Anon Lil 91VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 91’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 665-6.
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
ert ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[1] ert þú (‘ertu’): þú ert 41 8°ˣ
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[1] ert þú (‘ertu’): þú ert 41 8°ˣ
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
dýrust ‘the dearest’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
[1] dýrust: ‘skæuzt’ 622, skírust 713, kærust 41 8°ˣ, skærust 4892
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
lifir ‘live’
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lifa (verb): live
[2] lifir þú: so 99a, 713, 705ˣ, ‘lifdu’ Bb, lófa þú 4892
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[2] lifir þú: so 99a, 713, 705ˣ, ‘lifdu’ Bb, lófa þú 4892
hári ‘high’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
[2] hári: ári 622, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, ‘ou[...]’ 4892
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
ert ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[3] þú ert kærust af miskunn ‘you are most beloved for your mercy’: Cf. the Marian prayer in HómÍsl 1993, 91r: mater allrer miſcunnſeme ‘mother of all mercy’.
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
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[3] þú ert kærust af miskunn ‘you are most beloved for your mercy’: Cf. the Marian prayer in HómÍsl 1993, 91r: mater allrer miſcunnſeme ‘mother of all mercy’.
af ‘for’
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af (prep.): from
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[3] þú ert kærust af miskunn ‘you are most beloved for your mercy’: Cf. the Marian prayer in HómÍsl 1993, 91r: mater allrer miſcunnſeme ‘mother of all mercy’.
miskunn ‘your mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
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[3] þú ert kærust af miskunn ‘you are most beloved for your mercy’: Cf. the Marian prayer in HómÍsl 1993, 91r: mater allrer miſcunnſeme ‘mother of all mercy’.
kærust ‘most beloved’
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kærr (adj.; °superl. kǽrstr/kǽrastr): dear
[3] kærust: skærust 713, 41 8°ˣ, 4892
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[3] þú ert kærust af miskunn ‘you are most beloved for your mercy’: Cf. the Marian prayer in HómÍsl 1993, 91r: mater allrer miſcunnſeme ‘mother of all mercy’.
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[4] liet þú: ‘leittu’ Bb, lina þú 41 8°ˣ
synda ‘sinful’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin < synðafar (noun n.)
[4] syndafari: syndafara 622, syndafarið 4892
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[4] syndafari ‘sinful behaviour’: The word also occurs in Stjórn’s account of Sodom and Gomorrah: ok fyrir þi dreckti gud ok saukkti þeim aullum eigi sidr ungum bo᷎rnum ok smápilltum fyrir syndafars sakir sinna feðginna ‘and because of this, God drowned and submerged them all, even young children and small boys, because of the sinful behaviour of their parents’ (Unger 1862, 123).
fari ‘behaviour’
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far (noun n.; °-s; *-): travel, vessel, trace, life, conduct < synðafar (noun n.)
[4] syndafari: syndafara 622, syndafarið 4892
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[4] syndafari ‘sinful behaviour’: The word also occurs in Stjórn’s account of Sodom and Gomorrah: ok fyrir þi dreckti gud ok saukkti þeim aullum eigi sidr ungum bo᷎rnum ok smápilltum fyrir syndafars sakir sinna feðginna ‘and because of this, God drowned and submerged them all, even young children and small boys, because of the sinful behaviour of their parents’ (Unger 1862, 123).
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
lít ‘look at’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
[5] lít þú: so 99a, 622, 705ˣ, lýtin Bb, lít þau 713
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[5] lít þú: so 99a, 622, 705ˣ, lýtin Bb, lít þau 713
mein ‘sins’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
[5] mein: so 99a, 622, 713, 705ˣ, mörg Bb, meinum 41 8°ˣ
þau ‘those’
[5] þau er: því Bb, þau 99a, 705ˣ, þau að 622, er 713, om. 41 8°ˣ
er ‘that’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[5] þau er: því Bb, þau 99a, 705ˣ, þau að 622, er 713, om. 41 8°ˣ
notes
[5] vóru ‘were’: The word normally occurs with the spelling vá- in this text, but the earlier form is necessary here for the end rhyme with stóru ‘great’ (l. 7).
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
notes
[6] klökk ‘tender’: Cf. klökkum hug ‘pliable spirit’ 2/3, hold er klökt ‘flesh is weak’ 54/6, and klökkur, hræddr ‘contrite, afraid’ 79/7. The adj. can be construed either with Máría or with tárin. Finnur Jónsson’s translation in Skj B reflects the former possibility, LP the latter. Paasche’s translation construes with Máría (1915, 91), while Páll Hallsson (Holm papp 23 folˣ, 13r), Finnur Jónsson (1772-8, II, 443), Eiríkur Magnússon (1870, 93), and Meissner (1922, 33) all construe klökk with tárin. Kock (NN §3316) argues that this is the only possibility, as it would be unthinkable for the triumphant queen of heaven to look upon the sinner’s tears with dejection. JH, who tends to prefer Finnur Jónsson’s translation, comments that klökk has nothing to do with dejection and that Kock has misconstrued the image.
tárin ‘our tears’
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tár (noun n.; °; -): tear
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
græð ‘heal’
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grœða (verb): heal
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
mein ‘great’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
hin ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
stóru ‘injuries’
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stórr (adj.): large, great
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
ber ‘bring’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
[8] ber: dreif 99a, 41 8°ˣ, 705ˣ, dreyp 622
smyrsl ‘balm’
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2. smyrsl (noun n.; °; -): [balm]
í ‘to’
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í (prep.): in, into
sárin ‘our wounds’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound
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This st. is omitted in Vb. The anaphora (each line beginning with Máría) gives it the form of a liturgical litany. There is end-rhyme as well as the normal internal rhyme.
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