Anon Mdr 29VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 29’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 502.
Bæn ‘Be attentive’
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bœn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): request, prayer < bœnheyrðr (adj.): °attentive to (sby’s) prayer, willing to answer prayer
notes
[1] bænheyrðu ‘be [you] attentive [to my prayer]’: The OIcel. verb bænheyra does not have an exact Engl. counterpart. It means ‘to be willing to hear and answer someone’s prayer, to be attentive to someone’s prayer’. The intercessory response ‘hear our prayer’ in liturgical settings carries much the same meaning. Both it and bænheyra reflect the Lat. intercessory response Te rogamus, audi nos ‘we beseech you, hear us’.
heyrðu ‘’
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2. heyra (verb): hear < bœnheyrðr (adj.): °attentive to (sby’s) prayer, willing to answer prayer
notes
[1] bænheyrðu ‘be [you] attentive [to my prayer]’: The OIcel. verb bænheyra does not have an exact Engl. counterpart. It means ‘to be willing to hear and answer someone’s prayer, to be attentive to someone’s prayer’. The intercessory response ‘hear our prayer’ in liturgical settings carries much the same meaning. Both it and bænheyra reflect the Lat. intercessory response Te rogamus, audi nos ‘we beseech you, hear us’.
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
mína ‘to my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
máls ‘speech’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter < málsgnótt (noun f.): eloquence, loquacity
gnótt ‘abundance’
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gnótt (noun f.): abundance < málsgnótt (noun f.): eloquence, loquacity
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
bjarg ‘save’
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1. bjarga (verb; °bergr (biærgr Alk619 77⁹; biargr ÓH619 119¹); barg, burgu; borginn): to save, preserve
sálum ‘soul’
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sál (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): soul
miskunnar ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
þarf ‘need’
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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þinnar ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
notes
[4] þýð ‘kind’: Only the initial letter is legible in B. Here, with Skj and Skald, the 399a-bˣ transcript’s reading, þýð f. nom. sg. ‘meek, kind’ is adopted, construed with mær ‘maiden’. Rydberg reconstructs þar (adv.) ‘there’. He construes ek þarf þar miskunnar þinnar, mær Guði kærust ‘I need your mercy there, maiden most dear to God’, though the referent of þar is not clear.
mær ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
guði ‘to God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kærust ‘most dear’
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kærr (adj.; °superl. kǽrstr/kǽrastr): dear
Líðr ‘draws to its end’
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1. líða (verb): move, glide
að ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
ljósu ‘The bright’
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ljóss (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
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
vil ‘will’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
ofra ‘exalt’
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ofra (verb): raise up, exalt
skyldr ‘obliged’
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2. skyldr (adj.): obliged
em ‘am’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
góðu ‘with good’
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góðr (adj.): good
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
göfug ‘noble’
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gǫfugr (adj.; °gǫfgan/gǫfugan; compar. gǫfgari/gǫfugri, superl. gǫfgastr/gǫfugstr/gǫfugastr): noble, glorious
kennings
göfug prýði jöfra.‘noble adornment of princes.’
= Mary
noble adornment of princes. → Mary
prýði ‘adornment’
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prýði (noun f.): finery, honour
kennings
göfug prýði jöfra.‘noble adornment of princes.’
= Mary
noble adornment of princes. → Mary
þier ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
kennings
göfug prýði jöfra.‘noble adornment of princes.’
= Mary
noble adornment of princes. → Mary
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