Anon Mey 13VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 13’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 900.
Hennar ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
önd ‘soul’
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2. ǫnd (noun f.; °andar, dat. ǫnd/ǫndu; andir): soul, breath
í ‘to’
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í (prep.): in, into
sælu ‘bliss’
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1. sæla (noun f.; °-u; -ur): bliss
sanna ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
sannur ‘The true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
kennings
Sannur hjálpari manna‘The true helper of men ’
= God
The true helper of men → God
leiddi ‘led’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired
kennings
Sannur hjálpari manna‘The true helper of men ’
= God
The true helper of men → God
manna ‘of men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
kennings
Sannur hjálpari manna‘The true helper of men ’
= God
The true helper of men → God
páska ‘on Easter’
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páski (noun m.; °; -ar): Easter < páskadagr (noun m.)
dag ‘Day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day < páskadagr (noun m.)
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
sætum ‘a sweet’
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sœtr (adj.): sweet
[3] sætum: added in left margin, sign of omission above 'með' 721
sigri ‘victory’
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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory
sæta ‘the woman’
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1. sæta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): woman, lady
kennings
sæta guðs‘the woman of God ’
= HOLY WOMAN = Mary Magdalene
the woman of God → HOLY WOMAN = Mary Magdalene
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kennings
sæta guðs‘the woman of God ’
= HOLY WOMAN = Mary Magdalene
the woman of God → HOLY WOMAN = Mary Magdalene
fekk ‘got’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
virðing ‘honour’
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virðing (noun f.; °-ar): honour
mæta ‘precious’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
Magðaléna ‘Magdalene’
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Magdalena (noun f.): [Magdalene]
[5] Magðaléna: ‘magdalena’ 721, 713
meiri ‘more’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
frægðir ‘fame’
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frægð (noun f.): fame
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
þiggr ‘receives’
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þiggja (verb): receive, get
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
drottni ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
várum ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
nær ‘near’
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nær (adv.): near, almost; when
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
firr ‘far’
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fjarri (adv.): far, far from it, unlikely
en ‘than’
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4. en (conj.): than
neinn ‘anyone’
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neinn (pron.): any, none
[7] neinn: ‘nein’ added in right margin, sign of omission above 'n' of 'en' 713
megi ‘could’
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mega (verb): may, might
skýra ‘explain’
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1. skýra (verb): explain, interpret
nafn ‘name’
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nafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): name
hennar ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sie ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
blessað ‘blessed’
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blessa (verb): bless
jafnan ‘always’
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jafnan (adv.): always
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[1-4]: The poet again uses rhetorical colours to embellish the high points of his verse, with the artful repetition of sannr ‘true’ (ll. 1 and 2) and the use of sætum (l. 3) and sæta (l. 4), homonyms but from different roots. Cf. similar word-play in sts 5, 7/1-2, 14/1-4, 16/3-4, 22/5-6, 36 and 44/5-6.
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