Anon Lil 95VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 95’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 670.
vertu ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[1] vertu: virtu megnið Vb, 41 8°ˣ(135), ertu 4892
hjarta ‘heart’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
mildin ‘goodness’
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mildi (noun f.): generosity, mercy
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[2] mildin sjálf ‘goodness itself’: Cf. the same epithet applied to Christ in 67/4, and the similar epithet for Christ, lífið sjálft ‘life itself’ in 83/1.
sjálf ‘itself’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
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[2] mildin sjálf ‘goodness itself’: Cf. the same epithet applied to Christ in 67/4, and the similar epithet for Christ, lífið sjálft ‘life itself’ in 83/1.
gjarna ‘willingly’
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gjarna (adv.): readily
[2] gjarna: gjarnan 99a, Vb, 41 8°ˣ(135), 41 8°ˣ(421), 705ˣ, 4892
vilda ‘I would’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
[2] vilda: vild eg 99a, 622, Vb, 705ˣ, vildi 713, 4892, vilda eg 41 8°ˣ(135), 41 8°ˣ(421)
blessuð ‘blessed one’
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blessa (verb): bless
[3] blessuð: drottni og 622, blessaður Vb, 41 8°ˣ(135)
þier ‘to you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
mætti ‘could manage’
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mega (verb): may, might
[3] mætti eg: eg mætta 99a, 622, 713, 705ˣ, 4892, eg mætti Vb, 41 8°ˣ(135), 41 8°ˣ(421)
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[3] mætti eg: eg mætta 99a, 622, 713, 705ˣ, 4892, eg mætti Vb, 41 8°ˣ(135), 41 8°ˣ(421)
meira ‘more’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
margfaldaðan ‘a manifold’
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margfalda (verb): manifold
[4] margfaldaðan: margfaldastan 99a, 622, Vb, 41 8°ˣ(135), 41 8°ˣ(421), 705ˣ, margfaldaðan þier 713, 4892
lof ‘of praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission < lofsǫngr (noun m.)
saung ‘song’
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sǫngr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -vi/-; -var): song < lofsǫngr (noun m.)
gjalda ‘offer’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
Líflig ‘lively’
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lífligr (adj.): lively
[5] Líflig: loflig 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ(135), 41 8°ˣ(421), 705ˣ
orð ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
ljóða ‘of songs’
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ljóð (noun n.; °; -): poem < ljóðagjǫrð (noun f.)
[5] ljóðagjörðum: ljóða skorðum 41 8°ˣ(421)
gjörðum ‘girdles’
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gjǫrð (noun f.): girdle < ljóðagjǫrð (noun f.)
[5] ljóðagjörðum: ljóða skorðum 41 8°ˣ(421)
listuligrar ‘of the magnificent’
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listuligr (adj.): magnificent, artistic
[6] listuligrar: listuligri 99a, 622, 713, 4892, af lystiligustum Vb, 41 8°ˣ(135), 41 8°ˣ(421), af listiligri 705ˣ
kennings
listuligrar móður Kristi;‘of the magnificent mother of Christ; ’
= Mary
the magnificent mother of Christ; → Mary
kennings
listuligrar móður Kristi;‘of the magnificent mother of Christ; ’
= Mary
the magnificent mother of Christ; → Mary
kennings
listuligrar móður Kristi;‘of the magnificent mother of Christ; ’
= Mary
the magnificent mother of Christ; → Mary
eingum ‘to no’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
[7] eingum: aungum 99a, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ(135), 705ˣ, 4892
tjóar ‘avail’
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tjóa (verb): [avail]
[7] tjóar: tjáir 99a, 622, 713, Vb, 41 8°ˣ(135), 705ˣ, 4892
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
auka ‘to add’
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1. auka (verb; °eykr; jók, jóku/juku): (str. intrans.) increase
[7] auka: yrkja 713
einn ‘alone’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
[8] einn: eirn 713, 41 8°ˣ(135), 705ˣ, 4892
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
drottinn ‘the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
hreinni ‘purer’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
[8] hreinni: ‘hreirne’ 41 8°ˣ(135), 705ˣ
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Mary, goodness itself, be in my heart, because I would willingly offer to you, blessed one, if I could manage more, a manifold song of praise. It is to no avail for anyone to continue to add [lit. to augment further] lively words in girdles of songs of the magnificent mother of Christ [= Mary]; the Lord alone is purer than Mary.
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