Anon Mdr 22VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 22’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 496-7.
Váttr ‘a witness’
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váttr (noun m.; °váttar; dat. vátt/vǽtti; váttar/vǽttir, acc. vátta/váttu/vǽtta): witness
notes
[1] váttr ‘a witness’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends to vitr adj. ‘wise’, which he construes with seggja sættir (l. 1) ‘reconciler of men’. In this he is followed by Kock (Skald). Here B’s ‘vo᷎ttr’ is read as váttr. In the context of the remainder of the st., váttr makes thematic sense, and may be taken in apposition with seggja sættir. The figure of Mary as advocata nostra ‘our advocate’ is common in Christian Lat. poetry, and may derive from the antiphon Salve regina.
ertu ‘You are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
seggja ‘of men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
sættir ‘reconciler’
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sættir (noun m.): reconciler
sann ‘truly’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true < sannhróðigr (adj.)
kennings
sannhróðig móðir guðs;‘truly famous mother of God’
= Mary
truly famous mother of God → Mary
hróðig ‘famous’
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hróðigr (adj.): glorious < sannhróðigr (adj.)
kennings
sannhróðig móðir guðs;‘truly famous mother of God’
= Mary
truly famous mother of God → Mary
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kennings
sannhróðig móðir guðs;‘truly famous mother of God’
= Mary
truly famous mother of God → Mary
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
kennings
sannhróðig móðir guðs;‘truly famous mother of God’
= Mary
truly famous mother of God → Mary
lætr ‘allow’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
notes
[3] eigi ‘not’: The l. is unmetrical, and presumably once had the form ei instead of eigi.
lymskar ‘cunning’
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1. lymska (noun f.; °-u; -ur): treacherous, cunning
mútur ‘bribes’
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múta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): [bribes]
ljúg ‘lying’
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ljúg- ((prefix)): [lying] < ljúgorð (noun n.)
[4] ljúgorð: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘l[...]ugord’ B
orð ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word < ljúgorð (noun n.)
[4] ljúgorð: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘l[...]ugord’ B
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
þier ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
kúga ‘to force’
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kúga (verb): force
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
þurfa ‘need’
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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary
[5] þurfa: ‘þ[...]fa’ B, þ(ur)fa(?) 399a‑bˣ
þegnar ‘men’
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þegn (noun m.; °dat. -/-i; -ar): thane, man, franklin
þíns ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
við ‘in’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
nauðsyn ‘neediness’
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nauðsyn (noun f.): need
sína ‘their’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
góðs ‘of good’
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góðr (adj.): good
vitnis ‘witness’
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2. vitni (noun n.; °-s; -): witness
ber ‘bear’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
gotnum ‘for men’
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gotnar (noun m.): men
greinir ‘elements’
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grein (noun f.): reason, period, branch
framm ‘forth’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
einurð ‘sincerity’
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einǫrð (noun f.; °·arðar): sincerity
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