Anon Andr 1VII
Ian McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Andréasdrápa 1’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 846.
Enn ‘Again’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
elsku ‘love’
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1. elska (noun f.; °-u): love
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[3] fýstr þinnar elsku ‘eager for your love’: See Fritzner: fýsa (e-n e-s), and cf. below, 2/7-8: fýstiz fagnaðar guðs ‘[he] yearned for the joy of God’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) reads elsku þinnar with faðminn hæsta and interprets the passage: Atter kom en anden af herrens mænd længselsfuld i din kærligheds höjeste favn ‘Again, another of the Lord’s men came yearning into the highest embrace of your love’.
þinnar ‘for your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
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[3] fýstr þinnar elsku ‘eager for your love’: See Fritzner: fýsa (e-n e-s), and cf. below, 2/7-8: fýstiz fagnaðar guðs ‘[he] yearned for the joy of God’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) reads elsku þinnar with faðminn hæsta and interprets the passage: Atter kom en anden af herrens mænd længselsfuld i din kærligheds höjeste favn ‘Again, another of the Lord’s men came yearning into the highest embrace of your love’.
annarr ‘another’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
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[2] annarr drottins manna: As the first-called of the disciples of Christ, Andrew is sometimes regarded among the Apostles as second only to Peter, his brother (cf. Mark I.16-20, 29; John I.40-2), a detail which makes its way into hymns to S. Andrew; cf. Mone 1853-5, III, 96, no. 688 (s.xiii) / 1: Post Petrum primum principem Andreas est apostolus ‘After Peter, the first and most eminent, comes the Apostle Andrew’. On S. Andrew see Cross and Livingstone 1983, 51; Jón Þorkelsson 1888, 58, 61, 65-6; Bugge 1956, 133-8; Widding, Bekker-Nielsen and Shook 1963, 299-300; Foote 1976, 159-60; Cormack 1994, 78-80, 240.
drottins ‘of the Lord’s’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
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[2] drottins ‘of the Lord’: On the late form drottinn with short <o> in C14th poetry, see Björn K. Þórólfsson 1925, 6; cf. ANG §127.3; Bandle 1956, 183-4, §119. — [2] annarr drottins manna: As the first-called of the disciples of Christ, Andrew is sometimes regarded among the Apostles as second only to Peter, his brother (cf. Mark I.16-20, 29; John I.40-2), a detail which makes its way into hymns to S. Andrew; cf. Mone 1853-5, III, 96, no. 688 (s.xiii) / 1: Post Petrum primum principem Andreas est apostolus ‘After Peter, the first and most eminent, comes the Apostle Andrew’. On S. Andrew see Cross and Livingstone 1983, 51; Jón Þorkelsson 1888, 58, 61, 65-6; Bugge 1956, 133-8; Widding, Bekker-Nielsen and Shook 1963, 299-300; Foote 1976, 159-60; Cormack 1994, 78-80, 240.
drottins ‘of the Lord’s’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
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[2] drottins ‘of the Lord’: On the late form drottinn with short <o> in C14th poetry, see Björn K. Þórólfsson 1925, 6; cf. ANG §127.3; Bandle 1956, 183-4, §119. — [2] annarr drottins manna: As the first-called of the disciples of Christ, Andrew is sometimes regarded among the Apostles as second only to Peter, his brother (cf. Mark I.16-20, 29; John I.40-2), a detail which makes its way into hymns to S. Andrew; cf. Mone 1853-5, III, 96, no. 688 (s.xiii) / 1: Post Petrum primum principem Andreas est apostolus ‘After Peter, the first and most eminent, comes the Apostle Andrew’. On S. Andrew see Cross and Livingstone 1983, 51; Jón Þorkelsson 1888, 58, 61, 65-6; Bugge 1956, 133-8; Widding, Bekker-Nielsen and Shook 1963, 299-300; Foote 1976, 159-60; Cormack 1994, 78-80, 240.
manna ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
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[2] annarr drottins manna: As the first-called of the disciples of Christ, Andrew is sometimes regarded among the Apostles as second only to Peter, his brother (cf. Mark I.16-20, 29; John I.40-2), a detail which makes its way into hymns to S. Andrew; cf. Mone 1853-5, III, 96, no. 688 (s.xiii) / 1: Post Petrum primum principem Andreas est apostolus ‘After Peter, the first and most eminent, comes the Apostle Andrew’. On S. Andrew see Cross and Livingstone 1983, 51; Jón Þorkelsson 1888, 58, 61, 65-6; Bugge 1956, 133-8; Widding, Bekker-Nielsen and Shook 1963, 299-300; Foote 1976, 159-60; Cormack 1994, 78-80, 240.
fýstr ‘eager’
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fýsa (verb): desire, encourage
[3] fýstr í faðminn: ‘fyst[...] j fad[...]’ 194 8°, ‘fystụṃ fadminn’ 669cˣ
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[3] fýstr þinnar elsku ‘eager for your love’: See Fritzner: fýsa (e-n e-s), and cf. below, 2/7-8: fýstiz fagnaðar guðs ‘[he] yearned for the joy of God’. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) reads elsku þinnar with faðminn hæsta and interprets the passage: Atter kom en anden af herrens mænd længselsfuld i din kærligheds höjeste favn ‘Again, another of the Lord’s men came yearning into the highest embrace of your love’.
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
[3] fýstr í faðminn: ‘fyst[...] j fad[...]’ 194 8°, ‘fystụṃ fadminn’ 669cˣ
faðminn ‘embrace’
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faðmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): embrace
[3] fýstr í faðminn: ‘fyst[...] j fad[...]’ 194 8°, ‘fystụṃ fadminn’ 669cˣ
hæsta ‘the highest’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
frið ‘peace’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
bjóðandi ‘offering’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
þjóðum ‘to nations’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
Fekk ‘obtained’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
Andréas ‘Andrew’
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Andreas (noun m.): [Andrew]
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[5] Andréas yndi ‘Andrew [obtained] joy’: With this skothending cf. Anon Alpost 3/1 Andréas yndi.
yndi ‘the joy’
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ynði (noun n.; °-s): pleasure
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[5] Andréas yndi ‘Andrew [obtained] joy’: With this skothending cf. Anon Alpost 3/1 Andréas yndi.
æstr ‘Most noble’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
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[6] æstr ‘most noble’: The nom. m. sg. form (the ms. reading) is retained by Konráð Gíslason 1860, 558. Cf. Note to 2/6 below. In Skj B and Skald the ms. form is emended to n. acc. sg. æzt, modifying yndi, and the passage is interpreted ‘Andrew, in his life a praiseworthy imitator of God, obtained the noblest joy of the kingdom of heaven on the most glorious cross’.
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
krossi ‘cross’
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kross (noun m.; °-, dat. -i; -ar): cross, crucifix
mæstum ‘the most glorious’
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2. mærr (adj.): famous
lofandi ‘a praiseworthy’
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lofa (verb): praise, permit
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
[7] guðs: ‘gud’ 669cˣ
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
lífi ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
líkjari ‘imitator’
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líkjari (noun m.): imitator
himin ‘of heaven’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky < himinríki (noun n.): Heaven
ríkis ‘of the kingdom’
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ríki (noun n.; °-s; -): kingdom, power < himinríki (noun n.): Heaven
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