Anon Sól 14VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 14’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 305.
Fá ‘Abnormal’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few < fádœmi (noun n.)
dæmi ‘events’
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dœmi (noun n.; °-s; -): judgement, example < fádœmi (noun n.)
verða ‘are’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
flestum ‘most’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
stöðum ‘places’
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1. staðr (noun m.; °-ar/-s; -ir): place
goldin ‘repaid’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
grimliga ‘fiercely’
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grimmliga (adv.): fiercely
á ‘to’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hólm ‘duel’
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holmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): island, islet
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
gengu ‘went’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
fyr ‘for’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
horska ‘wise’
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horskr (adj.; °compar. -ari): wise
víf ‘lady’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fengu ‘were’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
báðir ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
bana ‘killed’
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bana (verb; °-að-): kill
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Four mss not chosen for the variant apparatus to this edn, transpose ll.1-3 and ll. 4-6, thus providing the st. with a gnomic conclusion.
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