Anon Mey 29VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 29’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 909-10.
Gief ‘Give’
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gefa (verb): give
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
græddir ‘healed’
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grœða (verb): heal
lofða ‘people’
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lofði (noun m.; °; -ar): man
giftulist ‘fortunate skill’
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giftulist (noun f.): [fortunate skill]
til ‘for’
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til (prep.): to
stefja ‘of refrains’
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stef (noun n.; °; -): refrain < stefjaskipti (noun n.)
skiftis ‘a change’
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skipti (noun n.; °-s; -): division, share, change < stefjaskipti (noun n.)
Jésús ‘Jesus’
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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
að ‘so that’
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4. at (conj.): that
orða ‘of words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
notes
[3] glósur orða ‘explanations of words’: Cf. 2/1 lofandi glósum ‘with laudatory explanations’. The poet is presumably referring to his interpretation and evaluation of the significance of the lives and examples of the holy women he celebrates in Mey.
glósur ‘explanations’
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1. glósa (noun f.): word, explanation
notes
[3] glósur orða ‘explanations of words’: Cf. 2/1 lofandi glósum ‘with laudatory explanations’. The poet is presumably referring to his interpretation and evaluation of the significance of the lives and examples of the holy women he celebrates in Mey.
endaz ‘be sufficient’
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1. enda (verb; °-að-): end, last
mætti ‘will’
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mega (verb): may, might
dýrðar ‘for the glorious’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory < dýrðarkvendi (noun n.)
kvendi ‘women’
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kvendi (noun n.; °-s): [women] < dýrðarkvendi (noun n.)
Yfir ‘superior’
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yfir (prep.): over < yfirkóróna (noun f.): superior crown
kóróna ‘crown’
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1. kóróna (noun f.; °-u, -ur): crown < yfirkóróna (noun f.): superior crown
allra ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
vífa ‘women’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
ein ‘one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
drotning ‘queen’
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dróttning (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-, acc. -u/-; -ar): queen
hreinust ‘purest’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
henni ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
þjóna ‘serve’
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þjóna (verb): serve
helgar ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
notes
[7-8] helgar kvinnur og allar meyjar ‘holy women and all maidens’: The two categories of holy women celebrated by the Christian church.
kvinnur ‘women’
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kvenna (noun f.; °-u): woman, wife
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[7-8] helgar kvinnur og allar meyjar ‘holy women and all maidens’: The two categories of holy women celebrated by the Christian church.
hallar ‘of the hall’
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall
kennings
hallar guðs‘of the hall of God ’
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the hall of God → HEAVEN
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kennings
hallar guðs‘of the hall of God ’
= HEAVEN
the hall of God → HEAVEN
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
notes
[7-8] helgar kvinnur og allar meyjar ‘holy women and all maidens’: The two categories of holy women celebrated by the Christian church.
meyjar ‘maidens’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
notes
[7-8] helgar kvinnur og allar meyjar ‘holy women and all maidens’: The two categories of holy women celebrated by the Christian church.
allar ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
notes
[7-8] helgar kvinnur og allar meyjar ‘holy women and all maidens’: The two categories of holy women celebrated by the Christian church.
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Lines 1-4 introduce the poem’s second stef, which occupies ll. 5-8. It is repeated in sts 33 and 37.
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