Anon Líkn 49VII
George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 49’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 283-4.
Vilda ‘would like’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
aldar ‘of mankind’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
angr ‘Grief’
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1. angr (noun m.; °angrs, dat. angri/angr): grief < angrstríðandi (noun m.)
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[2] angstríðandi ‘grief-fighter’: A circumlocution for Christ as the saviour of mankind from despair on account of sin. Cf. Has 21/6. LP extends the basic sense of angr ‘grief, worry’ to ‘sorrow for sins’. Cf. angrhegnandi ‘grief/harm suppressor’ 23/6 and angrskerðandi ‘grief-diminisher’ 51/6.
stríðandi ‘fighter’
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stríðandi (noun m.): fighter < angrstríðandi (noun m.)
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[2] angstríðandi ‘grief-fighter’: A circumlocution for Christ as the saviour of mankind from despair on account of sin. Cf. Has 21/6. LP extends the basic sense of angr ‘grief, worry’ to ‘sorrow for sins’. Cf. angrhegnandi ‘grief/harm suppressor’ 23/6 and angrskerðandi ‘grief-diminisher’ 51/6.
síðarr ‘later’
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síðarr (adv.): later
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[2] síðarr ‘later’: Skj B, followed by Skald, emends síðarr to síðan, translating enn (l. 3) síðan as fremdeles engang ‘further someday’. But síðar(r) ‘later’ (so also Sveinbjörn Egilsson and Rydberg) makes sense if understood to refer to future reward; the poet requests that the poem be counted to his soul’s good after death.
enn ‘still’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
fyr ‘for’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
óð ‘poetry’
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1. óðr (noun m.): poem < óðgerð (noun f.)
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[3] óðgerð ‘verse, poetry-making’: The cpd occurs earlier in Geisl 10/3.
gerð ‘making’
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1. gerð (noun f.): deed < óðgerð (noun f.)
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[3] óðgerð ‘verse, poetry-making’: The cpd occurs earlier in Geisl 10/3.
mína ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
eiga ‘to gain’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
gjöld ‘recompense’
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gjald (noun n.): payment, reward, return
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
leigum ‘interest’
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1. leiga (noun f.; °-u; -ur): hire, rent, interest, pay
Áðr ‘Previously’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
hefi ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
önnur ‘other’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
gæði ‘blessings’
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gœði (noun n.): wellbeing
eir ‘merci’
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eir (noun f.): mercy < eirsamr (adj.): merciful
samr ‘ful’
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samr (adj.; °compar. -ari): same < eirsamr (adj.): merciful
hlotit ‘received’
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hljóta (verb): alot, gain
meiri ‘greater’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
þín ‘from you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
ek ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þér ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
fá ‘can’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
launat ‘repay’
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launa (verb): reward
þat ‘that’
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þat (conj.): that
óttumz ‘frightens’
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2. ótta (verb): fear
ek ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
dróttinn ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
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