Anon Leið 18VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 18’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 156-7.
Fylgði ‘followed’
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
lýðr ‘The people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
láði ‘the land’
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2. láð (noun n.): earth, land
laga ‘law’
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lag (noun n.; °-s; *-): layer; (pl.) law < lagavíss (adj.)
vísum ‘wise’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly) < lagavíss (adj.)
Móísi ‘Moses’
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Moyses (noun m.): [Moses]
sundr ‘apart’
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sundr (adv.): (a)sunder
sprakk ‘burst’
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springa (verb): burst, spring apart
vágr ‘the sea’
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vágr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): sea, wave
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
vendi ‘the staff’
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vǫndr (noun m.; °vandar, dat. vendi/vǫnd; vendir, acc. vǫndu/vendi): rod, want, mast
vas ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sunnudag ‘on a Sunday’
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sunnudagr (noun m.): Sunday
unnit ‘accomplished’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
Þusti ‘rushed’
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þysja (verb): [rushed]
hafs ‘the ocean’s’
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haf (noun n.; °-s; *-): sea
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
hreysti ‘valour’
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hreysti (noun f.; °-): valour, prowess
heiðit ‘The heathen’
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heiðinn (adj.): heathen
folk ‘people’
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folk (noun n.): people
á ‘onto’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
leiðir ‘paths’
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leið (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir/-ar): path, way
brátt ‘quickly’
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bráðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): quick(ly)
vann ‘brought about’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
lǫgr ‘sea’
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lǫgr (noun m.; °lagar, dat. legi): sea
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
ljóti ‘ugly’
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ljótr (adj.): ugly
líf ‘of life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life < líftjón (noun n.): life-loss
tjón ‘a loss ’
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2. tjón (noun n.; °-s; -): loss < líftjón (noun n.): life-loss
Pharaóni ‘for Pharaoh’
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Pharao (noun m.): [for Pharaoh]
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Sts 18-20 tell of events in the Old Testament book of Exodus. The account of the exodus from Egypt is in Exod. XII.31-42. The Egyptians’ pursuit of the Israelites, and the subsequent drowning of the Pharaonic army in the Red Sea is described in Exod. XIV.23-8.
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