Anon Heildr 14VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilags anda drápa 14’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 464.
Tendra ‘kindle’
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tendra (verb): kindle
ljós ‘lights’
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ljóss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
leyndum ‘the secret’
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1. leyna (verb): hide, conceal
lund ‘Benevolent’
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lund (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Rém 301³¹)): mind, way < lundgóðr (adj.)
góðr ‘’
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góðr (adj.): good < lundgóðr (adj.)
vitum ‘consciousnesses’
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1. vit (noun n.; °-s; -): wisdom, wit; visit
þjóðar ‘of people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
böls ‘of sin’
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bǫl (noun n.; °-s, dat. bǫlvi): evil
hirtir ‘chastiser’
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hirtir (noun m.): chastiser
vek ‘rouse’
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1. vekja (verb): awaken, rouse
björtum ‘with bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
[3] björtum: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘bi[...]rtum’ B
björt ‘bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
elskuga ‘love’
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elskhugi (noun m.; °-a; dat. -um): love
hjörtu ‘hearts’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
Hagr ‘Skilful’
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2. hagr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): skilful
efl ‘strengthen’
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efla (verb; °-fld-/-að-(RómvUpph¹ 382²⁴)): strengthen
hallar ‘of the hall’
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall
kennings
hallar vagns,‘of the hall of the wagon, ’
= SKY/HEAVEN
the hall of the wagon, → SKY/HEAVEN
notes
[5, 8] fegrir hallar vagns ‘beautifier of the hall of the wagon’: The constellation formed by the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major is known in MIcel. as karlsvagninn ‘Charles’s wagon’; cf. OE Carles wæn, OED: ‘Charles’s Wain’. See Ník Jóndr 3/6 and Note; Geisl 71/7-8; Anon Pét 14/7-8, 21/4; LP: vagn 2.
fegrir ‘beautifier’
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fegrir (noun m.): [beautifier]
notes
[5, 8] fegrir hallar vagns ‘beautifier of the hall of the wagon’: The constellation formed by the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major is known in MIcel. as karlsvagninn ‘Charles’s wagon’; cf. OE Carles wæn, OED: ‘Charles’s Wain’. See Ník Jóndr 3/6 and Note; Geisl 71/7-8; Anon Pét 14/7-8, 21/4; LP: vagn 2.
hverr ‘everyone’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
leystr ‘redeemed’
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leysa (verb): release, loosen, redeem
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
þér ‘to you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
treystisk ‘trusts himself’
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treysta (verb): trust, believe in
várn ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
líkama ‘body’
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líkamr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ir): body
veykan ‘weak’
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veikr (adj.): [feeble, weak]
vagns ‘of the wagon’
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vagn (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): wagon
kennings
hallar vagns,‘of the hall of the wagon, ’
= SKY/HEAVEN
the hall of the wagon, → SKY/HEAVEN
notes
[5, 8] fegrir hallar vagns ‘beautifier of the hall of the wagon’: The constellation formed by the seven brightest stars in Ursa Major is known in MIcel. as karlsvagninn ‘Charles’s wagon’; cf. OE Carles wæn, OED: ‘Charles’s Wain’. See Ník Jóndr 3/6 and Note; Geisl 71/7-8; Anon Pét 14/7-8, 21/4; LP: vagn 2.
magni ‘strength’
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magn (noun n.; °-s): strength
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The Lat. text on which this st. is based is as follows: Accende lumen sensibus / infunde amorem cordibus / infirma nostri corporis / virtute firmans perpeti ‘Kindle a flame in [our] senses, pour out love into [our] hearts, fortifying the weaknesses of our body, strengthening [it] with everlasting strength [or virtue]’.
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