Anon Mey 42VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 42’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 917.
Ánastásía ‘Anastasia’
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Anastasía (noun f.): [Anastasia]
aura ‘money’
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eyrir (noun m.; °eyris, dat. eyri; aurar): ounce, money, property
sína ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
alla ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
gaf ‘gave’
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gefa (verb): give
sem ‘as well as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hallir ‘halls’
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall
klæði ‘clothes’
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klæði (noun n.; °-s; -): clothes
færði ‘brought’
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2. fœra (verb): bring
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
kristnum ‘to Christian’
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kristinn (adj.; °superl. kristnastr): Christian
lýðum ‘people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
[3] lýðum: mönnum 713
kvinnan ‘woman’
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kvenna (noun f.; °-u): woman, wife
[4] kvinnan: in left margin with insertion mark in text 721
blíð ‘the gentle’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
tekin ‘captured’
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2. taka (verb): take
um ‘’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
síðir ‘eventually’
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1. síð (noun f.; °; -ir): um síðir: in the end
Hreina ‘the pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
mey ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
liet ‘had’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
Próbus ‘Probus’
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Próbus (noun m.): [Probus]
pína ‘tormented’
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3. pína (verb): torture, torment
prúður ‘the beautiful’
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prúðr (adj.; °superl. -astr): magnificent, proud
lifði ‘lived’
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lifa (verb): live
brúða ‘of brides’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
hundrað ‘for one hundred’
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hundrað (noun n.; °-s; hundruð/-): hundred
daga ‘days’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
svá ‘in such a way’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
hvörki ‘neither’
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hvárki (conj.): neither
kendi ‘tasted’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
hold ‘flesh’
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hold (noun n.; °-s; -): flesh
mæðanda ‘her weary’
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2. mœða (verb): weary
víns ‘wine’
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vín (noun n.; °-s; -): wine
nie ‘nor’
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né (conj.): nor
fæðu ‘food’
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1. fœða (noun f.): [food]
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Anastasia gave away all her money as well as villages and halls; she brought clothes to Christian people; eventually the gentle woman was captured. Probus had the pure maiden tormented; the beautiful light-beam of brides lived for one hundred days, in such a way that her weary flesh tasted neither wine nor food.
There seems not to have been a cult of the martyr Anastasia in medieval Iceland; no ON vernacular saint’s life exists, nor is she found in extant Icel. calendars. This C4th saint, whose feast day is 25 December (and is thus commemorated at the second mass of Christmas day; see st. 43/5-8), was martyred at Sirmium in Pannonia (Bosnia).
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