Anon Leið 39VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 39’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 173-4.
Vér ‘We’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
skulum ‘must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
opt ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
tôrum ‘tears’
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tár (noun n.; °; -): tear
verðr ‘will result’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
mein ‘harm’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
seinum ‘we delay’
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2. seina (verb): delay
kostum ‘we must try’
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1. kosta (verb): try, strive
flærð ‘deceit’
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flærð (noun f.): falsehood, deceit
at ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
forðask ‘shun’
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forða (verb): escape, avoid
friðar ‘for peace’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
helgan ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
goð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
at ‘so that’
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4. at (conj.): that
þás ‘when’
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2. þá (adv.): then
ǫflugr ‘the powerful’
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ǫflugr (adj.): mighty, strong
kennings
ǫflugr eflir alls sóma‘the powerful strengthener of all honour ’
= God
the powerful strengthener of all honour → God
eflir ‘strengthener’
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eflir (noun m.): strengthener
kennings
ǫflugr eflir alls sóma‘the powerful strengthener of all honour ’
= God
the powerful strengthener of all honour → God
alls ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
kennings
ǫflugr eflir alls sóma‘the powerful strengthener of all honour ’
= God
the powerful strengthener of all honour → God
sóma ‘honour’
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sómi (noun m.; °-a): honour
kennings
ǫflugr eflir alls sóma‘the powerful strengthener of all honour ’
= God
the powerful strengthener of all honour → God
lýkr ‘finishes’
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1. lúka (verb): end, close
dómi ‘judgement’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
fara ‘in going’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
næðim ‘may succeed’
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2. náða (verb): to have mercy
vér ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
fríða ‘splendid’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
fljótt ‘swiftly’
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2. fljótr (adj.): quick
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
dýrð ‘glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
dróttni ‘the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
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