Anon Mey 31VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 31’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 911.
leysti ‘loosened’
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leysa (verb): release, loosen, redeem
hár ‘hair’
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2. hár (noun n.; °-s; -): hair
úr ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
dreglum ‘ribbons’
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dregill (noun m.; °dat. dregli; dreglar): [ribbons]
hvítust ‘very bright’
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hvítr (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): white
fagrt ‘fair’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
[2] fagrt: ‘fag⸜urt⸝’ 713
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
líta ‘look at’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
fríðast ‘the fairest’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sem ‘as if’
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sem (conj.): as, which
frúinnar ‘of a woman’
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frú (noun f.): lady
klæði ‘clothes’
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klæði (noun n.; °-s; -): clothes
falli ‘fell’
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falla (verb): fall
niðr ‘down’
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3. niðr (adv.): down
um ‘around’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
líkam ‘body’
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líkamr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ir): body
allan ‘entire’
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allr (adj.): all
Síniformus ‘Síniformus’
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Síniformus (noun m.): Síniformus
[5] Síniformus: ‘Símfromus’ 713
sætu ‘woman’
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1. sæta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): woman, lady
væna ‘beautiful’
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vænn (adj.): beautiful, expected
sár ‘pain’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound < sárkennandi (adj.)
kennandi ‘enduring’
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kenna (verb): know, teach < sárkennandi (adj.)
skipar ‘commands’
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1. skipa (verb): change, place
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
brenna ‘burn’
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3. brenna (verb; (weak, transitive)): to burn (weak, intr.)
ýtar ‘men’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
eldinn ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
heita ‘the hot’
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heitr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): hot, ardent
Agnes ‘Agnes’
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Agnes (noun f.): Agnes
stóð ‘stood’
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standa (verb): stand
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
logandi ‘burning’
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2. loga (verb): burn
glóðum ‘flames’
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glóð (noun f.): ember
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