Anon Mey 39VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 39’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 915-16.
Bál ‘fire’
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bál (noun n.; °-s; -): fire
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
kynt ‘kindled’
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2. -kynja (verb): [kindled]
um ‘around’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
brúði ‘bride’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
sæla ‘blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
bik ‘pitch’
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bik (noun n.; °dat. -i/-(Stj¹ 56¹⁰)): [pitch]
vellanda ‘boiling’
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2. vella (verb): boil - strong, intransitive
meyna ‘the maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
helliz ‘is poured’
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2. hella (verb): [is poured]
Lúcía ‘Lucy’
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Lucía (noun ?): [Lucy]
stóð ‘stood’
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standa (verb): stand
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
blessuð ‘blessed’
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blessa (verb): bless
lof ‘praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
færandi ‘giving’
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2. fœra (verb): bring
drottni ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kærum ‘to the dear’
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kærr (adj.; °superl. kǽrstr/kǽrastr): dear
Lýðrinn ‘The people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
fyldiz ‘were filled’
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fylla (verb): fill
ljótrar ‘ugly’
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ljótr (adj.): ugly
æði ‘rage’
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1. œði (noun f.): fury
leggur ‘pierces’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
einn ‘one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
af ‘of’
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af (prep.): from
greifans ‘the count’s’
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greifi (noun m.): count
seggjum ‘men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
hvíta ‘bright’
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hvítr (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): white
frú ‘lady’
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frú (noun f.): lady
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
hvössu ‘sharp’
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hvass (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): keen, sharp
spjóti ‘spear’
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spjót (noun n.; °-s; -): spear
heldr ‘holds’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
drottni ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
veldi ‘power’
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veldi (noun n.): realm
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[1]: This l. is exactly the same as st. 28/1.
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