Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 49’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 921.
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þrír (num. cardinal): three
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hǫfðingi (noun m.; °-ja; -jar): chieftain
[1] höfðingjar: dómendr 713
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3. pína (verb): torture, torment
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þrifligr (adj.): [flourishing, good]
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sprund (noun f.): woman
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
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lund (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Rém 301³¹)): mind, way
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trúðr (noun m.; °; -ar): charlatan, juggler
[3] trúðrinn ‘the charlatan’: The word means a juggler and so by extension any worthless person.
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
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týna (verb): lose, destroy
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dáð (noun f.; °; -ir): feat, deed
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tunga (noun f.; °-u; -ur): tongue, language
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skera (verb): cut
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
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hǫggva (verb): to strike, put to death, cut, hew
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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með (prep.): with
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sverð (noun n.; °-s; -): sword
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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1. síða (noun f.; °-u; -ur): side
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saklauss (adj.): innocent, without cause
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1. gera (verb): do, make
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
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þǫkk (noun f.; °þakkar; þakkar/þakkir): thanks
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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
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af (prep.): from
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kærr (adj.; °superl. kǽrstr/kǽrastr): dear
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
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þraut (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): struggle
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
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