Anon Sól 26VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 26’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 312-13.
þau ‘The’
[2-6] om. 167b 6ˣ
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[2-6] om. 167b 6ˣ [2] þú: er 1441ˣ
unnit ‘committed’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
hefr ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
bæt ‘compensate’
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bœta (verb; °-tt-): better, emend, compensate
notes
[3] bæt þú eigi illu yfir ‘do not compensate for them with wickedness’: Cf. Hsv 87.
eigi ‘do not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
notes
[3] bæt þú eigi illu yfir ‘do not compensate for them with wickedness’: Cf. Hsv 87.
illu ‘wickedness’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
notes
[3] bæt þú eigi illu yfir ‘do not compensate for them with wickedness’: Cf. Hsv 87.
yfir ‘with’
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yfir (prep.): over
notes
[3] bæt þú eigi illu yfir ‘do not compensate for them with wickedness’: Cf. Hsv 87.
grættan ‘the weeping one’
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grœta (verb): weep
hala ‘’
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hala (verb)
gala ‘’
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1. gala (verb): chant, inchant
gæla ‘comfort’
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gœla (verb): [comfort]
[4] gæla: gala 166bˣ, 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, hala papp15ˣ
notes
[4] gæla ‘to comfort, soothe’: Bugge’s emendation. Gala ‘to chant’ is preferred by most of the main mss to papp15ˣ’s hala, possibly related to halda ‘to hold, maintain’. Neither of these variants makes sense in context.
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
góðum ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
hlutum ‘things’
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hlutr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): part, thing
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
vinna ‘’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
kveða ‘they say’
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kveða (verb; kveð, kvað, kveðinn): (str.) say, recite, sing
[6] þat kveða sálu sama: á vinna aptr 1441ˣ; kveða: so 2797ˣ, om. 166bˣ, papp15ˣ, 214ˣ, 10575ˣ, er 738ˣ
notes
[6] kveða ‘they [people] say’: The reading (or possibly the emendation) of 2797ˣ, adopted by 4 related later mss (1692ˣ, 2298ˣ, IBR36ˣ and 1458ˣ). It is likely that the majority of mss have omitted a verb here. This reading has been adopted by all subsequent eds.
aptr ‘’
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aptr (adv.; °compar. -ar): back
sálu ‘the soul’
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sál (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): soul
[6] þat kveða sálu sama: á vinna aptr 1441ˣ
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[1-2]: Most eds, following Bugge, regularise ll. 1-2 by adding ‘er’ to l. 2, and combining it with þau (l. 1) in order to regularise the syntax. However, ll. 1-2 lack alliteration. — [2-6]: These ll. are omitted in 167b 6ˣ, as are all succeeding sts up to and including 55.
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