Anon Lil 94VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 94’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 669-70.
viðr ‘wood’
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1. viðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -u/-i): wood, tree
sem ‘and’
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sem (conj.): as, which
steinar ‘stones’
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steinn (noun m.; °steins; steinar): stone, colour
[1] steinar: steinar og 99a, staðir 622, staðir og 713, 41 8°ˣ(134), 41 8°ˣ(421), 705ˣ, 4892, staði og Vb
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[1] steinar, stræti ‘stones, streets’: Kock observes (NN §3318) that this helmingr contains an aabb pattern analogous to the abab pattern in the previous st., which would imply that the alternative reading steinar og stræti ‘stones and streets’ (or staðir og stræti ‘towns and streets’) is preferable.
stræti ‘streets’
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stræti (noun n.; °-s; -): street
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[1] steinar, stræti ‘stones, streets’: Kock observes (NN §3318) that this helmingr contains an aabb pattern analogous to the abab pattern in the previous st., which would imply that the alternative reading steinar og stræti ‘stones and streets’ (or staðir og stræti ‘towns and streets’) is preferable.
streingir ‘streams’
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strengr (noun m.; °-jar; -ir): string, rope, bow-string
[2] streingir: so all others, streingr Bb
himnar ‘the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
[2] himnar: so 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ(134), 705ˣ, ‘himnana’ Bb, himna 41 8°ˣ(421), 4892
loft ‘air’
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loft (noun n.): air, sky
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[2] loft og einglar ‘air and angels’: Cf. Thomas Aquinas: et sic angeli assumunt corpora ex aëre ‘and thus the angels assume bodies of air’ (Foster 1968, 1a.51, 2 ad 3).
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
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[2] loft og einglar ‘air and angels’: Cf. Thomas Aquinas: et sic angeli assumunt corpora ex aëre ‘and thus the angels assume bodies of air’ (Foster 1968, 1a.51, 2 ad 3).
einglar ‘angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
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[2] loft og einglar ‘air and angels’: Cf. Thomas Aquinas: et sic angeli assumunt corpora ex aëre ‘and thus the angels assume bodies of air’ (Foster 1968, 1a.51, 2 ad 3).
orma ‘of serpents’
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ormr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): serpent
[3] orma: akra 41 8°ˣ(421)
sveit ‘hosts’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
akrar ‘fields’
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akr (noun m.; °akrs, dat. akri; akrar): field
[3] akrar: áðrar 41 8°ˣ(421)
jurtir ‘herbs’
[4] jurtir: ‘jurturs’ Vb, 41 8°ˣ(134), allur 41 8°ˣ(421), ‘itur’ 4892
málmr ‘metal’
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malmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): metal
sem ‘and’
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sem (conj.): as, which
[4] sem: og 99a, Vb, 41 8°ˣ(134), 4892, om. 41 8°ˣ(421)
laufgir ‘leafy’
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laufugr (adj.): [leafy]
[4] laufgir: laufið Vb, 4892, laufin 41 8°ˣ(134)
pálmar ‘palms’
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palmr (noun m.; °; -ar): palm-tree
[4] pálmar: pálma 41 8°ˣ(134), 4892, ‘falma’ 41 8°ˣ(421)
auga ‘of an eye’
[5] augabragð: um augnabragð 41 8°ˣ(421), augnabrögð 4892
bragð ‘for the twinkling’
[5] augabragð: um augnabragð 41 8°ˣ(421), augnabrögð 4892
aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
þegði ‘silent’
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þegja (verb): be silent
þær ‘those’
[6] þær: þær er 622, þar 705ˣ
notes
[6] þær ‘they’: The f. pron. refers back to tungum ‘tongues’ in the previous st.
fyrnsku ‘old age’
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fyrnska (noun f.): [old age]
[6] fyrnsku: himinum Vb, heim mönnum 41 8°ˣ(134), heiminum 41 8°ˣ(421)
væri ‘they would be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
móðar ‘weary’
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móðr (adj.): weary
[7] móðar: máðar 99a, 622, 713, 705ˣ, mæðast Vb, 41 8°ˣ(134), maðurinn 41 8°ˣ(421)
prýði ‘splendour’
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prýði (noun f.): finery, honour
mætti ‘they could’
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mega (verb): may, might
skýra ‘proclaim’
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1. skýra (verb): explain, interpret
[8] skýra: greina 622, stýra 41 8°ˣ(134), skýra að 705ˣ, ‘scyrazt’ 4892
fullum ‘in full’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete
hætti ‘measure’
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1. háttr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. hætti; hættir, acc. háttu): behaviour, measure, verse-form
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wood and rocks, and stones, streets, streams, the heavens, air and angels, hosts of serpents and bright fields, herbs, metal, and leafy palms, though all those were never silent for the twinkling of an eye, they would be weary with old age before they could proclaim Mary’s splendour in full measure.
The translation of Peter Comestor’s poem is spread across two sts. — [5-8]: Cf. Peter Comestor: minime depromere possent, / Que sis vel quanta uirgo regina Maria. / Que tua sit pietas, nec littera nec dabit etas ‘they would hardly be able to express what and how great you are, virgin queen Mary; there could be neither words nor time enough to tell the extent of your piety’ (see Note to 93/[All]).
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