Anon Mey 4VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 4’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 894.
Aðrar ‘Other’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
þoldu ‘endured’
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þola (verb): suffer, endure
Jésú ‘of Jesus’
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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus
brúðir ‘brides’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
ýmsa ‘various kinds of’
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ýmiss (adj.): various, alternate
nauð ‘suffering’
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neyð (noun f.; °dat. -): need, distress
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
grimmum ‘cruel’
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grimmr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): fierce
dauða ‘death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
sætur ‘the women’
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sœtr (adj.): sweet
Krists ‘of Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
sjaldan ‘seldom’
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sjaldan (adv.): seldom
grietu ‘bewailed’
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2. gráta (verb): weep
mein ‘harm’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
þrautum ‘tortures’
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þraut (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): struggle
neinum ‘any’
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neinn (pron.): any, none
Saklausust ‘most innocent’
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saklauss (adj.): innocent, without cause
við ‘in the face of’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
mót ‘assault’
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1. mót (noun n.; °; -): meeting < mótgerð (noun f.)
gjörð ‘’
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1. gerð (noun f.): deed < mótgerð (noun f.)
mikla ‘great’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
þoldi ‘endured’
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þola (verb): suffer, endure
gjörvöll ‘all’
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gǫrvallr (adj.): everything
sárin ‘the wounds’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound
hrein ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
þau ‘’
[7] þau: þá er 713
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
Jésús ‘Jesus’
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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus
kendi ‘felt’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
yfir ‘all’
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yfir (prep.): over < yfirvǫldugr (adj.)
voldugr ‘powerful’
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vǫldugr (adj.): powerful < yfirvǫldugr (adj.)
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
sínu ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
holdi ‘flesh’
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hold (noun n.; °-s; -): flesh
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The scribe of 721 wrote ll. 1-7 (öndin) on fol. 8v and continued at the top of what is now – erroneously – fol. 11r (see Introduction). — [6-8]: The poet plays here on the commonplace medieval motif of Mary as the mater dolorosa, watching and taking upon herself the agony of her son on the Cross. The notion that Mary suffered a parallel passion to Christ was a significant theme of late medieval devotion (see LM: ‘Compassio BVM’).
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