Anon Heil 10VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra manna drápa 10’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 879-80.
Dýrðar ‘of glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
notes
[1] Eg læt* ‘I praise’: Lætr (so 720a VI) is 3rd pers. sg. and a 1st pers. verb (as also in sts 4, 5 and 25) is required here. The emendation proposed by Skj B is followed here. Verðan in l. 1 qualifies Díonísíum (l. 2) and dásemd agrees with them in case (acc.) and gender.
notes
[1] Eg læt* ‘I praise’: Lætr (so 720a VI) is 3rd pers. sg. and a 1st pers. verb (as also in sts 4, 5 and 25) is required here. The emendation proposed by Skj B is followed here. Verðan in l. 1 qualifies Díonísíum (l. 2) and dásemd agrees with them in case (acc.) and gender.
dásemd ‘a marvel’
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dásemð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): marvel
verðan ‘to be [who is]’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
Díonísíum ‘Dionysius’
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Dionysius (noun ?): Dionysius
guðs ‘God’s’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
vin ‘friend’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
prísað ‘praise’
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2. prísa (verb): praise
heilagan ‘a holy man’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
notes
[3-4] hinn hæsti Paulus gerði hann heilagan af einum villumanni ‘the highest Paul turned him into a holy man from a heretic’: Cf. Acts XVII.34, where there is a reference to S. Paul converting various sceptics, including Dionysius the Areopagite, who was confused in medieval hagiography with Dionysius of Paris.
gerði ‘turned’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
notes
[3-4] hinn hæsti Paulus gerði hann heilagan af einum villumanni ‘the highest Paul turned him into a holy man from a heretic’: Cf. Acts XVII.34, where there is a reference to S. Paul converting various sceptics, including Dionysius the Areopagite, who was confused in medieval hagiography with Dionysius of Paris.
hinn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
notes
[3-4] hinn hæsti Paulus gerði hann heilagan af einum villumanni ‘the highest Paul turned him into a holy man from a heretic’: Cf. Acts XVII.34, where there is a reference to S. Paul converting various sceptics, including Dionysius the Areopagite, who was confused in medieval hagiography with Dionysius of Paris.
hæsti ‘highest’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
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[3-4] hinn hæsti Paulus gerði hann heilagan af einum villumanni ‘the highest Paul turned him into a holy man from a heretic’: Cf. Acts XVII.34, where there is a reference to S. Paul converting various sceptics, including Dionysius the Areopagite, who was confused in medieval hagiography with Dionysius of Paris.
Paulus ‘Paul’
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Paulus (noun m.): [Paul, for Paul]
notes
[3-4] hinn hæsti Paulus gerði hann heilagan af einum villumanni ‘the highest Paul turned him into a holy man from a heretic’: Cf. Acts XVII.34, where there is a reference to S. Paul converting various sceptics, including Dionysius the Areopagite, who was confused in medieval hagiography with Dionysius of Paris.
hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
notes
[3-4] hinn hæsti Paulus gerði hann heilagan af einum villumanni ‘the highest Paul turned him into a holy man from a heretic’: Cf. Acts XVII.34, where there is a reference to S. Paul converting various sceptics, including Dionysius the Areopagite, who was confused in medieval hagiography with Dionysius of Paris.
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
notes
[3-4] hinn hæsti Paulus gerði hann heilagan af einum villumanni ‘the highest Paul turned him into a holy man from a heretic’: Cf. Acts XVII.34, where there is a reference to S. Paul converting various sceptics, including Dionysius the Areopagite, who was confused in medieval hagiography with Dionysius of Paris.
einum ‘a’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
notes
[3-4] hinn hæsti Paulus gerði hann heilagan af einum villumanni ‘the highest Paul turned him into a holy man from a heretic’: Cf. Acts XVII.34, where there is a reference to S. Paul converting various sceptics, including Dionysius the Areopagite, who was confused in medieval hagiography with Dionysius of Paris.
villumanni ‘heretic’
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villumaðr (noun m.): false one, heretic
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[3-4] hinn hæsti Paulus gerði hann heilagan af einum villumanni ‘the highest Paul turned him into a holy man from a heretic’: Cf. Acts XVII.34, where there is a reference to S. Paul converting various sceptics, including Dionysius the Areopagite, who was confused in medieval hagiography with Dionysius of Paris.
Clémens ‘Clement’
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Clemens (noun ?): [Clement]
páfi ‘Pope’
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páfi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): Pope
guðspjalls ‘of the Gospel’
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guðspell (noun n.): gospel
kennings
geymi guðspjalls‘the guardian of the Gospel ’
= HOLY MAN
the guardian of the Gospel → HOLY MAN
geymi ‘the guardian’
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geymir (noun m.): guardian, keeper
[5] geymi: so 399a‑bˣ, geymir 720a VI
kennings
geymi guðspjalls‘the guardian of the Gospel ’
= HOLY MAN
the guardian of the Gospel → HOLY MAN
bauð ‘asked’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
kristna ‘convert’
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2. kristna (verb): to convert to Christianity
alla ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
fekk ‘brought’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
frægð ‘fame’
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frægð (noun f.): fame
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
lukku ‘luck’
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lukka (noun f.; °-u): luck
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
notes
[8] að (inf. marker) ‘to’: See Note to st. 6/6.
Frakkar ‘the Franks’
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2. frakkr (adj.): a Frank
sneruz ‘turned’
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snúa (verb): turn
til ‘to [lit. of]’
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til (prep.): to
drottins ‘the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
þakka ‘to thanks’
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þǫkk (noun f.; °þakkar; þakkar/þakkir): thanks
[8] þakka: ‘[...] kka’ 720a VI, (þa)kka 399a‑bˣ
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I praise Dionysius, God’s friend, to be [who is] a marvel of glory; the highest Paul turned him into a holy man from a heretic. Pope Clement asked the guardian of the Gospel [HOLY MAN] to convert all of Gaul to Christianity; with fame and luck he brought it about that the Franks turned to thanks to [lit. of] the Lord.
Sts 10-13 celebrate S. Dionysius (Denis or Denys), bishop of Paris, d. c. 250, for a long time regarded as the patron saint of France. According to Gregory of Tours (Krusch 1937, 23) he is supposed to have been sent into Gaul as a missionary by Pope Clement I (active c. 96 AD; on his cult in Scandinavia see Hofmann 1997 and Carron 2005) and to have been beheaded a few years later at Montmartre, along with a priest named Rusticus and a deacon, Eleutherius. Two fragments of a Dionysius saga are preserved in late ON mss (Unger 1877, I, 312-22, Widding, Bekker-Nielsen and Shook 1963, 307; Foote 1962, 22). S. Dionysius was co-patron of churches at Engey (C14th) and Reykholt, and co-patron of the altar at Viðey monastery (Cormack 1994, 93).
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