Anon Mdr 9VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 9’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 485-6.
Skínn ‘shines’
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skína (verb): shine
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
sælu ‘bliss’
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1. sæla (noun f.; °-u; -ur): bliss
sannri ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
sann ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true < sannfrœða (verb)
friett ‘proved’
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1. fregna (verb): hear of < sannfrœða (verb)
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
manna ‘Men’s’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
hjálpar ‘of redemption’
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hjǫlp (noun f.; °hjalpar; hjalpir/hjalpar): help, salvation < hjalparván (noun f.)
ván ‘hope’
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ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation < hjalparván (noun f.)
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hreinum ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
líf ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
guði ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
ið ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
næsta ‘beside’
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nærri (adj. comp.; °superl. nǽstr): near, nearer, next
Lýtr ‘bows down’
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1. lúta (verb): (strong)
öll ‘The whole’
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allr (adj.): all
veröld ‘world’
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verǫld (noun f.; °-aldar, dat. -/-u; -aldir): world, age
ítri ‘the glorious’
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ítr (adj.): glorious
kennings
ítri móður yfirþjóðkonungs;‘the glorious mother of the supreme king; ’
= Mary
the glorious mother of the supreme king; → Mary
yfirþjóðkonungs ‘of the supreme king’
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yfirþjóðkonungr (noun m.): supreme king
kennings
ítri móður yfirþjóðkonungs;‘the glorious mother of the supreme king; ’
= Mary
the glorious mother of the supreme king; → Mary
móður ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
kennings
ítri móður yfirþjóðkonungs;‘the glorious mother of the supreme king; ’
= Mary
the glorious mother of the supreme king; → Mary
verð ‘worthy’
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3. verðr (adj.): worth, worthy
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
drottning ‘the queen’
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dróttning (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-, acc. -u/-; -ar): queen
notes
[7] drottning dýrðar ‘the queen of glory’: A kenning-like periphrasis for the Virgin Mary, parallel to Lat. rex gloriae ‘king of glory’ (Christ). Cf. 13/5-6 dáðvís drottning seggja ‘deed-wise queen of men’ (or dáðvís drottning paradísar ‘deed-wise queen of Paradise’). For discussion of periphrases for Mary employing the base-word ‘queen’, see Schottmann 1973, 95-6.
dýrðar ‘of glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
notes
[7] drottning dýrðar ‘the queen of glory’: A kenning-like periphrasis for the Virgin Mary, parallel to Lat. rex gloriae ‘king of glory’ (Christ). Cf. 13/5-6 dáðvís drottning seggja ‘deed-wise queen of men’ (or dáðvís drottning paradísar ‘deed-wise queen of Paradise’). For discussion of periphrases for Mary employing the base-word ‘queen’, see Schottmann 1973, 95-6.
dæmd ‘adjudged’
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dœma (verb; °-mð-): judge
til ‘of’
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til (prep.): to
efri ‘the highest’
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efri (adj. comp.; °superl. efstr/øfstr (eft- [$1653$] 13r²³, etc.)): higher, highest
sæmdar ‘honour’
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sœmð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): honour
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[5-8]: Cf. 6/1-4. Helmingar on this model, often in praise of Christ or a saint, are very common in Christian skaldic poetry, and may be modelled on the refrains of drápur in praise of secular kings. For more detailed discussion of this point, see Note to Leið 13/5-8. This helmingr represents the first occurrence of the last 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 18 and 27, where it is abbreviated in B (14r, 2; 14r, 19).
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