Anon Heildr 6VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilags anda drápa 6’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 456-7.
Enn ‘still’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
móð ‘courage’
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1. móðr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-): courage
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
styr ‘battle’
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styrr (noun m.; °dat. -): battle
stríðum ‘the harsh’
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stríðr (adj.): harsh
sterkr ‘Mighty’
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sterkr (adj.): strong
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[2, 4] sterkr græðari aldar ‘mighty healer of mankind’: Another kenning-like construction referring to the Holy Spirit.
græðari ‘healer’
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grœðari (noun m.): saviour, healer
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[2, 4] sterkr græðari aldar ‘mighty healer of mankind’: Another kenning-like construction referring to the Holy Spirit.
skæðu ‘the dangerous’
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skœðr (adj.): dangerous
eflið ‘strengthen’
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efla (verb; °-fld-/-að-(RómvUpph¹ 382²⁴)): strengthen
ýgra ‘of vicious’
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2. ýgr (adj.): fierce
djöfla ‘devils’
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djǫfull (noun m.; °djǫfuls, dat. djǫfli; djǫflar/djaflar): devil
aldar ‘of mankind’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
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[2, 4] sterkr græðari aldar ‘mighty healer of mankind’: Another kenning-like construction referring to the Holy Spirit.
fyri ‘against’
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2. fyri (prep.): [against]
valdi ‘power’
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1. valdi (noun m.): ruler
Prýðir ‘You equip’
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prýða (verb): adorn
önd ‘the soul’
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2. ǫnd (noun f.; °andar, dat. ǫnd/ǫndu; andir): soul, breath
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
andar ‘of the spirit’
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2. ǫnd (noun f.; °andar, dat. ǫnd/ǫndu; andir): soul, breath
orrostu ‘the battle’
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orrusta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): battle
mann ‘’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < mannkostr (noun m.)
[6] mannkostum: ‘mank[...]um’ all
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[6] mannkostum ‘virtues’: This edn follows all other eds in adopting Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s reconstruction here.
kostum ‘with virtues’
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1. kostr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): choice, food, goods, good quality < mannkostr (noun m.)
[6] mannkostum: ‘mank[...]um’ all
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[6] mannkostum ‘virtues’: This edn follows all other eds in adopting Sveinbjörn Egilsson’s reconstruction here.
drengjum ‘men’
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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
þröngva ‘subdue’
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þrøngva (verb): press, throng
þrír ‘the three’
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þrír (num. cardinal): three
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[8] þrír óvinir ‘three enemies’: Presumably, as Sveinbjörn Egilsson (1844, 43 n. 1) and Rydberg suggest, these ‘enemies’ are the world, the flesh and the devil.
óvinir ‘enemies’
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óvinr (noun m.): enemy
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[8] þrír óvinir ‘three enemies’: Presumably, as Sveinbjörn Egilsson (1844, 43 n. 1) and Rydberg suggest, these ‘enemies’ are the world, the flesh and the devil.
skírum ‘pure’
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2. skírr (adj.): pure, bright
[8] skírum: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘skír[...]’ B
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[4]: B is badly torn. Traces of the last letter (possibly a t) are visible, but no further traces remain. 399a-bˣ, BRydberg and BFJ read final st with certainty. Sveinbjörn Egilsson suggests reconstruction to adv. mest ‘most’, qualifying eflið móð ‘you strengthen courage’ (ll. 1, 3). This reconstruction is adopted by Skj B and Skald. Rydberg (1907, 1 n. 12) suggests emendation to brjóst, acc. sing. of brjóstr ‘breast’, construing enn eflið (þér) í styr stríðum móð brjóst fyr skœðu valdi ygra diǫfla ‘still you strengthen your courage in the harsh battle against the dangerous power of vicious devils’.
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