Anon Líkn 47VII
George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 47’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 282-3.
Réðum ‘we [I] undertook’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
[1] Réðum: ‘re᷎dum’ with very light tittle, poss. erased B, ink blotted obscuring accent or hook on ‘e’ 399a‑bˣ
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[1] réðum ‘we [I] undertook’: Ms. ‘re᷎dum’ (ræðum ‘we speak’); all eds emend to (or read as, so Sveinbjörn Egilsson) réðum. The frequency of ráða + inf. ‘to undertake to’ (see LP: ráða 12), the lightness of the tittle (indicating possible attempted erasure), and the fact that (if restoration of kvæði is correct) the l. would be aðalhent rather than skothent, all argue against ræðum.
krapt ‘the power’
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1. kraftr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/- ; -ar): power
kvæði ‘a poem’
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kvæði (noun n.; °-s; -): poem
[1] í kvæði: ‘[...]’ B, ‘í kṿạẹð̣ị’ 399a‑bˣ
kross ‘Cross’
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kross (noun m.; °-, dat. -i; -ar): cross, crucifix
þíns ‘of your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
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[2] þíns: inna: The long/short rhyme í : i also occurs at 11/6 (minn : þína) and 52/2 (minn : skína).
fyr ‘to’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
þjóð ‘the people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
inna ‘to relate’
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inna (verb): to pay, discharge, relate, tell; to announce, confirm
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[2] þíns: inna: The long/short rhyme í : i also occurs at 11/6 (minn : þína) and 52/2 (minn : skína).
árs ‘of year’s abundance’
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2. ár (noun n.; °-s; -): year, year’s abundance
kennings
Eflir árs,‘Strengthener of year’s abundance, ’
= God
Strengthener of year’s abundance, → God
notes
[3] eflir árs ‘strengthener of year’s abundance [= God (= Christ)]’: Eflir (< efla < afl ‘strength’) is used of God or Christ elsewhere only in Leið 39/5 (also as base-word).
þó ‘even’
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þó (adv.): though
at ‘though’
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4. at (conj.): that
eflir ‘Strengthener’
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eflir (noun m.): strengthener
kennings
Eflir árs,‘Strengthener of year’s abundance, ’
= God
Strengthener of year’s abundance, → God
notes
[3] eflir árs ‘strengthener of year’s abundance [= God (= Christ)]’: Eflir (< efla < afl ‘strength’) is used of God or Christ elsewhere only in Leið 39/5 (also as base-word).
værak ‘I was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
allítt ‘poorly’
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alllítt (adv.): very little
til ‘to do’
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til (prep.): to
fallinn ‘equipped’
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falla (verb): fall
Sízt ‘least’
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2. síðr (adv.): less, hardly
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
samr ‘suited’
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samr (adj.; °compar. -ari): same
[5] samr: ‘s[...]’ B, ‘s[...]n⸜m⸝r’ 399a‑bˣ
of ‘of’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
baztan ‘the best’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
sýnt ‘Clearly’
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sýnn (adj.): visible
öngrumz ‘troubled’
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angra (verb; °-að-): anger, trouble
því ‘for that reason’
löngum ‘continuously’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
fyr ‘on account of’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
lund ‘mind’
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lund (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Rém 301³¹)): mind, way < lundfastr (adj.)
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[7] lundfasta ‘mind-fixed, firmly fixed temperament’: The cpd does not occur elsewhere.
fasta ‘fixed’
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fastr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): firm, fast < lundfastr (adj.)
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[7] lundfasta ‘mind-fixed, firmly fixed temperament’: The cpd does not occur elsewhere.
löstu ‘sins’
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lǫstr (noun m.; °lastar, dat. lesti/lǫst; lestir, acc. lǫstu/lasta(Mar655XXXII 462)): fault, sin
líkn ‘of grace’
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líkn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): grace, mercy < líknfœðir (noun m.)
kennings
líknfæðir,‘begetter of grace, ’
= God
begetter of grace, → God
fæðir ‘begetter’
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fœðir (noun m.): feeder, nourisher < líknfœðir (noun m.)
kennings
líknfæðir,‘begetter of grace, ’
= God
begetter of grace, → God
þik ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
ræða ‘to speak’
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2. rœða (verb): utter, speak
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Strengthener of year’s abundance [= God (= Christ)], we [I] undertook to relate to the people the power of your Cross in a poem, even though I was poorly equipped to do so. Clearly I am least suited, begetter of grace [= God (= Christ)], to speak of you, the best, on account of mind-fixed sins; for that reason we are [I am] continuously troubled.
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