Anon Mey 45VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 45’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 919.
Leysti ‘loosened’
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leysa (verb): release, loosen, redeem
hun ‘She’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
sier ‘herself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
langa ‘long’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
festi ‘rope’
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festi (noun f.): rope
lamdi ‘she beat’
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lemja (verb): beat, make lame
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
prettinn ‘the fraud’
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prettr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir/-ar, acc. -u/-i/-a): fraud, deceit
framdi ‘performed’
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fremja (verb): advance, perform
fjandi ‘devil’
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fjándi (noun m.; °-a; fjándr/fjándar/fjándir): enemy, devil
[3] fjandi: fjandinn 713
þoldi ‘endured’
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þola (verb): suffer, endure
af ‘by’
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af (prep.): from
fögru ‘fair’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
sprundi ‘woman’
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sprund (noun f.): woman
fleinging ‘whipping’
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flenging (noun f.; °; -ar): [whipping]
bæði ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
hart ‘hard’
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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
leingi ‘long’
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lengi (adv.): for a long time
Kveljarinn ‘The tormentor’
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kveljari (noun m.; °-a; -ar): [tormentor]
bauð ‘ordered’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
í ‘on’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[5] í köldu hjóli ‘on a cruel wheel’: Lit. ‘in a cold wheel’, ‘cold’ in the sense of ‘hostile, cruel, injurious’; so also st. 48/2 kaldar þrautir ‘cruel tortures’.
köldu ‘cruel’
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kaldr (adj.; °compar. -ari): cold
notes
[5] í köldu hjóli ‘on a cruel wheel’: Lit. ‘in a cold wheel’, ‘cold’ in the sense of ‘hostile, cruel, injurious’; so also st. 48/2 kaldar þrautir ‘cruel tortures’.
hjóli ‘wheel’
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hjól (noun n.; °-s; -): wheel
notes
[5] í köldu hjóli ‘on a cruel wheel’: Lit. ‘in a cold wheel’, ‘cold’ in the sense of ‘hostile, cruel, injurious’; so also st. 48/2 kaldar þrautir ‘cruel tortures’.
kæra ‘woman’
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1. kæra (noun f.; °-u; -ur): wife, woman
kennings
guðs kæra‘God’s woman ’
= HOLY WOMAN
God’s woman → HOLY WOMAN
guðs ‘God’s’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kennings
guðs kæra‘God’s woman ’
= HOLY WOMAN
God’s woman → HOLY WOMAN
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
pínuð ‘tortured’
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3. pína (verb): torture, torment
væri ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ljúfa ‘dear’
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ljúfr (adj.): beloved
fekk ‘’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
endað ‘ended’
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1. enda (verb; °-að-): end, last
æfi ‘life’
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ævi (noun f.; °-/-ar): life
öndin ‘soul’
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andi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): spirit, soul
fór ‘went’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
guði ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
til ‘into’
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til (prep.): to
handa ‘the hands’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
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