Anon Mdr 28VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 28’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 501-2.
Kaup ‘reward’
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kaup (noun n.; °-s; -): reward, purchase
veit ‘grant’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
dýrt ‘a precious’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
fyr ‘for’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
drápu ‘the drápa’
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drápa (noun f.; °-u): poem with refrains
drottning ‘Queen’
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dróttning (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-, acc. -u/-; -ar): queen
kennings
Drottning himins og gotna,‘Queen of heaven and of men, ’
= Mary
Queen of heaven and of men, → Mary
himins ‘of heaven’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
Drottning himins og gotna,‘Queen of heaven and of men, ’
= Mary
Queen of heaven and of men, → Mary
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
kennings
Drottning himins og gotna,‘Queen of heaven and of men, ’
= Mary
Queen of heaven and of men, → Mary
gotna ‘of men’
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gotnar (noun m.): men
kennings
Drottning himins og gotna,‘Queen of heaven and of men, ’
= Mary
Queen of heaven and of men, → Mary
hróðr ‘the praise’
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hróðr (noun m.): encomium, praise
nemi ‘learn’
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1. nema (verb): to take
[3] nemi höldar: ‘nem[...]o᷎ldar’ B, ‘nemị ho᷎ldar’ 399a‑bˣ
höldar ‘men’
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hǫlðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): man
[3] nemi höldar: ‘nem[...]o᷎ldar’ B, ‘nemị ho᷎ldar’ 399a‑bˣ
kvæðis ‘of the poem’
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kvæði (noun n.; °-s; -): poem
hef ‘begin’
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hafa (verb): have
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
slæm ‘the slœmr’
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slœmr (noun m.; °dat. -): conclusion
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
lýk ‘finish’
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1. lúka (verb): end, close
stefjum ‘the refrains’
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stef (noun n.; °; -): refrain
Þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
… ‘…’
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[5] …: ‘[...]tt’ B, ‘o[...]ṃạ́tt’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘(er) [...]tt’(?) BRydberg, ‘[...]m[...]ut’ BFJ
ór ‘from’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
gröf ‘grave’
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grǫf (noun f.): grave
grýttri ‘a stony’
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grýttr (adj.): stony, graveled
gaft ‘you gave’
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gefa (verb): give
mær ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
bragar ‘of the poem’
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bragr (noun m.; °-ar): poem, poetry
kennings
blindum stæri bragar‘the blind increaser of the poem ’
= POET
the blind increaser of the poem → POET
stæri ‘increaser’
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stœrir (noun m.): increaser
kennings
blindum stæri bragar‘the blind increaser of the poem ’
= POET
the blind increaser of the poem → POET
blindum ‘the blind’
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blindr (adj.; °compar. -ari): blind
kennings
blindum stæri bragar‘the blind increaser of the poem ’
= POET
the blind increaser of the poem → POET
björt ‘Bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
venda ‘turn’
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2. venda (verb): roll, turn
braut ‘away’
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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
styrk ‘strength’
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1. styrkr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -ir): strength
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[1-4]: As the poet says, this st. marks the end of Mdr’s refrain section (stefjabálkr) and the beginning of the conclusion (slæmr). — [5-8]: The reconstruction and interpretation of this helmingr follows Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) and Kock (NN §1653; Skald) in retaining the dat. stæri (l. 6) and construing it with bragar, gen. sg. m. of bragr ‘poem’, to form a kenning for the poet ‘increaser of the poem’, here qualified with m. dat. sg. adj. blindum ‘blind’ (l. 7). The blindness referred to here may be physical or spiritual. The 399a-bˣ transcript contains tentative readings/reconstructions of mátt acc. ‘strength, power’ in l. 5 and í þrautum ‘in struggles’ in l. 8. The helmingr is thus interpreted as a statement that the Virgin gave the poet the power to turn away from (spiritual?) death (mátt að venda braut ór grýttri gröf ‘power to turn away from a stony grave’) and the strength required for his spiritual battles (styrk í þrautum ‘strength in struggles’).
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