Anon Heil 21VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra manna drápa 21’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 887.
Kóngrinn ‘The king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
rieð ‘’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
[1] rieð með sætleik syngja: hardly visible 720a VI
sætleik ‘sweetly’
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sœtleikr (noun m.): sweetness
[1] rieð með sætleik syngja: hardly visible 720a VI
svikarinn ‘the traitor’
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svikari (noun m.; °-a; -ar): [traitor, traitors]
[2] svikarinn …: hardly visible 720a VI, ‘[...]’ 399a‑bˣ
síðan ‘later’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
[3] síðan: hardly visible 720a VI, ‘[...]’ 399a‑bˣ
lagði ‘he thrust’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sjóla ‘king’
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sjóli (noun m.): ruler, chieftain, king
prúðum ‘of the magnificent’
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prúðr (adj.; °superl. -astr): magnificent, proud
[3] prúðum: prúðu 399a‑bˣ
sverði ‘the sword’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
brjóst ‘the chest’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
[4] í brjóst … herðar: ‘[...]’ 399a‑bˣ
herðar ‘shoulders’
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herðr (noun f.; °-ar(Thom² 447¹³); -ar): shoulder
[4] í brjóst … herðar: ‘[...]’ 399a‑bˣ
Knútur ‘Knútr’
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Knútr (noun m.): Knútr
[5] Knútur: hardly visible 720a VI, ‘[...]’ 399a‑bˣ
má ‘can’
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mega (verb): may, might
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
kristni ‘Christianity’
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kristni (noun f.; °-/-s(Ágr 26¹²)): Christianity
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[6] hann … Danmörk …: ‘han [...]mork [...]’ 720a VI, ‘[...]’ 399a‑bˣ
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[6] hann … Danmörk …: ‘han [...]mork [...]’ 720a VI, ‘[...]’ 399a‑bˣ
Danmörk ‘Denmark’
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Danmǫrk (noun f.): [Denmark]
[6] hann … Danmörk …: ‘han [...]mork [...]’ 720a VI, ‘[...]’ 399a‑bˣ
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[6] hann … Danmörk …: ‘han [...]mork [...]’ 720a VI, ‘[...]’ 399a‑bˣ
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og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hjálpin ‘help’
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hjǫlp (noun f.; °hjalpar; hjalpir/hjalpar): help, salvation
feska ‘good’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
herrans ‘of the Lord’
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1. herra (noun m.; °herra; herrar): lord
dýrð ‘the glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
þverra ‘end’
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1. þverra (verb): diminish
[8] þverra: illegible 720a VI, (þverra) 399a‑bˣ
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[2]: To Kahle (1898, 95) ‘...ril um’ was visible after svikarinn. ‘The traitor’, viz. Eyvindr bifra. — [4]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Kock (Skald) conjecture og út um herðar ‘and out through the shoulders’. — [6]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Kock (Skald; NN §3380) propose kallaz hann um Danmörk alla ‘he is called over all Denmark’. — [7]: Kock (Skald; NN §3380) supplies horsklig vörn ‘wise defence’ to fill the lacuna at the beginning of the l.
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