Anon Mey 1VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 1’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 892.
Heyrðu ‘listen’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
[1] Heyrðu: Heyr 713, Heyr with ‘Heyrðu’ in margin 444ˣ
ómælds ‘of the unmeasured’
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ómældr (adj./verb p.p.): [unmeasured]
[1] ómælds: ómældur all
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
veldis ‘realm’
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veldi (noun n.): realm
herra ‘Lord’
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1. herra (noun m.; °herra; herrar): lord
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
sem ‘’
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sem (conj.): as, which
þverra ‘diminish’
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1. þverra (verb): diminish
ríki ‘power’
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ríki (noun n.; °-s; -): kingdom, power
þitt ‘whose’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
fyr ‘for the sake of’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
miskun ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
[3] miskun: so 713, 444ˣ, 2166ˣ, om. 721
mjúka ‘gentle’
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mjúkr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, humble
mærðar ‘of praise’
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mærð (noun f.): praise < mærðargrein (noun f.)
grein ‘to a portion’
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grein (noun f.): reason, period, branch < mærðargrein (noun f.)
í ‘into ’
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í (prep.): in, into
kvæði ‘a poem’
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kvæði (noun n.; °-s; -): poem
færða ‘turned’
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2. fœra (verb): bring
Til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
nefnandi ‘mention’
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2. nefna (verb): mention, name, call
ætta ‘ought’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
jafnan ‘always’
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jafnan (adv.): always
Jésú ‘Jesus’
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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus
næst ‘After’
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2. næst (conj.): [After]
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Máríu ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
hæstri ‘highest’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
yfir ‘chief’
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yfir (prep.): over < yfirpostuli (noun m.): chief Apostle
notes
[7] yfirpostulann ‘the chief Apostle’: The same term is used of Andrew in Anon Andr 2/1. The conjunction of invocations to Mary and Andrew also occurs in Anon Vitn 2 and Anon Mv I-III (all in st. 2), and has prompted scholarly speculation on whether all these poems in honour of either the Virgin or holy women, might not have been composed for a single religious house, where the Virgin and S. Andrew were dedicatees. See further Introduction to Vitn.
postulann ‘Apostle’
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postuli (noun m.; °-a; -ar): apostle < yfirpostuli (noun m.): chief Apostle
notes
[7] yfirpostulann ‘the chief Apostle’: The same term is used of Andrew in Anon Andr 2/1. The conjunction of invocations to Mary and Andrew also occurs in Anon Vitn 2 and Anon Mv I-III (all in st. 2), and has prompted scholarly speculation on whether all these poems in honour of either the Virgin or holy women, might not have been composed for a single religious house, where the Virgin and S. Andrew were dedicatees. See further Introduction to Vitn.
æzta ‘most outstanding’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
[7] æzta: æztu 713, 444ˣ, 2166ˣ
lífi ‘in life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
Andréam ‘Andrew’
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Andreas (noun m.): [Andrew]
er ‘whom’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
hefir ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
vandað ‘chosen’
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vanda (verb): fashion, execute
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Lord God of the unmeasured realm of the heavens, whose power [lit. your power which] will never diminish, listen for the sake of your gentle mercy to a portion of praise turned into a poem. After Jesus and the highest Mary I ought always to mention the chief Apostle, Andrew, most outstanding in life, whom God has chosen.
[7-8]: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) adds lífi to the rel. cl. (þann er guð hefir lífi vandað ‘whose life God has honoured’); here Kock’s argument (NN §1838) that the expression æztu lífi is analogous with expressions such as fríðr sýnum ‘handsome in appearance’ is followed.
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