Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 21

Katrina Attwood

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Anon Mdr 21^VII

Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 21’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 496.

Anonymous Poems Máríudrápa

20 21 22

Heitur ‘promises’

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2. heita (verb): be called, promise

glygg ‘of the storm’

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glygg (noun n.; °-s; -): storm < glyggrann (noun n.): storm-house

[1] glyggranns: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘gl[...]grannz’ B

kennings

Góðr gætir glyggranns
‘The good guardian of the storm-house ’
= God
the storm-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The good guardian of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

[1] gætir glyggranns ‘guardian of the storm-house [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)]’: Cf. the similar kenning gramr glyggranns ‘prince of the storm-house’ in Mark Frag 1^III. See also Líkn 28/3-4 and Pét 46/6.

glygg ‘of the storm’

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glygg (noun n.; °-s; -): storm < glyggrann (noun n.): storm-house

[1] glyggranns: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘gl[...]grannz’ B

kennings

Góðr gætir glyggranns
‘The good guardian of the storm-house ’
= God
the storm-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The good guardian of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

ranns ‘house’

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rann (noun n.): house, hall < glyggrann (noun n.): storm-house

[1] glyggranns: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘gl[...]grannz’ B

kennings

Góðr gætir glyggranns
‘The good guardian of the storm-house ’
= God
the storm-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The good guardian of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

ranns ‘house’

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rann (noun n.): house, hall < glyggrann (noun n.): storm-house

[1] glyggranns: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘gl[...]grannz’ B

kennings

Góðr gætir glyggranns
‘The good guardian of the storm-house ’
= God
the storm-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The good guardian of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

gætir ‘guardian’

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gætir (noun m.): guardian

kennings

Góðr gætir glyggranns
‘The good guardian of the storm-house ’
= God
the storm-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The good guardian of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

góðr ‘The good’

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góðr (adj.): good

kennings

Góðr gætir glyggranns
‘The good guardian of the storm-house ’
= God
the storm-house → SKY/HEAVEN
The good guardian of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

[4] sálum ‘for souls’: Kock (NN §1648) objects that this makes for excessive s-alliteration and emends to hála ‘highly, ardently’ (?).

Lofar ‘praises’

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lofa (verb): praise, permit

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Lofar þa er o᷎llum er efri.’ B

þá ‘the one’

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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

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Lofar þa er o᷎llum er efri.’ B

er ‘who’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Lofar þa er o᷎llum er efri.’ B

öllum ‘than all’

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allr (adj.): all

er ‘is’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

efri ‘higher’

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efri (adj. comp.; °superl. efstr/øfstr (eft- [$1653$] 13r²³, etc.)): higher, highest

ein ‘alone’

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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone

riett ‘rightly’

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3. réttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): right, straight, direct

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

veg ‘honour’

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2. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -): honour

hreinum ‘pure’

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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure

Kristr ‘Christ’

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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ

skipar ‘establishes’

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1. skipa (verb): change, place

hjá ‘beside’

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hjá (prep.): beside, with

sier ‘himself’

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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)

hæsta ‘the highest’

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hœgri (adj. comp.): higher, highest

kennings

hæsta drottning heims
‘the highest queen of the world ’
= Mary
the highest queen of the world → Mary

heims ‘of the world’

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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world

kennings

hæsta drottning heims
‘the highest queen of the world ’
= Mary
the highest queen of the world → Mary

drottning ‘queen’

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dróttning (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-, acc. -u/-; -ar): queen

kennings

hæsta drottning heims
‘the highest queen of the world ’
= Mary
the highest queen of the world → Mary

lið* ‘The company’

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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop

beima ‘of men’

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beimi (noun m.; °; -ar): man

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[5-8]: Repetition of the first stef, previously given in sts 3 and 12, is indicated by an obelos in the right margin of 14r/7.

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Anon Mdr 21VII

Heitur ‘promises’

glygg ‘of the storm’

kennings

notes

glygg ‘of the storm’

kennings

notes

ranns ‘house’

kennings

notes

ranns ‘house’

kennings

notes

gætir ‘guardian’

kennings

notes

góðr ‘The good’

kennings

vegligri ‘glorious’

móður ‘mother’

sinni ‘his’

sier ‘her’

að ‘to’

unna ‘love’

satt ‘a true’

mál ‘agreement’

er ‘is’

það ‘that’

sálum ‘for souls’

notes

Lofar ‘praises’

þá ‘the one’

er ‘who’

öllum ‘than all’

er ‘is’

efri ‘higher’

ein ‘alone’

riett ‘rightly’

í ‘in’

veg ‘honour’

hreinum ‘pure’

Kristr ‘Christ’

skipar ‘establishes’

hjá ‘beside’

sier ‘himself’

hæsta ‘the highest’

kennings

heims ‘of the world’

kennings

drottning ‘queen’

kennings

lið* ‘The company’

beima ‘of men’

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Anon Mdr 21^VII