Anon Lil 88VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 88’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 661.
Frammi ‘forth’
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frammi (adv.): forth
stattu ‘Stand’
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standa (verb): stand
fæddir ‘gave birth’
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2. fœða (verb): to feed, give food to, bring up, bear, give birth to
[1] fæddir: fæddi Vb, 41 8°ˣ
drottin ‘to the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
fyrir ‘before’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
notes
[2] fyrir ‘before’: Note that the prep. has metrical stress.
skínanda ‘radiant’
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skína (verb): shine
[2] skínanda: skínandi 99a, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892
barni ‘child’
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barn (noun n.; °-s; bǫrn/barn(JKr 345³), dat. bǫrnum/barnum): child
[2] barni: guði Vb, 41 8°ˣ
miskunn ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
mjúka ‘gentle’
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mjúkr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, humble
[3] mjúka: mikla 713, 4892
maðrinn ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
hverr ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
glæpir ‘sins’
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glœpr (noun m.): sin, misdeed
[4] glæpir: glæpi 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, 4892
þverri ‘dwindle away’
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1. þverra (verb): diminish
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[4] þverri ‘dwindle, diminish’: The verb can be conjugated both strong (intransitive) and weak (transitive); the Bb version of the st. has the strong form. Cf. mættir þurru ‘powers diminished’ 58/6.
þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
[5] þá: so 99a, 622, 705ˣ, þá en Bb, þú 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, ‘[...]’ 4892
framm ‘forth’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
blíðum ‘gentle’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
vörrum ‘lips’
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2. vǫrr (noun f.): lip
bæna ‘prayers’
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bœn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): request, prayer
[6] bænamál: so 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, bæna Bb, bænar mál 99a, 705ˣ, 4892
mál ‘’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
[6] bænamál: so 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, bæna Bb, bænar mál 99a, 705ˣ, 4892
fyrir ‘for’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
kristnum ‘Christian’
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kristinn (adj.; °superl. kristnastr): Christian
sálum ‘souls’
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sál (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): soul
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
Jésú ‘of Jesus’
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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus
[7] Jésú: Jésús 622, sælrar Vb, 41 8°ˣ, fyrir 4892
kennings
dýrust móðir Jésú!‘dearest mother of Jesus! ’
= Mary
dearest mother of Jesus! → Mary
kennings
dýrust móðir Jésú!‘dearest mother of Jesus! ’
= Mary
dearest mother of Jesus! → Mary
dýrust ‘dearest’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
[7] dýrust: hinn dýri Vb, 41 8°ˣ
kennings
dýrust móðir Jésú!‘dearest mother of Jesus! ’
= Mary
dearest mother of Jesus! → Mary
Mun ‘Remember’
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1. muna (verb): remember
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
notes
[8] eg skiljumz eigi undan ‘I should not be separated out’: An allusion to Matthew’s description of the Last Judgement: Enn þa manzins ſon mun koma i ſinu tignar velldi / og aller Helger Einglar med honum / hann mun þa ſitta i ſæti ſins velldis / og allar þioder munu ſaman ſafnazt fyre honum / og hann mun þa ſundr ſkilia huora fra odrum svo ſem hirder ſundr greiner ſaudi fra kidum ‘And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty. And all nations shall be gathered together before him: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats’ (Hið Nya Testament 1540 [Sigurður Nordal 1933]; Matt. XXV.31-2). Cf. also the sequence Dies iræ from the mass for the dead: Inter oves locum præsta / Et ab hoedis me sequestra / Statuens in parte dextra ‘Give me a place among the sheep, and keep me away from the goats, standing on the right side’ (AH 54, 269). The st. evokes the visual image, familiar from medieval wall paintings in Nordic churches, of Mary interceding for sinners as her son divides the souls being judged into two groups.
skiljumz ‘be separated’
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1. skilja (verb): separate, understand
[8] skiljumz: skiljiz 99a, Vb, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ
notes
[8] eg skiljumz eigi undan ‘I should not be separated out’: An allusion to Matthew’s description of the Last Judgement: Enn þa manzins ſon mun koma i ſinu tignar velldi / og aller Helger Einglar med honum / hann mun þa ſitta i ſæti ſins velldis / og allar þioder munu ſaman ſafnazt fyre honum / og hann mun þa ſundr ſkilia huora fra odrum svo ſem hirder ſundr greiner ſaudi fra kidum ‘And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty. And all nations shall be gathered together before him: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats’ (Hið Nya Testament 1540 [Sigurður Nordal 1933]; Matt. XXV.31-2). Cf. also the sequence Dies iræ from the mass for the dead: Inter oves locum præsta / Et ab hoedis me sequestra / Statuens in parte dextra ‘Give me a place among the sheep, and keep me away from the goats, standing on the right side’ (AH 54, 269). The st. evokes the visual image, familiar from medieval wall paintings in Nordic churches, of Mary interceding for sinners as her son divides the souls being judged into two groups.
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[8] eg skiljumz eigi undan ‘I should not be separated out’: An allusion to Matthew’s description of the Last Judgement: Enn þa manzins ſon mun koma i ſinu tignar velldi / og aller Helger Einglar med honum / hann mun þa ſitta i ſæti ſins velldis / og allar þioder munu ſaman ſafnazt fyre honum / og hann mun þa ſundr ſkilia huora fra odrum svo ſem hirder ſundr greiner ſaudi fra kidum ‘And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty. And all nations shall be gathered together before him: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats’ (Hið Nya Testament 1540 [Sigurður Nordal 1933]; Matt. XXV.31-2). Cf. also the sequence Dies iræ from the mass for the dead: Inter oves locum præsta / Et ab hoedis me sequestra / Statuens in parte dextra ‘Give me a place among the sheep, and keep me away from the goats, standing on the right side’ (AH 54, 269). The st. evokes the visual image, familiar from medieval wall paintings in Nordic churches, of Mary interceding for sinners as her son divides the souls being judged into two groups.
undan ‘out’
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undan (adv.): away, away from
notes
[8] eg skiljumz eigi undan ‘I should not be separated out’: An allusion to Matthew’s description of the Last Judgement: Enn þa manzins ſon mun koma i ſinu tignar velldi / og aller Helger Einglar med honum / hann mun þa ſitta i ſæti ſins velldis / og allar þioder munu ſaman ſafnazt fyre honum / og hann mun þa ſundr ſkilia huora fra odrum svo ſem hirder ſundr greiner ſaudi fra kidum ‘And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty. And all nations shall be gathered together before him: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats’ (Hið Nya Testament 1540 [Sigurður Nordal 1933]; Matt. XXV.31-2). Cf. also the sequence Dies iræ from the mass for the dead: Inter oves locum præsta / Et ab hoedis me sequestra / Statuens in parte dextra ‘Give me a place among the sheep, and keep me away from the goats, standing on the right side’ (AH 54, 269). The st. evokes the visual image, familiar from medieval wall paintings in Nordic churches, of Mary interceding for sinners as her son divides the souls being judged into two groups.
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Cf. the Marian prayer in HómÍsl 1993, 91r: Weſ þu mér at traúſte í andláte míno. oc ſvara fyr mic þeim orþom eſ mér come til hiálpar. þa eſ keomc fyr deómeſtól ſonar þínſ. ‘Be a comfort to me at my death, and answer for me with the words which will help me when I come before the judgement seat of your son’.
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