Anon Mey 6VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 6’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 895.
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
elskulig ‘The beloved’
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elskuligr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -(a)st-): [beloved]
meyja ‘maiden’
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meyja (noun f.; °-u): maiden, virgin
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
Krists ‘of Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
alt ‘every’
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allr (adj.): all
hið ‘thing’
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2. inn (art.): the
góða ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
veitir ‘offers’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
þiggur ‘receives’
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þiggja (verb): receive, get
giefr ‘gives’
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gefa (verb): give
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
gætir ‘protects’
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2. gæta (verb): look after, care for
gæsku ‘gracious’
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gœzka (noun f.): goodness < gœzkulíf (noun n.)
lífið ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life < gœzkulíf (noun n.)
allra ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
vífa ‘women’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
Sínar ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
flytr ‘delivers’
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flytja (verb): convey, move
hún ‘She’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sætar ‘sweet’
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sœtr (adj.): sweet
bænir ‘prayers’
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bœn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): request, prayer
syndug ‘sinful’
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synðugr (adj.): sinful
þjóð ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
hljóti ‘get’
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hljóta (verb): alot, gain
yndi ‘happiness’
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ynði (noun n.; °-s): pleasure
henni ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
mega ‘can’
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mega (verb): may, might
því ‘therefore’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
allir ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
unna ‘love’
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1. unna (verb): love
ann ‘loves’
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1. unna (verb): love
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hverjum ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
kristnum ‘Christian’
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kristinn (adj.; °superl. kristnastr): Christian
manni ‘person’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
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