Ník Jóndr 1VII
Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2007, ‘Níkulás Bergsson, Jónsdrápa postula 1’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 67.
Unni ‘granted’
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1. unna (verb): love
notes
[1] allra ‘of all’: Earlier eds read <r> without comment, but the letter is now no longer visible.
manna ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
al ‘Completely’
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al- ((prefix)): very < alskýrr (adj.): completely pure
skýrr ‘pure’
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skýrr (adj.): clear < alskýrr (adj.): completely pure
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
mey ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
dýrri ‘to the precious’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
heilagr ‘[and] holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
Kristr ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
ins ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
hæsta ‘highest’
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hœgri (adj. comp.): higher, highest
hrein ‘degree of chastity’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure < hreinlífi (noun n.): chastity
lífis ‘’
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lífi (noun n.; °-s): life < hreinlífi (noun n.): chastity
þér ‘to you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
einum ‘alone’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
Valði ‘chose’
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velja (verb): choose
heims ‘of the world’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
kennings
Hauksnjallr konungr heims ok hǫlða, sárvæginn,‘Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], ’
= God
Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], → God
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
kennings
Hauksnjallr konungr heims ok hǫlða, sárvæginn,‘Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], ’
= God
Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], → God
hǫlða ‘men’
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hǫlðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): man
kennings
Hauksnjallr konungr heims ok hǫlða, sárvæginn,‘Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], ’
= God
Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], → God
hauk ‘as a hawk’
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1. haukr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): hawk < hauksnjallr (adj.): hawk-brave
kennings
Hauksnjallr konungr heims ok hǫlða, sárvæginn,‘Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], ’
= God
Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], → God
snjallr ‘Courageous’
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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold < hauksnjallr (adj.): hawk-brave
kennings
Hauksnjallr konungr heims ok hǫlða, sárvæginn,‘Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], ’
= God
Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], → God
konungr ‘the king’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
kennings
Hauksnjallr konungr heims ok hǫlða, sárvæginn,‘Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], ’
= God
Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], → God
allrar ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
sér ‘for himself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
til ‘as’
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til (prep.): to
sýslu ‘business’
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1. sýsla (noun f.; °-u; -ur): work, job
stjóra ‘steward’
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stjóri (noun m.; °-a; -ar): steerer
sár ‘to sin[ners]’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound < sárvæginn (adj./verb p.p.)
kennings
Hauksnjallr konungr heims ok hǫlða, sárvæginn,‘Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], ’
= God
Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], → God
væginn ‘merciful’
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væginn (adj.): lenient, balanced < sárvæginn (adj./verb p.p.)
kennings
Hauksnjallr konungr heims ok hǫlða, sárvæginn,‘Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], ’
= God
Courageous as a hawk the king of the world and men, merciful to sin[ners], → God
þik ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
frægjan ‘famous one’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
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See Introduction.
The statement that S. John is second to Mary alone in purity is the highest form of praise, since Mary is the Virgin Mother of God. S. John was considered to be a virgin (Kirschbaum et al. 1968-76, VII, 112, 114), in contrast to the other Apostles, who were held to be married men.
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