Anon Heil 18VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra manna drápa 18’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 885.
Byskup* ‘the bishop’
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1. byskup (noun m.; °-s/-(cf. [$489$]), dat. -i/-; -ar): bishop
[1] Byskup*: Byskupi 720a VI, Byskups 399a‑bˣ
eftir ‘after’
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eptir (prep.): after, behind
bænir ‘prayers’
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bœn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): request, prayer
feskar ‘beautiful’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
beiðir ‘demands’
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beiða (verb; °-dd-): ask, request
jarl ‘The earl’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
dráps ‘death’
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dráp (noun n.; °-s): killing
að ‘that’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
leiða ‘be led’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired
höggið ‘the blow’
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hǫgg (noun n.; °-s, dat. hǫggvi/hǫggi; -): blow
náði ‘’
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1. ná (verb): reach, get, manage
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
að ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
þiggja ‘accepted’
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þiggja (verb): receive, get
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hæstum ‘to the highest’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
[4] hæstum: hæstan 720a VI, 399a‑bˣ
sig ‘himself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
notes
[4] gaf ‘gave’: The emendation is uncertain; in 720a VI there seem to be two letters following ‘sig’ that are no longer visible.
drottni ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kæstum ‘dearest’
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kærr (adj.; °superl. kǽrstr/kǽrastr): dear
Jartegnir ‘miracles’
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jarteign (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): miracle
sem ‘which’
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sem (conj.): as, which
jafnan ‘still’
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jafnan (adv.): always
birtaz ‘are revealed’
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2. birta (verb; °-rt-): reveal
andi ‘spirit’
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andi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): spirit, soul
guðs ‘God’s’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
váru ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
landi ‘country’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
unnið ‘worked’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
hefir ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
fyr ‘by means of’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
ást ‘dear’
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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love < ástvinr (noun m.): dear friend
vin ‘friend’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend < ástvinr (noun m.): dear friend
ótal ‘of a countless number of’
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ótal (noun n.): countless
manns ‘people’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
til ‘for’
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til (prep.): to
heilsu ‘the healing’
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1. heilsa (noun f.; °-u): health < heilsubót (noun f.)
bótar ‘’
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bót (noun f.; °-ar; bǿtr): compensation < heilsubót (noun f.)
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[5-8]: At least one example of a pilgrimage to a local shrine of Blaise, at Breiðholt, near Reykjavík, is mentioned in Þorláks saga (Jón Helgason 1978, 373), in which a man who had lost the power of speech vowed to give some oil to the saint (c. 1325).
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