Anon Mey 59VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 59’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 929.
Máríu ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
þjóna ‘serves’
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þjóna (verb): serve
miklu ‘much’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
fleiri ‘more numerous’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
hirð ‘crowd’
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hirð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(FskB 53)): retinue
en ‘than’
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4. en (conj.): than
nökkurr ‘anyone’
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nøkkurr (pron.): some, a certain
virði ‘can consider’
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2. virða (verb): value, appraise
ekkjur ‘widows’
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1. ekkja (noun f.; °-u; -ur, gen. ekkna): widow, woman
[3] ekkjur: ekkjur og 713
meyjar ‘maidens’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
frúr ‘ladies’
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frú (noun f.): lady
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
flokkar ‘groups’
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flokkr (noun m.): group, flock
föður ‘father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
unnandi ‘loving’
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1. unna (verb): love
helgar ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
nunnur ‘nuns’
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nunna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): [nuns, nun]
Öllum ‘To all’
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allr (adj.): all
kennings
Öllum þessum ástúðigum fagrmynduðum brúðum drottins hallar eingla‘To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels ’
= HOLY VIRGINS
the hall of angels → HEAVEN
the Lord of the HEAVEN → God
To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of GOD → HOLY VIRGINS
þessum ‘these’
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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this
kennings
Öllum þessum ástúðigum fagrmynduðum brúðum drottins hallar eingla‘To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels ’
= HOLY VIRGINS
the hall of angels → HEAVEN
the Lord of the HEAVEN → God
To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of GOD → HOLY VIRGINS
eingla ‘of angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
kennings
Öllum þessum ástúðigum fagrmynduðum brúðum drottins hallar eingla‘To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels ’
= HOLY VIRGINS
the hall of angels → HEAVEN
the Lord of the HEAVEN → God
To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of GOD → HOLY VIRGINS
eingla ‘of angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
kennings
Öllum þessum ástúðigum fagrmynduðum brúðum drottins hallar eingla‘To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels ’
= HOLY VIRGINS
the hall of angels → HEAVEN
the Lord of the HEAVEN → God
To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of GOD → HOLY VIRGINS
eingla ‘of angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
kennings
Öllum þessum ástúðigum fagrmynduðum brúðum drottins hallar eingla‘To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels ’
= HOLY VIRGINS
the hall of angels → HEAVEN
the Lord of the HEAVEN → God
To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of GOD → HOLY VIRGINS
hallar ‘of the hall’
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall
kennings
Öllum þessum ástúðigum fagrmynduðum brúðum drottins hallar eingla‘To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels ’
= HOLY VIRGINS
the hall of angels → HEAVEN
the Lord of the HEAVEN → God
To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of GOD → HOLY VIRGINS
hallar ‘of the hall’
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall
kennings
Öllum þessum ástúðigum fagrmynduðum brúðum drottins hallar eingla‘To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels ’
= HOLY VIRGINS
the hall of angels → HEAVEN
the Lord of the HEAVEN → God
To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of GOD → HOLY VIRGINS
hallar ‘of the hall’
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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall
kennings
Öllum þessum ástúðigum fagrmynduðum brúðum drottins hallar eingla‘To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels ’
= HOLY VIRGINS
the hall of angels → HEAVEN
the Lord of the HEAVEN → God
To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of GOD → HOLY VIRGINS
ástúðigum ‘loving’
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ástúðigr (adj.; °superl. -astr): [loving, beloved]
kennings
Öllum þessum ástúðigum fagrmynduðum brúðum drottins hallar eingla‘To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels ’
= HOLY VIRGINS
the hall of angels → HEAVEN
the Lord of the HEAVEN → God
To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of GOD → HOLY VIRGINS
drottins ‘of the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kennings
Öllum þessum ástúðigum fagrmynduðum brúðum drottins hallar eingla‘To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels ’
= HOLY VIRGINS
the hall of angels → HEAVEN
the Lord of the HEAVEN → God
To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of GOD → HOLY VIRGINS
drottins ‘of the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kennings
Öllum þessum ástúðigum fagrmynduðum brúðum drottins hallar eingla‘To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels ’
= HOLY VIRGINS
the hall of angels → HEAVEN
the Lord of the HEAVEN → God
To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of GOD → HOLY VIRGINS
brúðum ‘brides’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
kennings
Öllum þessum ástúðigum fagrmynduðum brúðum drottins hallar eingla‘To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels ’
= HOLY VIRGINS
the hall of angels → HEAVEN
the Lord of the HEAVEN → God
To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of GOD → HOLY VIRGINS
fagr ‘beautifully’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful < fagrmyndaðr (adj.)
[7] fagrmynduðum: ‘fagrmynöðum’ 721, ‘[...]myndugum’ 713
kennings
Öllum þessum ástúðigum fagrmynduðum brúðum drottins hallar eingla‘To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels ’
= HOLY VIRGINS
the hall of angels → HEAVEN
the Lord of the HEAVEN → God
To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of GOD → HOLY VIRGINS
mynduðum ‘formed’
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1. mynda (verb): shape < fagrmyndaðr (adj.)
[7] fagrmynduðum: ‘fagrmynöðum’ 721, ‘[...]myndugum’ 713
kennings
Öllum þessum ástúðigum fagrmynduðum brúðum drottins hallar eingla‘To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels ’
= HOLY VIRGINS
the hall of angels → HEAVEN
the Lord of the HEAVEN → God
To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of GOD → HOLY VIRGINS
fel ‘dedicate’
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4. fela (verb): commend?
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hendi ‘’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
fræða ‘of poetry’
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2. frœði (noun n.): knowledge < frœðagerð (noun f.)
notes
[8] fræðagjörð ‘composition of poetry’: Lit. ‘the making of knowledge’, understood to be poetic knowledge. The cpd also occurs in a similar context (fræðagjörð með fögrum orðum ‘a composition of lore with fair words’) in st. 1/5 of the poem Gimsteinn ‘Jewel’ (ÍM I, 2, 305).
gjörð ‘composition’
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1. gerð (noun f.): deed < frœðagerð (noun f.)
notes
[8] fræðagjörð ‘composition of poetry’: Lit. ‘the making of knowledge’, understood to be poetic knowledge. The cpd also occurs in a similar context (fræðagjörð með fögrum orðum ‘a composition of lore with fair words’) in st. 1/5 of the poem Gimsteinn ‘Jewel’ (ÍM I, 2, 305).
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
kvæði ‘poem’
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kvæði (noun n.; °-s; -): poem
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A much more numerous mighty crowd than anyone can consider serves Mary — widows, maidens, ladies and groups, holy nuns loving the father. To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels [HEAVEN > = God (= Christ) > HOLY VIRGINS] I dedicate the composition of poetry and this poem.
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