Anon Mey 60VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 60’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 929-30.
Frú ‘Lady’
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frú (noun f.): lady
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
frum ‘supreme’
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frumr (adj.): supreme < frumtígn (noun f.): highest dignity
tígn ‘dignity’
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tígn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): honour < frumtígn (noun f.): highest dignity
meyja ‘of maidens’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
firrðu ‘rescue’
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2. firra (verb): keep (from), remove
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
vier ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
liggjum ‘lie’
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liggja (verb): lie
stirðir ‘stiff’
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stirðr (adj.): stiff
seldir ‘delivered’
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4. selja (verb): hand over, sell, give
framm ‘up’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
synda ‘of sins’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
gjaldi ‘the repayment’
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gjald (noun n.): payment, reward, return
sálir ‘souls’
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sál (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): soul
várar ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
[4] várar: várar úr 713, 2166ˣ
heitu ‘from the hot’
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heitr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): hot, ardent
báli ‘fire’
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bál (noun n.; °-s; -): fire
Veittu ‘grant’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
oss ‘us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
vafðir ‘wrapped’
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2. vefja (verb): wrap
drottin ‘the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
várn ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
græðara ‘Saviour’
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grœðari (noun m.): saviour, healer
reifa ‘in swaddling’
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reif (noun f.; °; -ar): swaddling clothes < reifaklæði (noun n.)
klæðum ‘clothes’
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klæði (noun n.; °-s; -): clothes < reifaklæði (noun n.)
þína ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
hjálp ‘help’
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hjǫlp (noun f.; °hjalpar; hjalpir/hjalpar): help, salvation
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
blíðum ‘gentle’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
[7] blíðum: blíðu 2166ˣ
bænum ‘prayers’
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bœn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): request, prayer
blómið ‘flower’
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blóm (noun n.; °-s; -): flower
notes
[8] sælt blómið ‘blessed flower’: The Virgin Mary is frequently referred to in flower or plant imagery in medieval religious poetry; cf. Schottmann 1973, 21-34.
sælt ‘blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
notes
[8] sælt blómið ‘blessed flower’: The Virgin Mary is frequently referred to in flower or plant imagery in medieval religious poetry; cf. Schottmann 1973, 21-34.
að ‘when’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
dómi ‘the Judgement’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
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