Anon Mdr 18VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 18’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 494.
Ljóss ‘The bright’
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ljóss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
kennings
Ljóss ræsir röðla‘The bright king of heavenly bodies ’
= God
The bright king of heavenly bodies → God
röðla ‘of heavenly bodies’
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rǫðull (noun m.; °dat. rǫðli): heavenly body
kennings
Ljóss ræsir röðla‘The bright king of heavenly bodies ’
= God
The bright king of heavenly bodies → God
notes
[1] ræsir röðla ‘king of heavenly bodies [= God (= Christ)]’: A similar God-kenning occurs several times in Christian poems. The locus classicus seems to be the kenning ræsir ramligs bús rǫðuls ‘king of the strong dwelling of the sun’ in Has 59/3-4, which is echoed in Líkn 30/3; cf. also Kálf Kátr 39/3-4 and EGils Guðkv 11/3-4IV.
ræsir ‘king’
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ræsir (noun m.): ruler
kennings
Ljóss ræsir röðla‘The bright king of heavenly bodies ’
= God
The bright king of heavenly bodies → God
notes
[1] ræsir röðla ‘king of heavenly bodies [= God (= Christ)]’: A similar God-kenning occurs several times in Christian poems. The locus classicus seems to be the kenning ræsir ramligs bús rǫðuls ‘king of the strong dwelling of the sun’ in Has 59/3-4, which is echoed in Líkn 30/3; cf. also Kálf Kátr 39/3-4 and EGils Guðkv 11/3-4IV.
rausn ‘splendour’
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1. rausn (noun f.): magnificence
magnar ‘strengthens’
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magna (verb): strengthen, increase
gieð ‘the mind’
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geð (noun n.): mind
bragna ‘of men’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
dáðir ‘deeds’
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dáð (noun f.; °; -ir): feat, deed
fremr ‘promotes’
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fremja (verb): advance, perform
dróttins ‘of the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kennings
dygg móðir dróttins‘the faithful mother of the Lord ’
= Mary
the faithful mother of the Lord → Mary
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
kennings
dygg móðir dróttins‘the faithful mother of the Lord ’
= Mary
the faithful mother of the Lord → Mary
dygg ‘the faithful’
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dyggr (adj.; °dyggvan/dyggan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr/-str): trustworthy
[4] dygg: om. B, dygg noted as marginal 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg
kennings
dygg móðir dróttins‘the faithful mother of the Lord ’
= Mary
the faithful mother of the Lord → Mary
notes
[4] dygg ‘faithful’: This word is no longer visible in B, but was probably originally written in the margin. It is noted as marginal in 399a-bˣ and by Rydberg.
þar ‘’
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þar (adv.): there
notes
[4] þar er ‘where’: In B this phrase is written twice.
er ‘where’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
notes
[4] þar er ‘where’: In B this phrase is written twice.
skyggir ‘shadow’
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skyggja (verb): [shadow]
Lýtr ‘bows down’
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1. lúta (verb): (strong)
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Lýtr o᷎ll verlld itri.’ B
veröld ‘world’
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verǫld (noun f.; °-aldar, dat. -/-u; -aldir): world, age
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Lýtr o᷎ll verlld itri.’ B
ítri ‘the glorious’
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ítr (adj.): glorious
kennings
ítri móður yfirþjóðkonungs;‘the glorious mother of the supreme king; ’
= Mary
the glorious mother of the supreme king; → Mary
yfirþjóðkonungs ‘of the supreme king’
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yfirþjóðkonungr (noun m.): supreme king
kennings
ítri móður yfirþjóðkonungs;‘the glorious mother of the supreme king; ’
= Mary
the glorious mother of the supreme king; → Mary
móður ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
kennings
ítri móður yfirþjóðkonungs;‘the glorious mother of the supreme king; ’
= Mary
the glorious mother of the supreme king; → Mary
verð ‘worthy’
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3. verðr (adj.): worth, worthy
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
drottning ‘the queen’
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dróttning (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-, acc. -u/-; -ar): queen
dýrðar ‘of glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
dæmd ‘adjudged’
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dœma (verb; °-mð-): judge
til ‘of’
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til (prep.): to
efri ‘highest’
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efri (adj. comp.; °superl. efstr/øfstr (eft- [$1653$] 13r²³, etc.)): higher, highest
sæmdar ‘honour’
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sœmð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): honour
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Ljóss giefr röðla ræsir |
The bright king of heavenly bodies [= God (= Christ)] gives splendour, strengthens the mind of men; the faithful mother of the Lord [= Mary] promotes [good] deeds, where shadow never falls. The whole world bows down before the glorious mother of the supreme king <= God> [= Mary]; the queen of glory is adjudged worthy of highest honour.
Presumably because st. 18 contains a refrain, the poet breaks off his rendition of Gaude virgo gratiosa here, but resumes it in st. 19. — [5-8]: Repetition of stef 3, first given in st. 9, is indicated by an obelos in the right margin at 14r, 2.
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