Anon Mey 28VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 28’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 909.
Bál ‘A fire’
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bál (noun n.; °-s; -): fire
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
kynt ‘kindled’
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2. -kynja (verb): [kindled]
um ‘around’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
brúði ‘bride’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
sæla ‘the blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
börðu ‘pelted’
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2. berja (verb; °barði; barðr/bariðr/barinn): fight
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[2] þeir: þá 713
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
grjóti ‘stones’
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grjót (noun n.): rock, stone
hörðu ‘hard’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh
lýðir ‘men’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
jarls ‘the earl’s’
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jarl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): poet, earl
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
logandi ‘the blazing’
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2. loga (verb): burn
glóðum ‘flames’
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glóð (noun f.): ember
listugt ‘the wonderful’
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listugr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): skilful, graceful
víf ‘woman’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
játti ‘professed’
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1. játa (verb): agree
Kristi ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
Sæt ‘Sweet’
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sœtr (adj.): sweet
sárar ‘over the painful’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
þrautir ‘tortures’
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þraut (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): struggle
sigrað ‘victory’
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sigra (verb): win, gain victory
fekk ‘won’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
ekki ‘not’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
henni ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
skal ‘will’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
með ‘among’
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með (prep.): with
helgum ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
mönnum ‘people’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
haldaz ‘remain’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
vegr ‘honour’
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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
minkaz ‘decrease’
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minnka (verb): diminish, decrease
aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
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A fire was kindled around the blessed bride; they, the earl’s men, pelted the wonderful woman, who professed Christ, with hard stones [as she stood] in the blazing flames. Sweet Agatha, who was not afraid, won victory over the painful tortures; among the saints [lit. holy people] her honour will remain, and never decrease.
Because the leaves of 721 on which Mey has been written are now out of order, the first part of st. 29 is at the end of fol. 11v (up to l. 5 Sæt), while the rest of the st. begins fol. 9r. — [1]: Exactly the same l. is at st. 39/1.
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