Anon Mey 17VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 17’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 902-3.
Hátt ‘metre’
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1. háttr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. hætti; hættir, acc. háttu): behaviour, measure, verse-form
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
notes
[1] form ‘form’: viz. of a poem; a term otherwise used in this sense only in Árni Gd 43/1IV (also in the context of a stef).
hinn ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
hreini ‘Pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
drottinn ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
hefjaz ‘rise’
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hefja (verb): lift, start
láttu ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
stefja ‘refrains’
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stef (noun n.; °; -): refrain
þinnar ‘of your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
mæðr ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
hirðar ‘troop’
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hirð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(FskB 53)): retinue
hennar ‘of her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[3] hennar: so 713, om. 721
lífastra ‘of most chaste’
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lífr (adj.): fit to live < hreinlífr (adj.): pure-living
mektar ‘of might’
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mekt (noun f.; °-ar): might, power < mektarvíf (noun n.)
vífa ‘women’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife < mektarvíf (noun n.)
berr ‘has’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
allra ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
kvinna ‘women’
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kvenna (noun f.; °-u): woman, wife
æru ‘honour’
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1. æra (noun f.; °-u): honour
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
prís ‘praise’
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príss (noun m.; °dat. -): praise
drottni ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
skærum ‘bright’
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1. skærr (adj.): pure, bright
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
sjálf ‘herself’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
meyjum ‘maidens’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
stýrir ‘rules over’
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stýra (verb): steer, control
móðurliga ‘motherly’
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móðurliga (adv.): motherly
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
öllu ‘everything’
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allr (adj.): all
góðu ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
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[5-8]: These ll. are the first instance of the poem’s first stef ‘refrain’ (there are two of them) and are signalled by a cross in the left margins of 721 and 713. Stef 1 is repeated in sts 21 and 25.
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