Anon Mey 24VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 24’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 907.
Burðugt ‘high-born’
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burðugr (adj.; °superl. -astr): [noble, high-born]
víf ‘woman’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
fekk ‘received’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
bana ‘death’
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bani (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death, killer
með ‘by’
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með (prep.): with
sverði ‘the sword’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
blæða ‘bled’
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blœða (verb; °-dd-): bleed
tók ‘’
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2. taka (verb): take
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
mjólk ‘milk’
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mjolk (noun f.; °mjolkr, dat. -/-u): milk
úr ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
æðum ‘veins’
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1. æðr (noun f.; °-ar, dat./acc. ǽði; -ar): blood vessel
hennar ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
luktu ‘covered’
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lykja (verb): lock up, enclose
holdið ‘body’
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hold (noun n.; °-s; -): flesh
sanna ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
hreinir ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
englar ‘angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
marmara ‘with a marble’
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marmari (noun m.; °-a): [with a marble] < marmarasteinn (noun m.)
steini ‘stone’
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steinn (noun m.; °steins; steinar): stone, colour < marmarasteinn (noun m.)
Kátrínam ‘Catherine’
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Kátrína (noun f.): [Catherine]
[5] Kátrínam: so 713, ‘ka katrinam’ 721
fyr ‘on account of’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
miskunn ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
mæta ‘precious’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
mætur ‘The precious’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
notes
[6-7] mætur unnasti guðs og hennar ‘the precious beloved of God and of her’: Hennar (gen. sg.) ‘of her’ is understood by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) to refer to the Virgin Mary, but there is nothing that points to her in this st. Here hennar is understood to refer to Catherine, and the whole periphrasis of which hennar is part to refer to Christ as the bridegroom of the soul.
leiddi ‘led’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired
í ‘to’
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í (prep.): in, into
hæsta ‘the highest’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
sæti ‘seat’
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2. sæti (noun n.; °-s; -): seat
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
[7] guðs unnasti: guð sannasti 713
notes
[6-7] mætur unnasti guðs og hennar ‘the precious beloved of God and of her’: Hennar (gen. sg.) ‘of her’ is understood by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) to refer to the Virgin Mary, but there is nothing that points to her in this st. Here hennar is understood to refer to Catherine, and the whole periphrasis of which hennar is part to refer to Christ as the bridegroom of the soul.
unnasti ‘beloved’
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unnasti (noun m.; °-a; -ar): [beloved]
[7] guðs unnasti: guð sannasti 713
notes
[6-7] mætur unnasti guðs og hennar ‘the precious beloved of God and of her’: Hennar (gen. sg.) ‘of her’ is understood by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) to refer to the Virgin Mary, but there is nothing that points to her in this st. Here hennar is understood to refer to Catherine, and the whole periphrasis of which hennar is part to refer to Christ as the bridegroom of the soul.
himins ‘of heaven’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
notes
[6-7] mætur unnasti guðs og hennar ‘the precious beloved of God and of her’: Hennar (gen. sg.) ‘of her’ is understood by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) to refer to the Virgin Mary, but there is nothing that points to her in this st. Here hennar is understood to refer to Catherine, and the whole periphrasis of which hennar is part to refer to Christ as the bridegroom of the soul.
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
notes
[6-7] mætur unnasti guðs og hennar ‘the precious beloved of God and of her’: Hennar (gen. sg.) ‘of her’ is understood by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) to refer to the Virgin Mary, but there is nothing that points to her in this st. Here hennar is understood to refer to Catherine, and the whole periphrasis of which hennar is part to refer to Christ as the bridegroom of the soul.
hennar ‘of her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
notes
[6-7] mætur unnasti guðs og hennar ‘the precious beloved of God and of her’: Hennar (gen. sg.) ‘of her’ is understood by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) to refer to the Virgin Mary, but there is nothing that points to her in this st. Here hennar is understood to refer to Catherine, and the whole periphrasis of which hennar is part to refer to Christ as the bridegroom of the soul.
hennar ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
nafn ‘name’
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nafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): name
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sælt ‘blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
meðal ‘among’
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meðal (prep.): between
kvenna ‘women’
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kvenna (noun f.; °-u): woman, wife
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