Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 65’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 342-3.
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
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2. sjá (verb): see
[1] sá ek: so papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, ek sá 166bˣ
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[1] sá ek: so papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 214ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, ek sá 166bˣ
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þar (adv.): there
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
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3. minni (adj. comp.; °superl. minnstr): less, least
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vilja (verb): want, intend
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halda (verb): hold, keep
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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beitr (adj.; °superl. -astr): °(of a sword/sword blade) good at cutting, sharp, sharpened
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heitr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): hot, ardent
[5] heitum: beitum 214ˣ
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steinn (noun m.; °steins; steinar): stone, colour
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negla (verb): nail
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nauðliga (adv.): [painfully]
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Limbs pierced by red-hot nails are frequent in medieval European vision literature. See, e.g., St Patrick’s Purgatory (Easting 1991, 52-3, 131), the Revelation of the Monk of Evesham (Easting 2002, 44-5) and Visio Thurkilli (Schmidt 1978, 21).
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