Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 2

Katrina Attwood

Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Mdr 2^VII

Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 2’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 480.

Anonymous Poems Máríudrápa

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[1] böndum: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘bo᷎nnd[...]’ B

sinn ‘his’

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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)

með ‘by means of’

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með (prep.): with

lausn ‘redemption’

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lausn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar (RbHM (*1315)³ 113²)): liberation, redemption

að ‘to’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

vinna ‘win’

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2. vinna (verb): perform, work

dauðans ‘of death’

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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death

þeingill ‘The king’

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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler

kennings

Þeingill þeyranns
‘The king of the thawing wind-house ’
= God
the thawing wind-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

[3-4] þeingill þeyranns ‘king of the thawing wind-house [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]’: Although þeyrann is hap. leg. (LP: þeyrann), þeyr is attested in the sense ‘thawing wind, warm wind’, while rann ‘house’ is a common element in heaven- and God-kennings in the earlier Christian drápur (LP: rann). On þeyrann, cf. Anon Mgr 44/6, where heaven is referred to as þeyja borg ‘warm winds’ stronghold’.

þjóðir ‘people’

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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people

þey ‘of the thawing wind’

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þeyr (noun m.; °; -jar/-ir): breeze, thawing wind < þeyrann (noun n.)

kennings

Þeingill þeyranns
‘The king of the thawing wind-house ’
= God
the thawing wind-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

þey ‘of the thawing wind’

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þeyr (noun m.; °; -jar/-ir): breeze, thawing wind < þeyrann (noun n.)

kennings

Þeingill þeyranns
‘The king of the thawing wind-house ’
= God
the thawing wind-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

ranns ‘house’

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rann (noun n.): house, hall < þeyrann (noun n.)

kennings

Þeingill þeyranns
‘The king of the thawing wind-house ’
= God
the thawing wind-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

ranns ‘house’

(not checked:)
rann (noun n.): house, hall < þeyrann (noun n.)

kennings

Þeingill þeyranns
‘The king of the thawing wind-house ’
= God
the thawing wind-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The king of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

í ‘into’

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í (prep.): in, into

kvið ‘the womb’

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1. kviðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir, acc. -u): womb

meyjar ‘of a maiden’

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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden

Þeim ‘the’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

kennings

þeim stæri friðar
‘the augmenter of peace ’
= God
the augmenter of peace → God

bjó ‘provided’

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2. búa (verb; °býr (1. pers. býg NjM 330²⁴); bjó/bjuggi/bjǫggi/byggi, bjuggu/bjǫggu (præt. conj. byggi); búinn (n. sg. búit/bút)): prepare, ready, live

sú ‘That’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

við ‘’

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2. við (prep.): with, against

sóma ‘honourably’

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sómi (noun m.; °-a): honour

snotr ‘wise’

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snotr (adj.): wise

mær ‘maiden’

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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden

friðar ‘of peace’

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friðr (noun m.): peace

kennings

þeim stæri friðar
‘the augmenter of peace ’
= God
the augmenter of peace → God

stæri ‘augmenter’

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stœrir (noun m.): increaser

kennings

þeim stæri friðar
‘the augmenter of peace ’
= God
the augmenter of peace → God

víst ‘with a sure’

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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)

[7] víst: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘vi[...]’ B

heimili ‘home’

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heimili (noun n.; °-s; -): [land, home]

og ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

hæstum ‘the highest’

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hœgri (adj. comp.): higher, highest

höfuð ‘with a chief’

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hǫfuð (noun n.; °-s; -): head < hǫfuðstaðr (noun m.)

stað ‘place’

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1. staðr (noun m.; °-ar/-s; -ir): place < hǫfuðstaðr (noun m.)

frömum ‘foremost’

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framr (adj.; °compar. framari/fremri, superl. framastr/fremstr): outstanding, foremost

jöfri ‘prince’

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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince

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Having begun by establishing the Virgin Mary as the high-seat of the Trinity (1/2-4), the poet now turns to celebrate the Incarnation of Christ.

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Anon Mdr 2VII

Sendi ‘sent’

son ‘son’

frá ‘from’

böndum ‘the bonds’

sinn ‘his’

með ‘by means of’

lausn ‘redemption’

að ‘to’

vinna ‘win’

dauðans ‘of death’

þeingill ‘The king’

kennings

notes

þjóðir ‘people’

þey ‘of the thawing wind’

kennings

notes

þey ‘of the thawing wind’

kennings

notes

ranns ‘house’

kennings

notes

ranns ‘house’

kennings

notes

í ‘into’

kvið ‘the womb’

meyjar ‘of a maiden’

Þeim ‘the’

kennings

bjó ‘provided’

sú ‘That’

við ‘’

sóma ‘honourably’

snotr ‘wise’

mær ‘maiden’

friðar ‘of peace’

kennings

stæri ‘augmenter’

kennings

víst ‘with a sure’

heimili ‘home’

og ‘and’

hæstum ‘the highest’

höfuð ‘with a chief’

stað ‘place’

frömum ‘foremost’

jöfri ‘prince’

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Anon Mdr 2^VII