Anon Lil 82VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 82’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 654-5.
Beiði ‘ask’
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bíða (verb; °bíðr; beið, biðu; beðit): wait, suffer, experience
móður ‘of mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
mjúka ‘the gentle’
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mjúkr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, humble
[2] mjúka bæn og fagran tænað: fyrir mjúkaz og dygðir skástar 4892; mjúka: fyrir mjúki 713
bæn ‘prayer’
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bœn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): request, prayer
[2] mjúka bæn og fagran tænað: fyrir mjúkaz og dygðir skástar 4892
notes
[2] bæn … tænað: The same rhyme occurs in Líkn 8/4.
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[2] mjúka bæn og fagran tænað: fyrir mjúkaz og dygðir skástar 4892
fagran ‘beautiful’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
[2] mjúka bæn og fagran tænað: fyrir mjúkaz og dygðir skástar 4892
tænað ‘assistance’
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tœnaðr (noun m.): assistance, help
[2] mjúka bæn og fagran tænað: fyrir mjúkaz og dygðir skástar 4892
notes
[2] bæn … tænað: The same rhyme occurs in Líkn 8/4.
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
treystandi ‘trusting’
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treysta (verb): trust, believe in
Jésú ‘Jesus’
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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus
Kristi ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
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[4] yðra ‘your’: The pl. form of the poss. adj. indicates that both Christ and Mary are being addressed.
vægð ‘mercy’
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vægð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): mercy
týndum ‘for the lost’
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týna (verb): lose, destroy
notes
[4] týndum ‘lost’: The part. can be either sg. or pl.: it can be understood either as a personal reference by the speaker to himself, or as a comment on all lost sinners.
mig ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
en ‘’
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4. en (conj.): than
detti ‘comes’
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2. detta (verb; °dettr; datt, duttu; dottinn): drop, fall
[5] detti: dettr 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 705ˣ, 4892
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
dróttinn ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
í ‘with’
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í (prep.): in, into
kvölum ‘pains’
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kvǫl (noun f.; °-ar; -ar/-ir): torment, torture
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
sóttum ‘sicknesses’
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sótt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): illness
notes
[6] sóttum ‘sicknesses, sorrows’: See Note to 40/5.
minnur ‘less’
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minnr (adv.): [less well, less]
[7] minnur: miðr og 99a, miðr 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892
sie ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
síðan ‘later’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
slitinn ‘torn apart’
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slíta (verb): to tear
fjandans ‘the fiend’s’
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fjándi (noun m.; °-a; fjándr/fjándar/fjándir): enemy, devil
bitrum ‘sharp’
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bitr (adj.; °bitran; superl. bitrastr): sharp, biting
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The order of sts 82 and 83 is reversed in 622. The first helmingr is missing in Vb and 41 8°ˣ. — [1-4]: An example of the complex piety of the later Middle Ages: the poet tells Jesus that he is asking Mary to intercede for him. This theme is developed more fully in sts 86-7. The words of Jesus to Mary in the Revelaciones of S. Birgitta are a typical manifestation of it: nulla erit petico tua ad me, que non exaudiatur, et per te omnes, qui petunt misericordiam cum voluntate emendandi, graciam habebunt. Quia sicut claor procedit a sole, sic per te omnis misericordia dabitur. Tu enim es quasi fons largifluus, de quo misericordia miseris fluit ‘no petition of yours will ever come to me without being heard. Any who ask for mercy through you and have the intention of mending their ways will win grace. As heat comes from the sun, so too all mercy will be given through you. You are like a free-flowing spring from which mercy flows to the wretched’ (I.50 in Searby 2006, 141; Undhagen and Jönsson 1977-2001, I, 399-400). — [4]: Cf. 1 Cor. XII.9, ‘My grace is sufficient for thee’ (Lát þér nægja mína náð in Sigurður Nordal 1933).
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