Anon Mdr 37VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 37’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 509.
Heil ‘Hail’
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3. heill (adj.; °heilan; compar. heilli, superl. -astr/-str): healthy, hale, hail
notes
[1] heil vertu ‘hail [be you]’: Emended to vertu here, for consistency with B’s usage in sts. 38-43.
ertu ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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[1] heil vertu ‘hail [be you]’: Emended to vertu here, for consistency with B’s usage in sts. 38-43.
drottning ‘queen’
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dróttning (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-, acc. -u/-; -ar): queen
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[1] drottning dýrðar ‘queen of glory’: This epithet, probably a calque on regina cælorum, also occurs at 9/7 (see Note to this l.).
dýrðar ‘of glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
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[1] drottning dýrðar ‘queen of glory’: This epithet, probably a calque on regina cælorum, also occurs at 9/7 (see Note to this l.).
dýrð ‘glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory < dýrðvíss (adj.)
vís ‘certain one’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly) < dýrðvíss (adj.)
gief ‘give’
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gefa (verb): give
böls ‘of misfortune’
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bǫl (noun n.; °-s, dat. bǫlvi): evil
[3] böls: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...]’ B
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[3] …: ‘[...]’ B, ‘[...] sé[...]’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...]nir sæ’m[...]’ BRydberg
vegr ‘path’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
[3] vegr …: ‘vegr [...]ar’ 399a‑bˣ
sígr ‘victory-’
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sígr (noun m.): [victory-] < sígrblóm (noun n.)
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[4] sígrblóm ‘victory-flower’: Rydberg adopted Jón Sigurðsson’s suggestion for reconstruction to blóm here (marginal n. to 444ˣ). Both sigrblóm and ljómi trúar ‘beam of faith’ are probably epithets for the Virgin Mary (on Mary images with flower words as base, see Schottmann 1973, 23-34, and 38-46 for those with ljós or ljómi).
blóm ‘flower’
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blóm (noun n.; °-s; -): flower < sígrblóm (noun n.)
[4] ‑blóm: ‘[...]om’ B, ‘[...]m’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...](o)m’ BRydberg
notes
[4] sígrblóm ‘victory-flower’: Rydberg adopted Jón Sigurðsson’s suggestion for reconstruction to blóm here (marginal n. to 444ˣ). Both sigrblóm and ljómi trúar ‘beam of faith’ are probably epithets for the Virgin Mary (on Mary images with flower words as base, see Schottmann 1973, 23-34, and 38-46 for those with ljós or ljómi).
trúar ‘of faith’
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trú (noun f.; °-ar): faith, belief
ljómi ‘beam’
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ljómi (noun m.; °-a): light, beam
Styrkr ‘Strong’
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1. styrkr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -ir): strength
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heilsa ‘health’
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1. heilsa (noun f.; °-u): health
vald ‘power’
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vald (noun n.; °-s; *-): strength, power
[7] vald: ‘v[...]d’ B, ‘v[...]ld’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘(v)[...]ld’(?) BRydberg
notes
[7] vald ‘power’: Rydberg adopted Jón Sigurðsson’s suggestion for reconstruction to vald here (marginal n. to 444ˣ).
frægð ‘renown’
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frægð (noun f.): fame
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
frelsi ‘freedom’
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frelsi (noun n.): freedom
friðr ‘peace’
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friðr (noun m.): peace
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er ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
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With st. 37 begins a series of sts that hail the Virgin Mary, all beginning heil vertu, drottning dýrðar. They present a catalogue of kenning-like epithets for her. The general drift of the sts is clear, although sts 37-40 are fragmentary.
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