Anon Sól 16VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 16’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 306.
Rík ‘powerful’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
þau ‘’
[1] þau urðu: þau váru papp15ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, váru þau 738ˣ
váru ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
urðu ‘became’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
[1] þau urðu: þau váru papp15ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, váru þau 738ˣ
ey ‘’
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1. ey (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju/-; -jar): island < Ráðey (noun f.)
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
logi ‘’
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logi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): flame < Vélogi (noun m.)
bogi ‘’
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bogi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): bow < Vébogi (noun m.)
boði ‘boði’
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boði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): messenger, breaker < véboði (noun m.)
[2] ‑boði: ‑bogi papp15ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, ‑logi 1441ˣ
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hugðuz ‘thought’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
gótt ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
gera ‘to do’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
enn ‘’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
þau ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sitja ‘sit’
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sitja (verb): sit
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
notes
[5-6] ok snúa ýmsum sárum ‘and turn now one, now another wound’: The sense of ýmiss (adj.), usually used in the pl., is ‘various, now this, now that, by turns’.
sárum ‘wound’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound
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[5-6] ok snúa ýmsum sárum ‘and turn now one, now another wound’: The sense of ýmiss (adj.), usually used in the pl., is ‘various, now this, now that, by turns’.
snúa ‘turn’
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snúa (verb): turn
notes
[5-6] ok snúa ýmsum sárum ‘and turn now one, now another wound’: The sense of ýmiss (adj.), usually used in the pl., is ‘various, now this, now that, by turns’.
ýmsum ‘now one, now another’
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ýmiss (adj.): various, alternate
notes
[5-6] ok snúa ýmsum sárum ‘and turn now one, now another wound’: The sense of ýmiss (adj.), usually used in the pl., is ‘various, now this, now that, by turns’.
elda ‘the fires’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
[6] elda: eldi all
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
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The st. is rather cryptic, but the sense seems to be that those who trust in their own power (rather than in God’s, cf. st. 17) come to grief, even though they intend to do good. The implication of hugðuz gótt eitt gera (l. 3) could be, as given here, ‘thought to do, i.e. intended to do only good’, or ‘thought they were doing only good’.
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