Anon Mey 27VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 27’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 908-9.
Ekki ‘not’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
gietr ‘can’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
jungfrú ‘maiden’
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jungfrú (noun f.): maiden, virgin
lokkað ‘entice’
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1. lokka (verb): entice
ótta ‘the fear’
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ótti (noun m.; °-a): fear
úr ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
faðmi ‘the embrace’
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faðmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): embrace
dróttins ‘of the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
notes
[2] dróttins ‘of the Lord’: Although the vowel of the first syllable is probably short elsewhere in Mey, it must be long here to provide aðalhending with ótta (see Björn K. Þórolfsson 1925, 6). So also 47/8 drótt : -vótt.
ristil ‘the lady’
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1. ristill (noun m.; °dat. ristli): gentlewoman, plowshare
liet ‘had’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
við ‘because of’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
ástir ‘love’
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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love
reiður ‘angry’
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4. reiðr (adj.; °superl. -astr): angry
jarl ‘the earl’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
fyr ‘before’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
leiða ‘brought’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired
Bæði ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
liet ‘had’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
brjóst ‘breasts’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
fljóði ‘the woman’
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fljóð (noun n.): woman
bundin ‘bound’
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binda (verb; °bindr; batt/bant(cf. [$332$]), bundu; bundinn): bind, tie
stóð ‘stood’
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standa (verb): stand
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
píslum ‘the tortures’
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písl (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Maurit 650²²)): torture
undir ‘during’
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undir (prep.): under
spreingja ‘ruptured’
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sprengja (verb): [ruptured]
út ‘’
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út (adv.): out(side)
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
spenni ‘’
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spennir (noun m.): clasper < spennitǫng (noun f.)
taungum ‘forceps’
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tǫng (noun f.; °tangar, dat. -u/-; tengr/tangir): tongs < spennitǫng (noun f.)
sprakkinn ‘gave’
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springa (verb): burst, spring apart
gjörði ‘the woman’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
drottni ‘to the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
þakkir ‘thanks’
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þǫkk (noun f.; °þakkar; þakkar/þakkir): thanks
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