Dreves 1898).
mig ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[1] mig: so 99a, 622, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, mier Bb, 713, 4892
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[1] lát mig aldrigi laust ‘never let me loose’: The poet uses the same idiom in 61/7: cf. and see Note. The l. echoes the phrase ne permittas me separari a te ‘never let me be separated from you’ from the popular prayer Anima Christi, which first appeared at the beginning of C14th and was widely circulated throughout Europe: Pope John XXII attached an indulgence to it in 1327 (Dreves 1898).
Kristi ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
[1] Kristi: Kristur 41 8°ˣ
lasta ‘of vices’
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lǫstr (noun m.; °lastar, dat. lesti/lǫst; lestir, acc. lǫstu/lasta(Mar655XXXII 462)): fault, sin < lastavindr (noun m.)
vinds ‘of the wind’
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1. vindr (noun m.; °-s/-ar; -ar): wind < lastavindr (noun m.)
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
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[2] í byljakasti ‘in the tossing of winds, sudden squall’: In MIcel., kast can have the meaning ‘a sudden, violent, but short-lasting development in the weather’, as in kuldakast or frostakast (‘cold snap’, Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4: kast I.2). A bylr is a gust of wind or squall (ONP: bylr). This is the only occurrence of the cpd in ON, but cf. the entry byljaköst in Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4.
bylja ‘squall’
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bylr (noun m.; °; -ir): [squall] < byljakast (noun n.)
[2] bylja‑: ‘bylgna’ 622
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[2] í byljakasti ‘in the tossing of winds, sudden squall’: In MIcel., kast can have the meaning ‘a sudden, violent, but short-lasting development in the weather’, as in kuldakast or frostakast (‘cold snap’, Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4: kast I.2). A bylr is a gust of wind or squall (ONP: bylr). This is the only occurrence of the cpd in ON, but cf. the entry byljaköst in Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4.
kasti ‘the sudden’
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kast (noun n.; °; *-): wood pile < byljakast (noun n.)
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[2] í byljakasti ‘in the tossing of winds, sudden squall’: In MIcel., kast can have the meaning ‘a sudden, violent, but short-lasting development in the weather’, as in kuldakast or frostakast (‘cold snap’, Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4: kast I.2). A bylr is a gust of wind or squall (ONP: bylr). This is the only occurrence of the cpd in ON, but cf. the entry byljaköst in Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4.
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[3] tyfta ‘chastise’: A MIcel. word not otherwise known in ON. See Westergård-Nielsen 1946, 351.
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
tem ‘tame’
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temja (verb): tame
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
oftast ‘often as possible’
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opt (adv.): often
tendrað ‘burning’
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tendra (verb): kindle
brjóst ‘breast’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
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[4] brjóst ‘breast’: Cf. 2/5 (and Note) and 76/6: brjóst svíðir ‘my breast burns’.
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
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[4] með vendi líknar ‘with the rod of mercy’: Cf. Augustine, Sermo CCCLXVI, De Psalmo XXII: Sive itaque prospereris in Deo, sive tentationum tempestate turberis, totum te in baculum misericordiae Dei projice... ‘Whether you prosper in God, or are tossed in the tempest of temptation, cast yourself entirely under God’s rod of mercy’ (Augustinus Hipponensis, Sermones Dubii, col. 1649).
líknar ‘of mercy’
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líkn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): grace, mercy
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[4] með vendi líknar ‘with the rod of mercy’: Cf. Augustine, Sermo CCCLXVI, De Psalmo XXII: Sive itaque prospereris in Deo, sive tentationum tempestate turberis, totum te in baculum misericordiae Dei projice... ‘Whether you prosper in God, or are tossed in the tempest of temptation, cast yourself entirely under God’s rod of mercy’ (Augustinus Hipponensis, Sermones Dubii, col. 1649).
vendi ‘the rod’
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vǫndr (noun m.; °vandar, dat. vendi/vǫnd; vendir, acc. vǫndu/vendi): rod, want, mast
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[4] með vendi líknar ‘with the rod of mercy’: Cf. Augustine, Sermo CCCLXVI, De Psalmo XXII: Sive itaque prospereris in Deo, sive tentationum tempestate turberis, totum te in baculum misericordiae Dei projice... ‘Whether you prosper in God, or are tossed in the tempest of temptation, cast yourself entirely under God’s rod of mercy’ (Augustinus Hipponensis, Sermones Dubii, col. 1649).
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
fúss ‘eagerly’
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fúss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager, willing
að ‘at’
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4. at (conj.): that
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[5-6] krjúpa eg að fótum þínum ‘I kneel at your feet’: Cf. 79/5 and Note.
fótum ‘feet’
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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg
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[5-6] krjúpa eg að fótum þínum ‘I kneel at your feet’: Cf. 79/5 and Note.
faðir ‘father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
skínandi ‘shining’
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skína (verb): shine
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[5-6] krjúpa eg að fótum þínum ‘I kneel at your feet’: Cf. 79/5 and Note.
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
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[5-6] krjúpa eg að fótum þínum ‘I kneel at your feet’: Cf. 79/5 and Note.
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[5-6] krjúpa eg að fótum þínum ‘I kneel at your feet’: Cf. 79/5 and Note.
hvert ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
[7] hvert: í hvert 99a, 705ˣ, 4892
sinn ‘time’
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2. sinn (noun n.; °?dat. -): time
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
kulda ‘cold’
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kulði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): [cold]
[7] kulda: kuldans 99a, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 4892, kuldan 713, 705ˣ
kenni ‘experience’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
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[8] kostalausu (n. dat.sg. adj.) ‘barren, cheerless’: Kostr means ‘travel provisions/nourishment/necessities of life’; the suffix -lauss indicates deprivation of these things.
glæpa ‘of sins’
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glœpr (noun m.): sin, misdeed
frosti ‘frost’
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frost (noun n.): frost
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[8] frosti ‘frost’: See 73/3 and Note; cf. 78/2.
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