Anon Mey 35VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 35’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 913.
Greifinn ‘The count’
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greifi (noun m.): count
setti ‘placed’
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setja (verb): place, set, establish
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kennings
ljúfa mey guðs‘the beloved maiden of God ’
= HOLY WOMAN
the beloved maiden of God → HOLY WOMAN
mey ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
kennings
ljúfa mey guðs‘the beloved maiden of God ’
= HOLY WOMAN
the beloved maiden of God → HOLY WOMAN
ljúfa ‘the beloved’
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ljúfr (adj.): beloved
kennings
ljúfa mey guðs‘the beloved maiden of God ’
= HOLY WOMAN
the beloved maiden of God → HOLY WOMAN
grið ‘truce’
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grið (noun n.): truce
bannandi ‘prohibiting’
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2. banna (verb; °-að-): forbid, refuse
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
drákons ‘of a dragon’
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drákón (noun m.): [a dragon]
kom ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
djöfull ‘devil’
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djǫfull (noun m.; °djǫfuls, dat. djǫfli; djǫflar/djaflar): devil
[3] djöfull: djöfuls 721, ‘d[...]ull’ 713
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
líki ‘shape’
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1. lík (noun n.; °-s; -): body, shape
deyddi ‘killed’
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deyða (verb; °-dd-): kill
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
fleingdi ‘whipped’
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flengja (verb): [whipped]
annan ‘another’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
Meina ‘of torments’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
fjöld ‘multitude’
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fjǫlð (noun f.): multitude
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[5] og þrautir mildust: og þrautir 721, og margar pínur 713
þrautir ‘tortures’
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þraut (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): struggle
[5] og þrautir mildust: og þrautir 721, og margar pínur 713
mildust ‘mildest’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
[5] og þrautir mildust: og þrautir 721, og margar pínur 713
notes
[5] mildust ‘mildest’: Emendation proposed by Finnur Jónsson in Skj B. Something has clearly been omitted from the exemplars of both 721 and 713 at this point.
mærin ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
tók ‘suffered’
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2. taka (verb): take
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
líkam ‘body’
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líkamr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ir): body
Malkus ‘Malchus’
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Malkus (noun m.): [Malchus]
einn ‘one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
af ‘of’
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af (prep.): from
mönnum ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
fylkis ‘king’s’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
mey ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
[8] mey óverða: meyju verða 713
hjó ‘slew’
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hǫggva (verb): to strike, put to death, cut, hew
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
sverði ‘sword’
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
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The count placed the beloved maiden of God [HOLY WOMAN] in a dungeon, prohibiting a truce; the devil came there in the shape of a dragon; she killed him and whipped another. The mildest maiden suffered a multitude of torments and tortures on her shining body; Malchus, one of the king’s men, slew the undeserving maiden with a sword.
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