Anon Sól 58VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 58’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 337-8.
Dreyrga ‘gory’
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dreyrugr (adj.; °dreyrgan/dreyrugan; superl. dreyrgastr): bloody
notes
[1] dreyrga steina ‘gory stones’: If the women of this st. are the same as those of the previous one, then (if mólu was the original reading of 57/6, see Note) the stones here may well be their grinding stones.
steina ‘stones’
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steinn (noun m.; °steins; steinar): stone, colour
notes
[1] dreyrga steina ‘gory stones’: If the women of this st. are the same as those of the previous one, then (if mólu was the original reading of 57/6, see Note) the stones here may well be their grinding stones.
dökku ‘dark’
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døkkr (adj.; °-van; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr): dark
konur ‘women’
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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman
drógu ‘dragging’
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2. draga (verb; °dregr; dró, drógu; dreginn/droget(Hirð NKS 1642 4° 146v²⁹; cf. [$962$])): drag, pull, draw
daprliga ‘sorrowfully’
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daprliga (adv.): [sorrowfully]
blóðug ‘bloody’
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blóðigr (adj.; °blóðgan/blóðugan (f. dat. sg. bloðre Gulᴵ 82³⁴)): bloody
hjörtu ‘hearts’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
hengu ‘hung’
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1. hanga (verb): hang
þeim ‘their’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
fyr ‘’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
brjóst ‘breasts’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
[5] brjóst: brjósti papp15ˣ, 1441ˣ, 2797ˣ
utan ‘outside’
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útan (prep.): outside, without
mædd ‘exhausted’
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mœddr (adj.): [exhausted]
með ‘’
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með (prep.): with
mikinn ‘’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
trega ‘grief’
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tregi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): sorrow
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[5]: The l. is hypermetrical. Torn breasts are mentioned as a punishment in the Visio Alberici (Mirra 1932, 88) where sinful women are forced to suckle snakes because they would not feed orphan children.
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