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Anon Heil 23VII

Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra manna drápa 23’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 888.

Anonymous PoemsHeilagra manna drápa
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Særðan ‘the wounded’

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særa (verb): wound

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vildu ‘wanted’

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vilja (verb): want, intend

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svíkarar ‘The traitors’

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svikari (noun m.; °-a; -ar): [traitor, traitors]

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myrða ‘to conceal’

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myrða (verb): to murder

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sökkva ‘sink’

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1. søkkva (verb): sink, strong intrans.

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í ‘into’

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í (prep.): in, into

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vatn ‘water’

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vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake

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og ‘and’

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

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nökkurn ‘a’

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nøkkurr (pron.): some, a certain

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remma ‘tie’

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2. remma (verb): strengthen

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rekkar ‘men’

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rekkr (noun m.; °; -ar): man, champion

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ríkuliga ‘forcefully’

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ríkuliga (adv.): [forcefully]

[4] ríkuliga: ‘ri[...]liga’ 720a VI, ríkliga 399a‑bˣ

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við ‘around’

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2. við (prep.): with, against

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háls ‘the neck’

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hals (noun m.; °hals, dat. -i; -ar): neck

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á ‘of’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

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líki ‘the corpse’

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1. lík (noun n.; °-s; -): body, shape

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af ‘of’

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af (prep.): from

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flaut ‘floated’

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fljóta (verb): flow, float

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með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

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hellu ‘the stone slab’

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1. hella (noun f.; °-u; -ur): cave, slab

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fundinn ‘found’

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2. finna (verb): find, meet

[6] fundinn: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘f[...]din’ 720a VI

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á ‘on’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

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háleit ‘the sublime’

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háleitr (adj.): glorious, sublime

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með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

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og ‘and’

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

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sælu ‘bliss’

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1. sæla (noun f.; °-u; -ur): bliss

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Hallvarðs ‘of Hallvarðr’

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Hallvarðr (noun m.): Hallvard, Hallvarðr

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skínn ‘shines’

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skína (verb): shine

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um ‘through’

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1. um (prep.): about, around

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Nóreg ‘Norway’

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Noregr (noun m.): Norway

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allan ‘all’

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allr (adj.): all

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