Anon Mey 37VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 37’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 914-15.
Sárra ‘wounded’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
sálna ‘souls’
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sál (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): soul
várra ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
synda ‘of our sins’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
verða ‘become’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
þungar ‘heavy’
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þungr (adj.): heavy
minniz ‘remember’
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1. minna (verb): remind, remember, recall
þier ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
fyr ‘by’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
miskunn ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
sanna ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
meyjar ‘maidens’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
vier ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
skulum ‘must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
deyja ‘die’
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1. deyja (verb; °deyr; dó, dó(u); dá(i)nn): die
Yfir ‘The superior’
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yfir (prep.): over < yfirkóróna (noun f.): superior crown
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir korona allra ·’ 721, ‘Yf. k. n.’ 713
kóróna ‘crown’
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1. kóróna (noun f.; °-u, -ur): crown < yfirkóróna (noun f.): superior crown
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir korona allra ·’ 721, ‘Yf. k. n.’ 713
allra ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir korona allra ·’ 721, ‘Yf. k. n.’ 713
vífa ‘women’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir korona allra ·’ 721, ‘Yf. k. n.’ 713
ein ‘the 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
kvinnur ‘women’
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kvenna (noun f.; °-u): woman, wife
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 ’
= HEAVEN
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
meyjar ‘maidens’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
allar ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
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[5-8]: The second repeat of stef 2, marked by a cross in the margin in both mss.
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