Anon Lil 60VII/1 — andláti ‘the death’
En í andláti Jésú sæta
oss var flutt, að gægz á krossinn
fjandinn hafi og friett að syndum,
færaglöggr, ef nökkur væri.
Hlægir mig, að hier mun teygjaz
hans forvitni honum til vansa;
eigi mun nú ormr hinn bjúgi
agn svelgjandi á króki fagna.
En í andláti sæta Jésú, var oss flutt, að færaglöggr fjandinn hafi gægz á krossinn og friett að syndum, ef nökkur væri. Mig hlægir, að hier mun forvitni hans teygjaz honum til vansa; nú mun hinn bjúgi ormr, svelgjandi agn, eigi fagna á króki.
And at the death of sweet Jesus, we were told that the opportunistic fiend has kept an eye on the Cross and asked about sins, whether there were any. I am delighted that here his curiosity would lead him to disgrace; now the coiled serpent, swallowing the bait, will not rejoice on the hook.
notes
[1] andláti ‘death’: The earliest attestation of the word andlát, lit. ‘giving up the spirit’, is in the C13th HómNo (cf. ONP: andlát), and it occurs almost exclusively in Christian literature. Here it echoes the gospel account: þa liet hann sinn anda ‘then he gave up his spirit’ (John XIX.30, Hið Nya Testament 1540 [Sigurður Nordal 1933]).