Anon Heil 16VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra manna drápa 16’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 884.
Blásíus ‘Blaise’
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Blasius (noun m.): [Blaise]
stóð ‘stood’
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standa (verb): stand
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
blektum ‘the deluded’
ræsi ‘ruler’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
blótum ‘sacrifices’
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blót (noun n.; °-s; -): sacrifice
talar ‘speaks’
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3. tala (verb): speak, talk
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
snart ‘zealously’
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snarr (adj.): gallant, bold
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
móti ‘against’
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móti (prep.): against
leingi ‘for a long time’
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lengi (adv.): for a long time
bauð ‘ordered’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
lemja ‘be beaten’
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lemja (verb): beat, make lame
staungum ‘with rods’
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stǫng (noun f.; °stangar, dat. -u; stangir/stengr): pole
lostigr ‘willingly’
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lostigr (adj.): willing
tók ‘accepted’
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2. taka (verb): take
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
písl ‘the torments’
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písl (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Maurit 650²²)): torture
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
brosti ‘smiled’
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2. brosa (verb; °brosir; brosti): [smiled]
Hógligt ‘lithe’
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hógligr (adj.): [easy, lithe]
náðu ‘’
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1. ná (verb): reach, get, manage
hold ‘body’
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hold (noun n.; °-s; -): flesh
í ‘on’
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í (prep.): in, into
stagli ‘the rack’
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stagl (noun m.; °dat. -i): [rack]
Heljar ‘of Hel’
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1. hel (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -ju): death, Hel, hell < heljarmaðr (noun m.)
kennings
Heljarmenn‘The men of Hel ’
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The men of Hel → WICKED MEN
menn ‘The men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < heljarmaðr (noun m.)
kennings
Heljarmenn‘The men of Hel ’
= WICKED MEN
The men of Hel → WICKED MEN
með ‘’
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með (prep.): with
sárleik ‘painfully’
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sárleikr (noun m.): [painfully, pain]
kvelja ‘tortured’
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kvelja (verb): torment, torture
burðugt ‘the noble’
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burðugr (adj.; °superl. -astr): [noble, high-born]
líf ‘body’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
um ‘along’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
brjóst ‘chest’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
herðar ‘shoulders’
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herðr (noun f.; °-ar(Thom² 447¹³); -ar): shoulder
blindir ‘blind’
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blindr (adj.; °compar. -ari): blind
[8] blindir: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘b[...]ir’ 720a VI
rifu ‘tore’
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rífa (verb): tear
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
notes
[8] með kambatindum ‘with the prongs of combs’: The reference is to combs used to card wool. S. Blaise’s emblem is a comb or two crossed candles (on the latter, see st. 17/3-4).
kamba ‘of combs’
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kambr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): [comb, combs] < kambatindr (noun m.)
notes
[8] með kambatindum ‘with the prongs of combs’: The reference is to combs used to card wool. S. Blaise’s emblem is a comb or two crossed candles (on the latter, see st. 17/3-4).
tindum ‘the prongs’
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tindr (noun m.; °; -ar): [prongs] < kambatindr (noun m.)
notes
[8] með kambatindum ‘with the prongs of combs’: The reference is to combs used to card wool. S. Blaise’s emblem is a comb or two crossed candles (on the latter, see st. 17/3-4).
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Blaise stood before the deluded ruler; he speaks zealously against sacrifices; [the ruler] ordered him to be beaten with rods for a long time; he accepted the torments willingly, and smiled. The men of Hel <ruler of the underworld> [WICKED MEN] painfully tortured his lithe body on the rack; blind [they] tore the noble body along his chest and shoulders with the prongs of combs.
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