Anon Mey 51VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 51’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 923.
Möttul ‘cloak’
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mǫttull (noun m.; °-s; dat. mǫttli; mǫttlar): [cloak]
sinn ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
liet ‘placed’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
meyja ‘maiden’
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meyja (noun f.; °-u): maiden, virgin
kennings
Meyja drottins‘The maiden of the Lord ’
= HOLY WOMAN
The maiden of the Lord → HOLY WOMAN
drottins ‘of the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kennings
Meyja drottins‘The maiden of the Lord ’
= HOLY WOMAN
The maiden of the Lord → HOLY WOMAN
mætan ‘precious’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
upp ‘’
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upp (adv.): up
og ‘which was [lit. and]’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
dreginn ‘drawn’
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2. draga (verb; °dregr; dró, drógu; dreginn/droget(Hirð NKS 1642 4° 146v²⁹; cf. [$962$])): drag, pull, draw
úr ‘out’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
vætu ‘of the water’
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1. væta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): [being wet, water]
sýslufull ‘careful’
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sýslufullr (adj.): [careful]
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
sólar ‘sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun < sólargeisli (noun m.)
geisla ‘beam’
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geisli (noun m.): beam of light < sólargeisli (noun m.)
sólin ‘the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
hielt ‘held’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
sem ‘as if’
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sem (conj.): as, which
lægi ‘lay’
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liggja (verb): lie
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
stóli ‘chair’
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1. stóll (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): seat, throne
Merkiligust ‘very remarkable’
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merkiligr (adj.): notable, stately
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
miðri ‘middle’
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miðr (adj.): middle, less, hardly
kirkju ‘of the church’
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kirkja (noun f.): church
meyjan ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
fór ‘’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
um ‘during’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
tíðir ‘mass’
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1. tíð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): time
deyja ‘died’
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1. deyja (verb; °deyr; dó, dó(u); dá(i)nn): die
[6] að deyja: deyja 721, 713
píslalaus ‘without torments’
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píslalauss (adj.): [without torments]
sem ‘like’
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sem (conj.): as, which
göfugur ‘noble’
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gǫfugr (adj.; °gǫfgan/gǫfugan; compar. gǫfgari/gǫfugri, superl. gǫfgastr/gǫfugstr/gǫfugastr): noble, glorious
geisli ‘light-beam’
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geisli (noun m.): beam of light
gæti ‘watch over’
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2. gæta (verb): look after, care for
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
vár ‘us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
að ‘so that’
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4. at (conj.): that
syndir ‘sins’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
bætiz ‘are atoned for’
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bœta (verb; °-tt-): better, emend, compensate
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The maiden of the Lord [HOLY WOMAN] placed her precious cloak which was [lit. and] drawn out of the water, careful, on a sunbeam; the sun held it, as if it [the cloak] lay on a chair. The very remarkable maiden died without torments like a noble light-beam during mass in the middle of the church; may she watch over us, so that our sins are atoned for.
[1-4]: One of Brigid’s miraculous deeds, attested from the earliest lives onwards, was that, after being caught in a downpour of rain, she hung out her wet cloak to dry on a sunbeam (Connolly and Picard 1987, 15).
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