Anon Mey 19VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 19’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 904.
jungfrú ‘maiden’
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jungfrú (noun f.): maiden, virgin
sæla ‘blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
elsku ‘love’
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1. elska (noun f.; °-u): love
næmdr ‘deprived’
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1. næma (verb): deprive
í ‘to’
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í (prep.): in, into
píslir ‘tortures’
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písl (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Maurit 650²²)): torture
dæmdi ‘condemned’
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dœma (verb; °-mð-): judge
mild ‘the gentle’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
kennings
mild meyja Krists‘the gentle maiden of Christ ’
= HOLY WOMAN
the gentle maiden of Christ → HOLY WOMAN
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sett ‘placed’
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setja (verb): place, set, establish
milli ‘between’
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milli (prep.): between
elda ‘fires’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
meyja ‘maiden’
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meyja (noun f.; °-u): maiden, virgin
kennings
mild meyja Krists‘the gentle maiden of Christ ’
= HOLY WOMAN
the gentle maiden of Christ → HOLY WOMAN
Krists ‘of Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
kennings
mild meyja Krists‘the gentle maiden of Christ ’
= HOLY WOMAN
the gentle maiden of Christ → HOLY WOMAN
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
skyldi ‘was’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
deyja ‘to die’
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1. deyja (verb; °deyr; dó, dó(u); dá(i)nn): die
Dægur ‘days’
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dœgr (noun n.; °-s; -): day and night; 24h period
notes
[5] sex dægur ‘for three days’: Dægr means a period of twelve hours of either night or day, so that six dægur make three days.
sex ‘three’
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sex (num. cardinal): six
notes
[5] sex dægur ‘for three days’: Dægr means a period of twelve hours of either night or day, so that six dægur make three days.
drósin ‘woman’
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drós (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): lady
fagra ‘fair’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
[5] fagra: hægra 713
dáliga ‘wretchedly’
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dáliga (adv.): [wretchedly]
byrgð ‘enclosed’
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byrgja (verb; °-rgð-): lock
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
heitu ‘burning’
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heitr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): hot, ardent
báli ‘conflagration’
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bál (noun n.; °-s; -): fire
sjálf ‘itself’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
miskunnin ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
hlífði ‘protected’
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hlífa (verb): protect
henni ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hennar ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
náðu ‘able to’
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1. ná (verb): reach, get, manage
ei ‘not’
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3. ei (adv.): not
klæði ‘clothes’
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klæði (noun n.; °-s; -): clothes
að ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
brenna ‘burn’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
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Almacius, deprived of love, condemned the blessed maiden to tortures; the gentle maiden of Christ [HOLY WOMAN] was placed between fires, when she was to die. For three days the fair woman was wretchedly enclosed in a burning conflagration; mercy itself protected her; her clothes were not able to burn.
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