Anon Mey 10VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 10’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 898.
Ván ‘to be expected’
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ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
þess ‘It’
[1] þess: hins 713
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
systrung ‘sister’s son’
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systrung (noun f.): [sister son]
[1] systrung: so 713, systrum 721
sínum ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
sannr ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
elskugi ‘love’
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elskhugi (noun m.; °-a; dat. -um): love
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
manna ‘people’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
mekt ‘might’
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mekt (noun f.; °-ar): might, power
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
æru ‘honour’
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1. æra (noun f.; °-u): honour
mæt ‘precious’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fögr ‘fair’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
sæti ‘seat’
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2. sæti (noun n.; °-s; -): seat
þvíað ‘because’
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þvít (conj.): because, since
óflekkuð ‘the unstained’
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óflekkaðr (adj.): unblemished, unstained
kennings
óflekkuð miskun meyja,‘the unstained mercy of maidens, ’
= Mary
the unstained mercy of maidens, → Mary
miskun ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
kennings
óflekkuð miskun meyja,‘the unstained mercy of maidens, ’
= Mary
the unstained mercy of maidens, → Mary
meyja ‘of maidens’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
kennings
óflekkuð miskun meyja,‘the unstained mercy of maidens, ’
= Mary
the unstained mercy of maidens, → Mary
má ‘can’
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mega (verb): may, might
alt ‘everything’
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allr (adj.): all
í ‘with’
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í (prep.): in, into
sínum ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
ráðum ‘counsels’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
gleði ‘with happiness’
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gleði (noun f.): joy
giefa ‘give’
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gefa (verb): give
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
þiggja ‘receive’
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þiggja (verb): receive, get
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
er ‘for which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
drottin ‘the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
[8] drottin: þjóðum 713
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It is to be expected that Mary, the true love of God and people, precious and fair, in the seat of the heavens, should give her sister’s son might and honour, because the unstained mercy of maidens [= Mary], comforting with happiness, can with her counsels give and receive everything good and beloved, for which she asks the Lord.
This st. expands on the theme, begun in st. 9/5-8, of the close relationship between the Virgin Mary and the Apostle John, whom Jesus loved and entrusted with her care at the Crucifixion. Cf. Kolb Jónv and Notes ad loc. Mary’s role as intercessor with Christ for humans is the subject of ll. 5-8.
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