Anon Mdr 20VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 20’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 495-6.
Fagnaðu ‘Rejoice’
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fagna (verb; °-að-): welcome, rejoice
mildi ‘with mercy’
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mildi (noun f.): generosity, mercy
megnuð ‘strengthened’
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megna (verb): strengthen
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
alls ‘of everything’
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allr (adj.): all
ins ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
góða ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
sonr ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
[3] sonr: son B
þinn ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
sínum ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
mönnum ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
setr ‘places’
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setja (verb): place, set, establish
öllum ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
þig ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
betri ‘above’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
Þinn ‘Your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
brár ‘shines’
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2. brá (verb; °?præs. sg. bráir): [shines]
[5] brár: ‘bra[...]’ B, bráṛ 399a‑bˣ
notes
[5] brár ‘shines’: An uncommon verb, cf. LP: brá(a), which does not cite this example. The only other recorded instance in skaldic verse is Lil 33/4 geislinn brár (for bráir), of a sunbeam shining through glass, a type of the Incarnation. See Note ad loc. Both hljómr (l. 5) and hljóð (l. 6) have a basic sense of ‘sound, tune’, but presumably a secondary sense here of ‘reputation, praise’ (in the form of hymns).
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
himnum ‘the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
hljóð ‘tune’
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hljóð (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, silence, a hearing
yfir ‘over’
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yfir (prep.): over
allar ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
þjóðar ‘peoples’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
frum ‘foremost’
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frumr (adj.): supreme < frumtígnaðr (adj.)
[7] frumtígnuð: ‘fram [...]ignuð’ B, ‘fram tignið’ 399a‑bˣ
notes
[7] frumtígnuð ‘foremost in honour’: Jón Sigurðsson’s emendation, suggested in a n. to 444ˣ, is adopted by all subsequent eds.
tígnuð ‘in honour’
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tígna (verb): honour < frumtígnaðr (adj.)
[7] frumtígnuð: ‘fram [...]ignuð’ B, ‘fram tignið’ 399a‑bˣ
notes
[7] frumtígnuð ‘foremost in honour’: Jón Sigurðsson’s emendation, suggested in a n. to 444ˣ, is adopted by all subsequent eds.
mátt ‘you can’
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mega (verb): may, might
fagna ‘rejoice’
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fagna (verb; °-að-): welcome, rejoice
frú ‘lady’
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frú (noun f.): lady
mín ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
lofi ‘praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
þínu ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
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This st., on the Coronation of the Virgin, completes the poet’s allusion to her five joys. However, he seems not to have modelled himself here on a verse from Gaude virgo gratiosa.
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