Anon Mdr 32VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 32’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 504-5.
Leystu ‘Release’
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leysa (verb): release, loosen, redeem
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
frelsi ‘freedom’
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frelsi (noun n.): freedom
föstu ‘certain’
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fastr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): firm, fast
frek ‘oppressive’
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2. frekr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): greedy
bönd ‘bonds’
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band (noun n.; °-s; *-): band, bond
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
lýð ‘company’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
sekjum ‘the guilty’
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sekr (adj.; °-jan/-an): guilty
bók ‘book’
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1. bók (noun f.; °bǿkr/bókar; bǿkr): book
blindum ‘to the blind’
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blindr (adj.; °compar. -ari): blind
ber ‘bring’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
fram ‘forward’
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fram (adv.): out, forth, forwards, away
ljós ‘a light’
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ljós (noun n.; °ljóss; -): light
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
kjósa ‘choose’
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kjósa (verb): choose
Braut ‘away’
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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away
rektu ‘drive’
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2. reka (verb): drive, force
frægðar ‘of renown’
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frægð (noun f.): fame
kennings
Flýtir frægðar,‘Deliverer of renown, ’
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Deliverer of renown, → Mary
flýtir ‘Deliverer’
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flýtir (noun m.): hastener
[5] flýtir: ‘fly[...]’ B, ‘flýtt(an)’(?) 399a‑bˣ, ‘flýter’ BRydberg, BFJ
kennings
Flýtir frægðar,‘Deliverer of renown, ’
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Deliverer of renown, → Mary
fárs ‘of fraud’
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2. fár (noun n.; °-s): harm, danger
afgerðir ‘sins’
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afgerð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): crime, sin
várar ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
[6] várar: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘va[...]’ B
yndis ‘of joy’
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ynði (noun n.; °-s): pleasure
rót ‘root’
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1. rót (noun f.; °-ar; rǿtr): root
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
ýtum ‘for men’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
alls ‘everything’
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allr (adj.): all
góðs ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
[8] góðs: ‘[...]ds’ B, BFJ, ‘...odṣ’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...](o)ds’(?) BRydberg
notes
[8] góðs ‘good’: The beginning of the word is lost in a lacuna, and the initial letter is supplied from Jón Sigurðsson’s suggested reconstruction in an interlinear n. to the 444ˣ transcript.
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
kalli ‘ardent prayer’
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kall (noun n.): cry, prayer
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The st. is a rendition of the third verse of Ave maris stella: Solve vincla reis, / profer lumen caecis, / mala nostra pelle, / bona cuncta posce ‘Loosen the chains of the guilty, offer light to the blind, drive away our evil, obtain all good things’. — [3] …: It is not possible to read more than ‘...enda’ in B. It seems likely that the lost word is an adj. or a noun characterising bók ‘book’ (l. 3), perhaps a reference to the Bible. The corresponding Lat. text has profer lumen cæcis ‘offer light to the blind’. Rydberg suggests reconstruction to sanninda gen. of n. pl. sannindi ‘truths’. Kock (NN §1657) reconstructs heilenda, which he takes as f. acc. sg. ‘wholesome’, qualifying bók sg. (l. 4). Kock construes ber fram heilenda ljós blindum, at kjósa bók ‘bring to the blind a wholesome light, (with which) to choose a book’.
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