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Anon Líkn 45^VII

George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 45’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 281.

Anonymous Poems Líknarbraut

Mín ‘My’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

notes

[1] Þjóð mín ‘my people’: On the relation to the recurrent Popule meus ‘O my people’ in the Reproaches of the Good Friday liturgy, see Notes to st. 43.

snúz ‘turn away’

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snúa (verb): turn

þjóð ‘people’

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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people

notes

[1] Þjóð mín ‘my people’: On the relation to the recurrent Popule meus ‘O my people’ in the Reproaches of the Good Friday liturgy, see Notes to st. 43.

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

þjóna ‘serve’

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þjóna (verb): serve

þat ‘that’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

er ‘is’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

ráðuligt ‘advisable’

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ráðuligr (adj.): [advisable]

dáðum ‘with deeds’

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dáð (noun f.; °; -ir): feat, deed

glæpum ‘to sins’

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glœpr (noun m.): sin, misdeed

notes

[3-4] vön glæpum ... frá greypu grandi ‘accustomed to sin ... from fierce injury’: Possibly influenced Árni Gd 18/5^IV and Mdr 8/7-8, both C14th.

vön ‘accustomed’

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3. vanr (adj.): accustomed

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[3-4] vön glæpum ... frá greypu grandi ‘accustomed to sin ... from fierce injury’: Possibly influenced Árni Gd 18/5^IV and Mdr 8/7-8, both C14th.

frá ‘from’

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frá (prep.): from

notes

[3-4] vön glæpum ... frá greypu grandi ‘accustomed to sin ... from fierce injury’: Possibly influenced Árni Gd 18/5^IV and Mdr 8/7-8, both C14th.

greypu ‘fierce’

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greypr (adj.; °compar. -ari): cruel

notes

[3-4] vön glæpum ... frá greypu grandi ‘accustomed to sin ... from fierce injury’: Possibly influenced Árni Gd 18/5^IV and Mdr 8/7-8, both C14th.

grandi ‘injury’

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grand (noun n.): injury

notes

[3-4] vön glæpum ... frá greypu grandi ‘accustomed to sin ... from fierce injury’: Possibly influenced Árni Gd 18/5^IV and Mdr 8/7-8, both C14th.

mér ‘me’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

til ‘to’

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til (prep.): to

handa ‘’

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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand

Því ‘Therefore’

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því (adv.): therefore, because

notes

[5, 8] Því býð ek faðm ... miskunnar ‘Therefore I offer the embrace of mercy’: See the Icel. homily on the Cross: þuiat haɴ býþr faþm miscvɴar siɴar. ꜵʟ þeim er haɴ elsca ‘for he offers the embrace of mercy to all those who love him’ (HómÍsl 1993, 17v; HómÍsl 1872, 38; cf. HómNo, 104).

býð ‘offer’

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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite

notes

[5, 8] Því býð ek faðm ... miskunnar ‘Therefore I offer the embrace of mercy’: See the Icel. homily on the Cross: þuiat haɴ býþr faþm miscvɴar siɴar. ꜵʟ þeim er haɴ elsca ‘for he offers the embrace of mercy to all those who love him’ (HómÍsl 1993, 17v; HómÍsl 1872, 38; cf. HómNo, 104).

ek ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

notes

[5, 8] Því býð ek faðm ... miskunnar ‘Therefore I offer the embrace of mercy’: See the Icel. homily on the Cross: þuiat haɴ býþr faþm miscvɴar siɴar. ꜵʟ þeim er haɴ elsca ‘for he offers the embrace of mercy to all those who love him’ (HómÍsl 1993, 17v; HómÍsl 1872, 38; cf. HómNo, 104).

faðm ‘the embrace’

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faðmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): embrace

notes

[5, 8] Því býð ek faðm ... miskunnar ‘Therefore I offer the embrace of mercy’: See the Icel. homily on the Cross: þuiat haɴ býþr faþm miscvɴar siɴar. ꜵʟ þeim er haɴ elsca ‘for he offers the embrace of mercy to all those who love him’ (HómÍsl 1993, 17v; HómÍsl 1872, 38; cf. HómNo, 104).

at ‘because’

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4. at (conj.): that

feðmik ‘I embrace’

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feðma (verb): [I embrace]

notes

[5] feðmik ‘I embrace’: Feðma ‘to embrace’ (from faðmr ‘embrace’) is a rare variant of faðma. The proximity of faðm and feðmik is an instance of polyptoton.

fúss ‘willing’

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fúss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager, willing

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

glaðr ‘glad’

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2. glaðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad

með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

saðri ‘true’

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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true

ást ‘love’

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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love

hvern ‘each one’

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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every

er ‘who’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

iðraz ‘repents’

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iðra (verb): repent

notes

[7-8] iðraz lasta unninna ‘repents of sins committed’: Cf. Has 53/7 glæpa iðrumk, the only other occurrence of iðrask + sins in skaldic poetry.

lasta ‘of sins’

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lǫstr (noun m.; °lastar, dat. lesti/lǫst; lestir, acc. lǫstu/lasta(Mar655XXXII 462)): fault, sin

notes

[7-8] iðraz lasta unninna ‘repents of sins committed’: Cf. Has 53/7 glæpa iðrumk, the only other occurrence of iðrask + sins in skaldic poetry.

unninna ‘committed’

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2. vinna (verb): perform, work

notes

[7-8] iðraz lasta unninna ‘repents of sins committed’: Cf. Has 53/7 glæpa iðrumk, the only other occurrence of iðrask + sins in skaldic poetry.

miskunnar ‘of mercy’

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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace

notes

[5, 8] Því býð ek faðm ... miskunnar ‘Therefore I offer the embrace of mercy’: See the Icel. homily on the Cross: þuiat haɴ býþr faþm miscvɴar siɴar. ꜵʟ þeim er haɴ elsca ‘for he offers the embrace of mercy to all those who love him’ (HómÍsl 1993, 17v; HómÍsl 1872, 38; cf. HómNo, 104).

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