Anon Heil 6VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra manna drápa 6’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 877-8.
Mörg ‘For many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
ár ‘years’
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2. ár (noun n.; °-s; -): year, year’s abundance
þoldi ‘endured’
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þola (verb): suffer, endure
miklar ‘great’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
sorgir ‘afflictions’
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sorg (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sorrow, affliction
meinað ‘tormented’
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1. meina (verb): harm
líf ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
slíkum ‘such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
greinum ‘ways’
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grein (noun f.): reason, period, branch
notes
[2] greinum (f. dat. pl.) ‘ways’: lit. ‘parts’ or ‘divisions’.
hár ‘a hair’
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2. hár (noun n.; °-s; -): hair < hárklæði (noun n.)
klæði ‘shirt’
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klæði (noun n.; °-s; -): clothes < hárklæði (noun n.)
frá ‘heard’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
huldur ‘’
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2. hylja (verb): to bury, cover, inhume
væri ‘he wore’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
holdi ‘to his body’
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hold (noun n.; °-s; -): flesh
næst ‘closest’
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nærri (adj. comp.; °superl. nǽstr): near, nearer, next
en ‘but’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
brek ‘transgressions’
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brek (noun n.; °; gen. -a): [transgressions]
eru ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
goldin ‘paid for’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
Pelli ‘with velvet’
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pell (noun n.; °-s; -): velvet
nam ‘’
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1. nema (verb): to take
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
prúðu ‘beautiful’
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prúðr (adj.; °superl. -astr): magnificent, proud
gulli ‘gold’
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gull (noun n.): gold
að ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
prýða ‘adorned’
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prýða (verb): adorn
sig ‘himself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
fyr ‘Before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
augum ‘the eyes’
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auga (noun n.; °auga; augu/augun, gen. augna): eye
lýða ‘of the people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
heimi ‘the world’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
liet ‘rejected’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hverjum ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
tíma ‘time’
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tími (noun m.; °-a; -ar): time
hafnað ‘’
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1. hafna (verb): abandon, reject
alls ‘completely’
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allr (adj.): all
notes
[8] alls ‘completely’: Here, as suggested by NN §1768, interpreted as an adv.; Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) interprets it as a substantivised adj. and reads ll. 7-8 as follows: á hverjum tíma lét hafnat heimi í nafni drottins alls ‘every time he rejected the world in the name of the Lord of everything’.
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
drottins ‘of the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
nafni ‘the name’
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nafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): name
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For many years his [self]-tormented life endured great afflictions in such ways; I heard [that] he wore [lit. he was covered with] a hair-shirt closest to his body; but transgressions are paid for. Before the eyes of the people he adorned himself with velvet and beautiful gold; every time he completely rejected the world in the name of the Lord.
[1-2]: These ll. may also be construed ‘For many years he endured a tormented life, great afflictions in such ways’.
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