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Anon Heil 20^VII

Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra manna drápa 20’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 886-7.

Anonymous Poems Heilagra manna drápa

Börðuz ‘fought’

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2. berja (verb; °barði; barðr/bariðr/barinn): fight

menn ‘Men’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

þar ‘where’

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þar (adv.): there

Benedict ‘Benedikt’

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Benedikt (noun m.): Benedict

varði ‘defended’

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3. verja (verb): defend

bróður ‘brother’

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bróðir (noun m.; °bróður/brǿðr/bróðurs, dat. bróður/brǿðr/breðr, acc. bróður/brǿðr; brǿðr/bróðr/breðr (brǿðrirnir Jvs291 75¹⁴), gen. brǿ---): brother

sinn ‘his’

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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)

af ‘with’

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af (prep.): from

drengskap ‘manliness’

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drengskapr (noun m.): [bravery, manliness]

góðum ‘great’

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góðr (adj.): good

Knútr ‘Knútr’

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Knútr (noun m.): Knútr

var ‘was’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

staddr ‘situated’

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2. steðja (verb): stop, place

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

musteri ‘church’

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musteri (noun n.; °-s; -): church, temple

mætu ‘the magnificent’

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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected

mildr ‘gentle’

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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous

og ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

eigi ‘not’

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3. eigi (adv.): not

stríða ‘to fight’

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2. stríða (verb): fight

vildi ‘want’

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vilja (verb): want, intend

Oframmliga ‘forcefully’

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óframligr (adj.): [forcefully]

[5, 6] Oframmliga Eyvind bifra innar giekk að kóngi svinnum: ‘ofra[...] eyuind bifra geck at k[...]g[...] suinnum’ hardly visible 720a VI, ‘Ofra[...]’ 399a‑bˣ

notes

[5] oframmliga ‘forcefully’: Suggested by Kock (Skald; NN §1772); Kahle and Skj B suggest ofra náði ‘threatened’.

Eyvind ‘Eyvind’

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Eyvindr (noun m.): [Eyvindr, Eyvind]

[5, 6] Oframmliga Eyvind bifra innar giekk að kóngi svinnum: ‘ofra[...] eyuind bifra geck at k[...]g[...] suinnum’ hardly visible 720a VI, ‘Ofra[...]’ 399a‑bˣ

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[5] Eyvind ‘Eyvind’: On this nom. form, see NN §§2680B and 2892. Skj B emends to Eyvindr. Eyvindr bifra is mentioned a number of times in Knýtlinga saga and is there represented, as here, as Knútr’s killer. According to that saga he greeted the king and then drew a sword from under his cloak, running it through his body (ÍF 35, 195). The meaning of the nickname bifra is not certain; it is a f. noun, yet applied only to men, therefore likely to be insulting; it is most likely cognate with the verb bifa(sk), ‘to shake, tremble’, so ‘the shaker, trembler’; see ÍF 35, 140 n. 4; Lind 1920-1: bifra; AEW: bifra; ONP: bifra.

bifra ‘bifra’

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bifra (noun f.; °-u): bifra

[5, 6] Oframmliga Eyvind bifra innar giekk að kóngi svinnum: ‘ofra[...] eyuind bifra geck at k[...]g[...] suinnum’ hardly visible 720a VI, ‘Ofra[...]’ 399a‑bˣ

innar ‘inside’

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innar (adv.): further in, inside

[5, 6] Oframmliga Eyvind bifra innar giekk að kóngi svinnum: ‘ofra[...] eyuind bifra geck at k[...]g[...] suinnum’ hardly visible 720a VI, ‘Ofra[...]’ 399a‑bˣ

giekk ‘went’

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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go

[5, 6] Oframmliga Eyvind bifra innar giekk að kóngi svinnum: ‘ofra[...] eyuind bifra geck at k[...]g[...] suinnum’ hardly visible 720a VI, ‘Ofra[...]’ 399a‑bˣ

að ‘to’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

[5, 6] Oframmliga Eyvind bifra innar giekk að kóngi svinnum: ‘ofra[...] eyuind bifra geck at k[...]g[...] suinnum’ hardly visible 720a VI, ‘Ofra[...]’ 399a‑bˣ

kóngi ‘king’

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kóngr (noun m.): king

[5, 6] Oframmliga Eyvind bifra innar giekk að kóngi svinnum: ‘ofra[...] eyuind bifra geck at k[...]g[...] suinnum’ hardly visible 720a VI, ‘Ofra[...]’ 399a‑bˣ

notes

[6] kóngi (m. dat. sg) ‘king’: To Finnur Jónsson (Skj A) the entire word was visible.

svinnum ‘the wise’

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2. svinnr (adj.): wise

[5, 6] Oframmliga Eyvind bifra innar giekk að kóngi svinnum: ‘ofra[...] eyuind bifra geck at k[...]g[...] suinnum’ hardly visible 720a VI, ‘Ofra[...]’ 399a‑bˣ

góðan ‘a good’

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góðr (adj.): good

[7] góðan: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘god[...]’ 720a VI

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[7] góðan (m. acc. sg.) ‘good’: To Finnur Jónsson (Skj A) the entire word was visible in 720a VI.

dag ‘day’

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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day

rieð ‘’

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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide

[7] rieð: ‘ræ[...]’ 399a‑bˣ

gram ‘the king’

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1. gramr (noun m.): ruler

[7] gram að bjóða: ‘gr[...] bioda’ hardly visible 720a VI, ‘[...]’ 399a‑bˣ

að ‘’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

[7] gram að bjóða: ‘gr[...] bioda’ hardly visible 720a VI, ‘[...]’ 399a‑bˣ

bjóða ‘bade’

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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite

[7] gram að bjóða: ‘gr[...] bioda’ hardly visible 720a VI, ‘[...]’ 399a‑bˣ

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Sts 20-1 describe the martyrdom of Knútr, King of Denmark (Dan. Knud den Hellige), who was killed in S. Alban’s church, Odense on 10 July 1086, together with his brother Benedikt (Dan. Bendt) and seventeen others. He was canonised in 1101. Although Knútr’s cult was widespread in Denmark (Gad 1961, 151-62; Gad 1963; Kahle 1898, 15), he does not appear to have been especially venerated in Iceland, which makes Heil’s treatment of him somewhat unusual.

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