Anon Sól 18VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 18’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 307.
munaðlífi ‘’
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munaðlífi (noun n.)
Munað ‘sensuality’
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munaðr (noun m.; °; gen. -aða): desire
[1] Munað: munaðlífi papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ
notes
[1] munað ‘sensuality’: Munaðlífi ‘a life of sensuality’ is the majority reading in the other mss, but this makes the l. too long as Björn M. Ólsen (1915, 32-3) points out.
þau ‘They’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
drýgðu ‘experienced’
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drýgja (verb; °-gð-): cause, practise
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
marga ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
vegu ‘ways’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
[2] vegu: vega 167b 6ˣ
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
höfðu ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
gull ‘gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
at ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
gaman ‘pleasure’
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gaman (noun n.): joy, pleasure
[3] gaman: gamni papp15ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ
notes
[3] gaman ‘pleasure’: So 166bˣ and 33 other mss. Gamni (dat.) appears in 32 mss in total.
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
at ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
er ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[4] er: at papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ
þeim ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
goldit ‘repaid’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
er ‘since’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
þau ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
ganga ‘to walk’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
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[5-6] ganga meðal ‘to walk between’: The reading of 166bˣ. However, it could be argued that the majority reading, ganga milli, meaning ‘to mediate’, gives better sense, or at least as good sense, here.
skulu ‘have’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
milli ‘’
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milli (prep.): between
meðal ‘between’
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meðal (prep.): between
[6] meðal: milli papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, millum 214ˣ
notes
[5-6] ganga meðal ‘to walk between’: The reading of 166bˣ. However, it could be argued that the majority reading, ganga milli, meaning ‘to mediate’, gives better sense, or at least as good sense, here.
frosts ‘frost’
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frost (noun n.): frost
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[6] frosts ok funa (gen.) ‘frost and fire’: This alternation of fire and frost is frequent in visions of hell; cf. ‘The Vision of Dryhthelm’ in Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica (Colgrave and Mynors 1969, 488-91), Dugg (Cahill 1981, 28-9), the Vision of Othloh of S. Emmeram (Othlonus S. Emmerammi, Visio, col. 380), Visio Thurkilli (Schmidt 1978, 28) and the Revelation of the Monk of Eynsham (Easting 2002, 48-9). Has 39 also couples frost and fire.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
notes
[6] frosts ok funa (gen.) ‘frost and fire’: This alternation of fire and frost is frequent in visions of hell; cf. ‘The Vision of Dryhthelm’ in Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica (Colgrave and Mynors 1969, 488-91), Dugg (Cahill 1981, 28-9), the Vision of Othloh of S. Emmeram (Othlonus S. Emmerammi, Visio, col. 380), Visio Thurkilli (Schmidt 1978, 28) and the Revelation of the Monk of Eynsham (Easting 2002, 48-9). Has 39 also couples frost and fire.
funa ‘fire’
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funi (noun m.): fire
notes
[6] frosts ok funa (gen.) ‘frost and fire’: This alternation of fire and frost is frequent in visions of hell; cf. ‘The Vision of Dryhthelm’ in Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica (Colgrave and Mynors 1969, 488-91), Dugg (Cahill 1981, 28-9), the Vision of Othloh of S. Emmeram (Othlonus S. Emmerammi, Visio, col. 380), Visio Thurkilli (Schmidt 1978, 28) and the Revelation of the Monk of Eynsham (Easting 2002, 48-9). Has 39 also couples frost and fire.
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