Anon Mdr 24VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 24’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 498-9.
Hás ‘of the high’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
kennings
Konungr hás hreggranns,‘King of the high storm-house, ’
= God
the high storm-house, → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
Hás ‘of the high’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
kennings
Konungr hás hreggranns,‘King of the high storm-house, ’
= God
the high storm-house, → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
kant ‘you know how’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
hjörtu ‘hearts’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
lýsa ‘illuminate’
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2. lýsa (verb): illuminate, show
hregg ‘storm’
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hregg (noun n.): storm < hreggrann (noun m.): storm-house
kennings
Konungr hás hreggranns,‘King of the high storm-house, ’
= God
the high storm-house, → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
hregg ‘storm’
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hregg (noun n.): storm < hreggrann (noun m.): storm-house
kennings
Konungr hás hreggranns,‘King of the high storm-house, ’
= God
the high storm-house, → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
ranns ‘house’
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rann (noun n.): house, hall < hreggrann (noun m.): storm-house
kennings
Konungr hás hreggranns,‘King of the high storm-house, ’
= God
the high storm-house, → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
ranns ‘house’
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rann (noun n.): house, hall < hreggrann (noun m.): storm-house
kennings
Konungr hás hreggranns,‘King of the high storm-house, ’
= God
the high storm-house, → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
konungr ‘King’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king
kennings
Konungr hás hreggranns,‘King of the high storm-house, ’
= God
the high storm-house, → SKY/HEAVEN
King of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
seggja ‘men’s’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
notes
[3] …: Some 8 letters are probably lost in B here. Rydberg (1907, 36 n. 10) records that he had once seen traces of an initial <s>, which is not mentioned by any other transcriber. He reconstructs ‘sem frið’, construing konungr hás hreggranns, þú kant at lýsa dáðum hiǫrtu seggia, sem frið dróttning dagstalls (lýsir) veruld alla ‘king of the high stormhouse, you are able to illuminate men’s hearts with deeds, just as the peace-queen of the home of day illuminates the whole world’. Skj B (followed by Skald and Attwood 1996a) reconstructs prýðir 3rd sg. pres. tense of prýða ‘to decorate, adorn, beautify’, of which the subject is drottning dagstalls.
drottning ‘the queen’
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dróttning (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-, acc. -u/-; -ar): queen
[3] … drottning: ‘[...]ttning’ B, ‘[...] ḍṛọṭṭning’ 399a‑bˣ
kennings
drottning dagstalls‘the queen of the day-support ’
= Mary
the day-support → SKY/HEAVEN
the queen of the SKY/HEAVEN → Mary
dáðum ‘with virtues’
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dáð (noun f.; °; -ir): feat, deed
dag ‘of the day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day < dagstallr (noun m.): day-support
kennings
drottning dagstalls‘the queen of the day-support ’
= Mary
the day-support → SKY/HEAVEN
the queen of the SKY/HEAVEN → Mary
dag ‘of the day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day < dagstallr (noun m.): day-support
kennings
drottning dagstalls‘the queen of the day-support ’
= Mary
the day-support → SKY/HEAVEN
the queen of the SKY/HEAVEN → Mary
stalls ‘support’
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stallr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): seat, stall, support < dagstallr (noun m.): day-support
kennings
drottning dagstalls‘the queen of the day-support ’
= Mary
the day-support → SKY/HEAVEN
the queen of the SKY/HEAVEN → Mary
stalls ‘support’
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stallr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): seat, stall, support < dagstallr (noun m.): day-support
kennings
drottning dagstalls‘the queen of the day-support ’
= Mary
the day-support → SKY/HEAVEN
the queen of the SKY/HEAVEN → Mary
veröld ‘world’
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verǫld (noun f.; °-aldar, dat. -/-u; -aldir): world, age
Blíð ‘The gentle’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Blid ok blezud moder.’ B
blóm ‘the flower’
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blóm (noun n.; °-s; -): flower
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Blid ok blezud moder.’ B
heilagra ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Blid ok blezud moder.’ B
dóma ‘judgements’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Blid ok blezud moder.’ B
dugir ‘helps’
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Blid ok blezud moder.’ B
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Blid ok blezud moder.’ B
guð ‘the God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Blid ok blezud moder.’ B
gumnum ‘men’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Blid ok blezud moder.’ B
gjörvallra ‘of all’
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gǫrvallr (adj.): everything
[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Blid ok blezud moder.’ B
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[5-8]: Repetition of the 2nd stef (also in sts 6 and 15) is indicated by an obelos in the right margin at 14r/12.
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