Anon Mey 41VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 41’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 917.
Blý ‘lead’
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blý (noun n.; °-s): lead
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
járn ‘iron’
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járn (noun n.; °-s; -): iron, weapon
skal ‘must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
blessuð ‘blessed’
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blessa (verb): bless
meyja ‘maiden’
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meyja (noun f.; °-u): maiden, virgin
bera ‘carry’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
óverðug ‘undeserving’
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óverðugr (adj.): undeserving
sier ‘her’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
herðum ‘shoulders’
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herðr (noun f.; °-ar(Thom² 447¹³); -ar): shoulder
ýtar ‘men’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
leiddu ‘led’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired
oft ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
um ‘around’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
stræti ‘streets’
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stræti (noun n.; °-s; -): street
unga ‘young’
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ungr (adj.): young
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
byrði ‘burden’
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byrðr (noun f.; °byrðar, acc. byrði/byrð(GrgKonᴵ 205¹¹); byrðar, acc. byrðar/byrðir): burden, load
þunga ‘heavy’
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2. þunga (verb): [heavy]
Utan ‘Outside’
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útan (prep.): outside, without
borgar ‘city’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ærlig ‘honourable’
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ærligr (adj.): honest, honourable
kennings
ærlig sæta yfirgræðara‘the honourable woman of the supreme healer ’
= HOLY WOMAN
the honourable woman of the supreme healer → HOLY WOMAN
sæta ‘woman’
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1. sæta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): woman, lady
kennings
ærlig sæta yfirgræðara‘the honourable woman of the supreme healer ’
= HOLY WOMAN
the honourable woman of the supreme healer → HOLY WOMAN
yfirgræðara ‘of the supreme healer’
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yfirgrœðari (noun m.)
kennings
ærlig sæta yfirgræðara‘the honourable woman of the supreme healer ’
= HOLY WOMAN
the honourable woman of the supreme healer → HOLY WOMAN
flett ‘stripped’
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fletta (verb): [stripped, strip]
af ‘of’
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af (prep.): from
klæðum ‘clothes’
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klæði (noun n.; °-s; -): clothes
drottni ‘to the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kært ‘dear’
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kærr (adj.; °superl. kǽrstr/kǽrastr): dear
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
djúpu ‘deep’
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djúpr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): deep
vatni ‘water’
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vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake
drekkiz ‘is drowned’
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2. drekka (verb; °drekkr; drakk, drukku; drukkinn/drykkinn): drink
[8] drekkiz: drekktiz 713
fljóð ‘woman’
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fljóð (noun n.): woman
af ‘by’
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af (prep.): from
heiðnum ‘heathen’
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heiðinn (adj.): heathen
þjóðum ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
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The blessed maiden must undeserving carry on her shoulders lead and iron; men often led the young lady around the streets with the heavy burden. Outside the city the honourable woman of the supreme healer [HOLY WOMAN] was stripped of her clothes; the woman dear to the Lord is drowned in deep water by heathen people.
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