Anon Mdr 7VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 7’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 484.
Jésú ‘Jesus’
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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus
geym ‘keep’
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geyma (verb): heed, guard
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
geystar ‘violent’
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geystr (adj.): violent
guðs ‘God’s’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
orð ‘word’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
megim ‘may’
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mega (verb): may, might
forðaz ‘escape’
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forða (verb): escape, avoid
kvalar ‘torments’
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kvǫl (noun f.; °-ar; -ar/-ir): torment, torture
þinnar ‘of your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
vier ‘we’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
þrælar ‘servants’
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þræll (noun m.; °þrǽls, dat. þrǽli/þrǽl; þrǽlar): slave, servant
þrif ‘’
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þrif (noun n.; °; -): prosperity < þrifhróðigr (adj.)
hróðigrar ‘fortunate’
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hróðigr (adj.): glorious < þrifhróðigr (adj.)
móður ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
Vaktaðu ‘account’
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vakta (verb): [account, observed]
[5] Vaktaðu: ‘vakt[...]ðu’ B, 399a‑bˣ
várar ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
sektir ‘debts’
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sekð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): guilt
verð ‘discharged’
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verð (noun n.; °-s; dat. -um): worth, price < verðlauss (adj.)
laust ‘’
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lauss (adj.; °compar. lausari): loose, free, without < verðlauss (adj.)
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
gief ‘give’
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gefa (verb): give
trausta ‘bliss’
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traustr (adj.): trusty
heilagr ‘Holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
[7] heilagr: ‘[...]gr’ B, ‘ḥẹịḷạg̣ṛ’ 399a‑bˣ
Kristr ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
hæstri ‘the highest’
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hœgri (adj. comp.): higher, highest
himins ‘of heaven’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
dýrð ‘glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
gleði ‘secure’
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gleði (noun f.): joy
fyrðum ‘men’
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2. fyrðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -): man
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[1-4]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) emends orð (l. 2) to orðs, gen. sg. and paraphrases Jesu, beskyt din trivsel-berömte moder, så at vi guds ords tjænere kan undgå hæftig pine ‘Jesus, protect your prosperity-famous mother, so that we servants of the word of God may avoid violent torments’. As Kock (NN §3349) points out, this is somewhat clumsy and leaves þinnar ‘your’ (l. 3) somewhat isolated. As an evocation of Mary as intercessor, an image which recurs in st. 22, it is an acceptable arrangement, though, as Kock suggests, Finnur’s translation of geyma (l.1) as beskytte ‘to protect, guard’ is rather narrow in its range. Geyma has connotations of minding and heeding, as well as protecting, and may here enjoin Jesus to heed the concessions which Mary has extracted from God on mankind’s behalf as a result of her intercessions. Finnur’s emendation to orðs may be avoided, if B’s guðs orð (acc.) is taken as the object of geyma. Although geyma often takes a gen. object, as in 13/7-8, in the early period, several examples of geyma with acc. object (which anticipates modern usage) do occur (see Fritzner: geyma 2).
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