Anon Mdr 34VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 34’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 506.
mær ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
[1] mær: ‘m[...]’ B, BFJ, ‘mę[...]’ 399a‑bˣ
notes
[1] mær ‘maiden’: Jón Sigurðsson’s suggested reconstruction, made in an interlinear n. to the 444ˣ transcript, is adopted by all subsequent eds, and confirmed by the Lat., which has virgo singularis ‘unique virgin’.
mönnum ‘people’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
mest ‘exceedingly’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
líknar ‘show mercy’
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líkna (verb): show mercy, have mercy
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
flestum ‘to most’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
[2] flestum: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘fl[...]stum’ B
allra ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
manna ‘people’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
í ‘among’
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í (prep.): in, into
milli ‘’
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milli (prep.): between
mjúkust ‘most gentle’
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mjúkr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, humble
ertu ‘you are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sjúkum ‘to the sick’
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sjúkr (adj.): ill, sick
Göfug ‘Noble’
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gǫfugr (adj.; °gǫfgan/gǫfugan; compar. gǫfgari/gǫfugri, superl. gǫfgastr/gǫfugstr/gǫfugastr): noble, glorious
eik ‘oak’
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eik (noun f.; °eikr/eikar; eikr): oak
[5] eik ger: ‘ei[...]du’ B, ‘eik ge ir’ with ‘o’ added above the line in another hand 399a‑bˣ, ‘eik (ger)du’(?) BRydberg, ‘e[...]d du’ BFJ
notes
[5] eik ger oss: Only ‘ei…du’ is now visible in B, the enclitic ‘du’ being removed in normalisation. Rydberg and 399a-bˣ read ‘eik’ with certainty. Jón Sigurðsson, the author of the 444ˣ transcript, is confused by this reading, and tries to make sense of 399a-bˣ’s ‘ge ir’ by suggesting the reconstruction geimir, though it is not clear how this would fit the context. Sveinbjörn Egilsson provides a marginal n. to 444ˣ, suggesting that ‘ge ir’ should be understood to represent ger 2nd pers. sg. pres. of gera ‘to make’, adding a Lat. gloss ‘i.e. fac’ to resolve the confusion. The 399a-bˣ transcript has been corrected by a non-scribal hand, possibly Jón Sigurðsson’s, to reflect this interpretation, which also informs Rydberg’s reading.
ger ‘make’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
[5] eik ger: ‘ei[...]du’ B, ‘eik ge ir’ with ‘o’ added above the line in another hand 399a‑bˣ, ‘eik (ger)du’(?) BRydberg, ‘e[...]d du’ BFJ
notes
[5] eik ger oss: Only ‘ei…du’ is now visible in B, the enclitic ‘du’ being removed in normalisation. Rydberg and 399a-bˣ read ‘eik’ with certainty. Jón Sigurðsson, the author of the 444ˣ transcript, is confused by this reading, and tries to make sense of 399a-bˣ’s ‘ge ir’ by suggesting the reconstruction geimir, though it is not clear how this would fit the context. Sveinbjörn Egilsson provides a marginal n. to 444ˣ, suggesting that ‘ge ir’ should be understood to represent ger 2nd pers. sg. pres. of gera ‘to make’, adding a Lat. gloss ‘i.e. fac’ to resolve the confusion. The 399a-bˣ transcript has been corrected by a non-scribal hand, possibly Jón Sigurðsson’s, to reflect this interpretation, which also informs Rydberg’s reading.
oss ‘us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
notes
[5] eik ger oss: Only ‘ei…du’ is now visible in B, the enclitic ‘du’ being removed in normalisation. Rydberg and 399a-bˣ read ‘eik’ with certainty. Jón Sigurðsson, the author of the 444ˣ transcript, is confused by this reading, and tries to make sense of 399a-bˣ’s ‘ge ir’ by suggesting the reconstruction geimir, though it is not clear how this would fit the context. Sveinbjörn Egilsson provides a marginal n. to 444ˣ, suggesting that ‘ge ir’ should be understood to represent ger 2nd pers. sg. pres. of gera ‘to make’, adding a Lat. gloss ‘i.e. fac’ to resolve the confusion. The 399a-bˣ transcript has been corrected by a non-scribal hand, possibly Jón Sigurðsson’s, to reflect this interpretation, which also informs Rydberg’s reading.
mjúka ‘humble’
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mjúkr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, humble
greinar ‘of the branch’
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grein (noun f.): reason, period, branch
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hreina ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
[6] hreina: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘hr[...]na’ B
lát ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
oss ‘us’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
greypum ‘cruel’
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greypr (adj.; °compar. -ari): cruel
glæpum ‘sins’
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glœpr (noun m.): sin, misdeed
guði ‘in God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
treystandi ‘trusting’
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treysta (verb): trust, believe in
[8] treystandi: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...]eýs[...]anðe’ B
leysta ‘be released’
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leysa (verb): release, loosen, redeem
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The fifth verse of the Lat. reads Virgo singularis, / inter omnes mitis, / nos culpis solutos / mites fac et castos ‘Unique virgin, gentle above all others, make us gentle and pure once we are released from our sins’.
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