Anon Mey 58VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 58’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 928-9.
Sínar ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
[1] Sínar dætur: so 713, Sýnarligri 721
dætur ‘daughters’
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dóttir (noun f.; °dóttur, dat. dóttur/dǿtr/dóttir, acc. dóttur/dóttir, nom. dóttir/dóttur; dǿtr, gen. dǿtra (cf. [$1592$])): daughter
[1] Sínar dætur: so 713, Sýnarligri 721
sigri ‘victory’
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sigr (noun m.; °sigrs/sigrar, dat. sigri; sigrar): victory
vænum ‘with a beautiful’
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vænn (adj.): beautiful, expected
hafði ‘had’
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hafa (verb): have
drottni ‘to the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
offrað ‘sacrificed’
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offra (verb): sacrifice, offer
Spes ‘Spes’
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Spes (noun f.): Spes
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Káritas ‘Caritas’
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Kárítas (noun f.): [Caritas]
kristiliga ‘in a Christian manner’
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kristiliga (adv.): in a Christian manner
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
lífið ‘lives’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
mistu ‘lost’
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2. missa (verb): lose, lack
Adriánus ‘Hadrian’
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Adríánus (noun m.): [Hadrian]
meyjar ‘maidens’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
ónauðigar ‘undeserving’
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ónauðigr (adj.): undeserving, without coercion
kvelr ‘torments’
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kvelja (verb): torment, torture
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
dauða ‘death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
Máríu ‘Mary’s’
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María (noun f.): Mary
kennings
Máríu sonr‘Mary’s son ’
= Christ
Mary’s son → Christ
sonr ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
[7] sonr: son 721, 713
kennings
Máríu sonr‘Mary’s son ’
= Christ
Mary’s son → Christ
hefir ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
mæðgur ‘daughters and their mother’
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mœðgur (noun f.): mother and daughter
fjórar ‘three’
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fjórir (num. cardinal): four
mætar ‘precious’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
leitt ‘led’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired
í ‘to’
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í (prep.): in, into
himneskt ‘heavenly’
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himneskr (adj.; °-an): heavenly
sæti ‘seat’
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2. sæti (noun n.; °-s; -): seat
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Sophia had sacrificed her daughters to the Lord with a beautiful victory; we praise Fides, Spes and Caritas, who in a Christian manner lost their lives. Hadrian torments the undeserving young maidens to death; Mary’s son [= Christ] has led the three precious daughters and their mother to the heavenly seat.
Fides (Faith), Spes (Hope) and Caritas (Love), represented as three daughters of a mother Sophia (Wisdom), may have been introduced to Icelanders in C14th from the Rhineland, where their cult was well known (see Cormack 1994, 37-8 for details). Several C14th-15th fragments of their lives exist (Unger 1877, I, 369-76; Widding, Bekker-Nielsen and Shook 1963, 310). These saints are said to have been martyred in Rome under the Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD). — [1-2]: Kock (NN §3391C) draws attention to the fact that vænum sigri ‘beautiful victory’ (dat.) may modify drottni ‘the Lord’.
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