Anon Mey 36VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 36’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 914.
Lesandi ‘read’
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lesa (verb): read
notes
[1, 2] fúsir menn ... lesandi ‘keen men ... read’: This seems to imply that clerics might have read the saga of S. Margaret to women who were suffering difficult childbirth or from gynaecological illnesses. Cf. the prayer for labouring women included in AM 433 c 12° (c. 1500) which also contains a saga of S. Margaret (Bekker-Nielsen 1961).
oft ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
fagnað ‘joy’
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fǫgnuðr (noun m.; °fagnaðar; fagnaðir): joy
fúsan ‘keen’
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fúss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager, willing
fúsir ‘Keen’
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fúss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager, willing
notes
[1, 2] fúsir menn ... lesandi ‘keen men ... read’: This seems to imply that clerics might have read the saga of S. Margaret to women who were suffering difficult childbirth or from gynaecological illnesses. Cf. the prayer for labouring women included in AM 433 c 12° (c. 1500) which also contains a saga of S. Margaret (Bekker-Nielsen 1961).
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
notes
[1, 2] fúsir menn ... lesandi ‘keen men ... read’: This seems to imply that clerics might have read the saga of S. Margaret to women who were suffering difficult childbirth or from gynaecological illnesses. Cf. the prayer for labouring women included in AM 433 c 12° (c. 1500) which also contains a saga of S. Margaret (Bekker-Nielsen 1961).
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
treysta ‘believe in’
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treysta (verb): trust, believe in
henni ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hennar ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sögu ‘story’
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1. saga (noun f.; °*-u; *-ur): story, saga
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
krankar ‘sick’
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2. krankr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): [sick, hurtful]
kvinnur ‘women’
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kvenna (noun f.; °-u): woman, wife
stríð ‘affliction’
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2. stríð (noun n.; °-s; -): affliction
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
sóttum ‘illnesses’
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sótt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): illness
bíða ‘suffer’
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bíða (verb; °bíðr; beið, biðu; beðit): wait, suffer, experience
Margaréta ‘Margaret’
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Margaréta (noun f.): [Margaret]
brúðum ‘to women’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
bætir ‘makes good’
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bœta (verb; °-tt-): better, emend, compensate
bætta ‘better’
hjálp ‘help’
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hjǫlp (noun f.; °hjalpar; hjalpir/hjalpar): help, salvation
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
sínum ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
mætti ‘might’
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máttr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. mǽtti/mátt; mǽttir, dat. -um): power
vaktar ‘keeps watch over’
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1. vekja (verb): awaken, rouse
meyjan ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
mektar ‘of power’
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mekt (noun f.; °-ar): might, power < mektargerð (noun f.)
[8] mektar‑: so 713, megtar 721
gjörð ‘the action’
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1. gerð (noun f.): deed < mektargerð (noun f.)
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
himni ‘heaven’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
jörðu ‘earth’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
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On the rhetorical colours of this st., see Note to st. 5. It is interesting that the poet uses this method of stylistic intensification at the point where he speaks of S. Margaret’s help for women’s illnesses.
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