Anon Heil 8VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra manna drápa 8’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 878-9.
Heilagt ‘the holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
skutu ‘shot’
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skjóta (verb): shoot
þeir ‘They’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hold ‘body’
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hold (noun n.; °-s; -): flesh
saklaust ‘innocent’
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saklauss (adj.): innocent, without cause
blóð ‘blood’
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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
síðar ‘later’
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1. síðr (adj.; °compar. -ari): long, hanging
[3] síðar miklu: ‘sid[...]iclu’ 720a VI, ‘sid[...]’ 399a‑bˣ
miklu ‘much’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
[3] síðar miklu: ‘sid[...]iclu’ 720a VI, ‘sid[...]’ 399a‑bˣ
slegið ‘beaten’
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2. slá (verb): strike, cut
af ‘by’
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af (prep.): from
Jésús ‘Jesus’
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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus
Kristur ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
lofðung ‘king’
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lofðungr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, leader
ljósan ‘the shining’
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ljóss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
laðar ‘invites’
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laða (verb): invite
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
sín ‘him’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
úr ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
pínu ‘torment’
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1. pína (noun f.; °-u; -ur): torment
Játmundi ‘to Edmund’
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Játmundr (noun m.): Edmund, Eadmund
tiez ‘is shown’
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tjá (verb): to put in order, prepare
Einglands ‘of England’
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England (noun n.): England
kindar ‘of the offspring’
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kind (noun f.; °-ar; -r): offspring, race
[7] kindar: hardly visible 720a VI
elska ‘love’
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1. elska (noun f.; °-u): love
sönn ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
guði ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
[8] guði og mönnum: mönnum hardly visible 720a VI, gæði og munni 399a‑bˣ
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[8] guði og mönnum: mönnum hardly visible 720a VI, gæði og munni 399a‑bˣ
mönnum ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
[8] guði og mönnum: mönnum hardly visible 720a VI, gæði og munni 399a‑bˣ
notes
[8] mönnum (m. dat. pl.) ‘men’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) suggests that the word here may mean ‘other holy men’.
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