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Anon Mey 23VII

Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 23’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 906.

Anonymous PoemsHeilagra meyja drápa
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Kátrínu ‘Catherine’

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Kátrína (noun f.): [Catherine]

[1] Kátrínu: Kátrína 721, Kátríne 713

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fyr ‘because of’

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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.

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og ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

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vitru ‘wisdom’

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1. vitra (noun f.; °-u): [wisdom]

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keisarinn ‘The emperor’

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keisari (noun m.; °-a; -ar): emperor

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‘that’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

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vinna ‘’

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2. vinna (verb): perform, work

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dauða ‘be killed’

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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death

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seggir ‘men’

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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man

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þá ‘then’

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2. þá (adv.): then

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með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

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sverði ‘a sword’

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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword

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sæla ‘the blessed’

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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed

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frú ‘lady’

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frú (noun f.): lady

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sem ‘as’

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sem (conj.): as, which

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kóngrinn ‘the king’

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kóngr (noun m.): king

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mælir ‘commands’

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1. mæla (verb): speak, say

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Yndis ‘happiness’

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ynði (noun n.; °-s): pleasure

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til ‘on’

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til (prep.): to

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allra ‘all’

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allr (adj.): all

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elsku ‘with love’

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1. elska (noun f.; °-u): love

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fyld ‘Filled’

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fylla (verb): fill

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‘that’

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4. at (conj.): that

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veitaz ‘be granted’

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2. veita (verb): grant, give

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skyldi ‘it should’

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skulu (verb): shall, should, must

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mönnum ‘people’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

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er ‘who’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

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mintiz ‘remembered’

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1. minna (verb): remind, remember, recall

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skínandi ‘the shining’

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skína (verb): shine

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í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

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nauðum ‘trials’

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neyð (noun f.; °dat. -): need, distress

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