Anon Mey 15VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 15’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 901-2.
Krossaz ‘to take the Cross’
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krossa (verb): [to take Cross]
notes
[1] krossaz ‘to take the Cross’: LP assumes the verb means ‘to convert to Christianity’; Skj B has the more conservative vilde besøge korset ‘wanted to visit the Cross’, and in fact the legend does not ascribe a wish to convert to Mary at this point in her life. Rather, she joined a group of people travelling by boat to Jerusalem for the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, at krossmessu (Unger 1877, I, 487; Wolf 2003, 31), without herself sharing their Christian motivation.
vildi ‘wanted’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
kvinna ‘woman’
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kvenna (noun f.; °-u): woman, wife
kom ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
sorg ‘sorrow’
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sorg (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sorrow, affliction
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
Jórsala ‘Jerusalem’
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Jórsalir (noun m.): [Jerusalem] < Jórsalaborg (noun f.)
[2] Jórsala‑: so 713, ‘josala’ 721
borgar ‘’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold < Jórsalaborg (noun f.)
yfir ‘the chief’
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yfir (prep.): over < yfirmusteri (noun n.)
notes
[2] yfirmusterið Jésú Kristi ‘the chief temple of Jesus Christ’: That is, the Holy Sepulchre, which sinners were prohibited from entering.
musterið ‘temple’
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musteri (noun n.; °-s; -): church, temple < yfirmusteri (noun n.)
notes
[2] yfirmusterið Jésú Kristi ‘the chief temple of Jesus Christ’: That is, the Holy Sepulchre, which sinners were prohibited from entering.
Jésú ‘of Jesus’
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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus
notes
[2] yfirmusterið Jésú Kristi ‘the chief temple of Jesus Christ’: That is, the Holy Sepulchre, which sinners were prohibited from entering.
Kristi ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
notes
[2] yfirmusterið Jésú Kristi ‘the chief temple of Jesus Christ’: That is, the Holy Sepulchre, which sinners were prohibited from entering.
enn ‘still’
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4. en (conj.): than
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
byrgð ‘closed’
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byrgja (verb; °-rgð-): lock
fyr ‘because of’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
syndum ‘sins’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
hennar ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
áðr ‘until’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
mjúka móður kóngs himna‘to the merciful mother of the king of the heavens ’
= Mary
the king of the heavens → God
to the merciful mother of GOD → Mary
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
mjúka móður kóngs himna‘to the merciful mother of the king of the heavens ’
= Mary
the king of the heavens → God
to the merciful mother of GOD → Mary
kóngs ‘of the king’
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kóngr (noun m.): king
kennings
mjúka móður kóngs himna‘to the merciful mother of the king of the heavens ’
= Mary
the king of the heavens → God
to the merciful mother of GOD → Mary
kóngs ‘of the king’
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kóngr (noun m.): king
kennings
mjúka móður kóngs himna‘to the merciful mother of the king of the heavens ’
= Mary
the king of the heavens → God
to the merciful mother of GOD → Mary
mjúka ‘to the merciful’
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mjúkr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, humble
kennings
mjúka móður kóngs himna‘to the merciful mother of the king of the heavens ’
= Mary
the king of the heavens → God
to the merciful mother of GOD → Mary
móður ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
kennings
mjúka móður kóngs himna‘to the merciful mother of the king of the heavens ’
= Mary
the king of the heavens → God
to the merciful mother of GOD → Mary
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
er ‘was’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
flaut ‘bathed’
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fljóta (verb): flow, float
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
tárum ‘tears’
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tár (noun n.; °; -): tear
líknar ‘of mercy’
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líkn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): grace, mercy
notes
[7] brunnrinn líknar ‘the fountain of mercy’: = The Virgin Mary, modelled on Lat. fons misericordiae ‘fountain of mercy’, sedes misericordiae ‘seat of mercy’; cf. Anon Mdr 35/4 brunnr miskunnar ‘fountain of mercy’; Schottmann 1973, 52. It was a miraculous icon of the Virgin, which she saw in a courtyard of the church, that aided Mary and was instrumental in her conversion.
brunnrinn ‘the fountain’
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brunnr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): spring, well
notes
[7] brunnrinn líknar ‘the fountain of mercy’: = The Virgin Mary, modelled on Lat. fons misericordiae ‘fountain of mercy’, sedes misericordiae ‘seat of mercy’; cf. Anon Mdr 35/4 brunnr miskunnar ‘fountain of mercy’; Schottmann 1973, 52. It was a miraculous icon of the Virgin, which she saw in a courtyard of the church, that aided Mary and was instrumental in her conversion.
lofaði ‘permitted’
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lofa (verb): praise, permit
henni ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
langa ‘for a long’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
stund ‘time’
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stund (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): time, hour
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
ganga ‘to enter’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
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This woman wanted to take the Cross; she came with sorrow to Jerusalem; the chief temple of Jesus Christ was still closed because of her sins, until Mary, who was bathed in tears, prayed to the merciful mother of the king of the heavens [= God (= Christ) > = Mary] for a long time; the fountain of mercy permitted her to enter the church.
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