Anon Mey 32VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 32’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 911-12.
Lietti ‘She raised’
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létta (verb): to relieve, lighten
notes
[1] lietti upp hendr ‘she raised her arms’: The usual posture of prayer in the early Christian world.
upp ‘’
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upp (adv.): up
notes
[1] lietti upp hendr ‘she raised her arms’: The usual posture of prayer in the early Christian world.
hendr ‘arms’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
notes
[1] lietti upp hendr ‘she raised her arms’: The usual posture of prayer in the early Christian world.
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
lofaði ‘praised’
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lofa (verb): praise, permit
drottin ‘the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
lagði ‘’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
með ‘in’
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með (prep.): with
grimdar ‘a savage’
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grimmð (noun f.): ferocity < grimmðarbragð (noun n.)
bragði ‘manner’
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bragð (noun n.; °-s; *-): action, movement, trick < grimmðarbragð (noun n.)
Aspásíus ‘Aspásius’
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Aspasíus (noun m.): [Aspásius]
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[3] Aspásíus: Aspasíus dómandi ‘Aspasius the judge’ (Unger 1877, I, 19-20; Wolf 2003, 8).
járni ‘iron’
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járn (noun n.; °-s; -): iron, weapon
hvössu ‘sharp’
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hvass (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): keen, sharp
ungri ‘of the young’
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ungr (adj.): young
mey ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
stungið ‘thrust’
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stinga (verb): stab, poke
Faðir ‘father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
hennar ‘Her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sem ‘as well as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
frændr ‘kinsmen’
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frændi (noun m.): kinsman, male relative
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
frú ‘maiden’
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frú (noun f.): lady
blíðasta ‘very gentle’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
grófu ‘buried’
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grafa (verb): to dig, earth, bury
síðan ‘then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
yfirprísandi ‘deserving great praise’
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yfirprísandi (adj./verb p.p.): deserving great praise
endalausan ‘endless’
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endalauss (adj.): endless
Agnes ‘Agnes’
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Agnes (noun f.): Agnes
þiggr ‘receives’
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þiggja (verb): receive, get
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
drottni ‘the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
fagnað ‘joy’
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fǫgnuðr (noun m.; °fagnaðar; fagnaðir): joy
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