Anon Mdr 6VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 6’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 483-4.
Lýtr ‘bow’
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1. lúta (verb): (strong)
Máríu ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
mætri ‘to excellent’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
mátt ‘power’
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mega (verb): may, might
hennar ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
váttar ‘affirms’
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vátta (verb): affirm, attest
dýrð ‘glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
öll ‘The entire’
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allr (adj.): all
kennings
Öll hjörð hirðar …‘The entire flock of the court … ’
= ANGELS
the court … → ?
The entire flock of the ? → ANGELS
kennings
Öll hjörð hirðar …‘The entire flock of the court … ’
= ANGELS
the court … → ?
The entire flock of the ? → ANGELS
notes
[3] …: B is defective at this point. Rydberg (1907, 33 n. 2) notes that the text is badly damaged, and interprets the remains as traces of an initial h and a nasal stroke. He suggests reconstruction to himna ‘of the heavens’. This reconstruction was adopted by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B), giving the heaven-kenning hirð himna ‘court of the heavens’, which produces a very acceptable angel-kenning öll hjǫrð hirðar himna ‘the entire flock of the court of the heavens’. Kock adopts this reconstruction without comment.
kennings
Öll hjörð hirðar …‘The entire flock of the court … ’
= ANGELS
the court … → ?
The entire flock of the ? → ANGELS
notes
[3] …: B is defective at this point. Rydberg (1907, 33 n. 2) notes that the text is badly damaged, and interprets the remains as traces of an initial h and a nasal stroke. He suggests reconstruction to himna ‘of the heavens’. This reconstruction was adopted by Finnur Jónsson (Skj B), giving the heaven-kenning hirð himna ‘court of the heavens’, which produces a very acceptable angel-kenning öll hjǫrð hirðar himna ‘the entire flock of the court of the heavens’. Kock adopts this reconstruction without comment.
hirðar ‘of the court’
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hirð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(FskB 53)): retinue
kennings
Öll hjörð hirðar …‘The entire flock of the court … ’
= ANGELS
the court … → ?
The entire flock of the ? → ANGELS
hirðar ‘of the court’
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hirð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(FskB 53)): retinue
kennings
Öll hjörð hirðar …‘The entire flock of the court … ’
= ANGELS
the court … → ?
The entire flock of the ? → ANGELS
hjörð ‘flock’
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hjǫrð (noun f.; °hjarðar, dat. -/-u; hjarðir/hjarðar): herd
kennings
Öll hjörð hirðar …‘The entire flock of the court … ’
= ANGELS
the court … → ?
The entire flock of the ? → ANGELS
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fólk ‘people’
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folk (noun n.): people
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
jörðu ‘earth’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
Blíð ‘The gentle’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
blessuð ‘blessed’
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blessa (verb): bless
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
blóm ‘the flower’
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blóm (noun n.; °-s; -): flower
notes
[6-8] blóm gjörvallra heilagra dóma ‘the flower of all holy judgements’: A kenning-like periphrasis for the Virgin Mary, comparing her to a flower, and coupling this base-word with an abstract determinant, dómr ‘judgement’. On this type of expression, which probably echoes the Lat. flosculus sanctitatis ‘ornament of holiness’, see Schottmann 1973, 24. Kock (NN §2670) prefers a rather more interpretative translation blomman (kronen) bland alla heligheter ‘the flower (crown) among all holy things’.
heilagra ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
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[6-8] blóm gjörvallra heilagra dóma ‘the flower of all holy judgements’: A kenning-like periphrasis for the Virgin Mary, comparing her to a flower, and coupling this base-word with an abstract determinant, dómr ‘judgement’. On this type of expression, which probably echoes the Lat. flosculus sanctitatis ‘ornament of holiness’, see Schottmann 1973, 24. Kock (NN §2670) prefers a rather more interpretative translation blomman (kronen) bland alla heligheter ‘the flower (crown) among all holy things’.
dóma ‘judgements’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
notes
[6-8] blóm gjörvallra heilagra dóma ‘the flower of all holy judgements’: A kenning-like periphrasis for the Virgin Mary, comparing her to a flower, and coupling this base-word with an abstract determinant, dómr ‘judgement’. On this type of expression, which probably echoes the Lat. flosculus sanctitatis ‘ornament of holiness’, see Schottmann 1973, 24. Kock (NN §2670) prefers a rather more interpretative translation blomman (kronen) bland alla heligheter ‘the flower (crown) among all holy things’.
dugir ‘helps’
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
[7] himna guð: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘h[...]mna[...]’ B
guð ‘the God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
[7] himna guð: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘h[...]mna[...]’ B
gumnum ‘men’
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gumi (noun m.; °-a; gumar/gumnar): man
gjörvallra ‘of all’
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gǫrvallr (adj.): everything
notes
[6-8] blóm gjörvallra heilagra dóma ‘the flower of all holy judgements’: A kenning-like periphrasis for the Virgin Mary, comparing her to a flower, and coupling this base-word with an abstract determinant, dómr ‘judgement’. On this type of expression, which probably echoes the Lat. flosculus sanctitatis ‘ornament of holiness’, see Schottmann 1973, 24. Kock (NN §2670) prefers a rather more interpretative translation blomman (kronen) bland alla heligheter ‘the flower (crown) among all holy things’.
má ‘may’
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mega (verb): may, might
kallaz ‘be called’
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kalla (verb): call
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[5-8]: This helmingr represents the first occurrence of the second of Mdr’s three refrains. The helmingr is written out in full and is marked by an obelos in the left-hand margin. This stef is repeated in sts 15 and 24, where it is abbreviated in B (13v, 47; 14r, 12).
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