Anon Mey 3VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 3’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 893-4.
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
prýðilig ‘splendid’
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prýðiligr (adj.): [splendid]
umfram ‘above’
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umfram (prep.): [above]
aðrar ‘other’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
ástvinnandi ‘charitable’
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ástvinnandi (noun m.): [charitable]
drottins ‘of the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kvinnur ‘women’
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kvenna (noun f.; °-u): woman, wife
þvíað ‘because’
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þvít (conj.): because, since
riettlætis ‘of justice’
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réttlæti (noun n.): justice
sólin ‘the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
settiz ‘was established’
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setja (verb): place, set, establish
notes
[3] settiz ‘was established’: Kock’s argument (NN §3389B) that setja is here used in the meaning ‘establish’ or ‘found’ is followed; Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates settiz as ‘became’ and renders the phrase þvíað sólin riettlætis settiz ‘because she [Máría] became the sun of justice’. This interpretation is highly unlikely, as the periphrasis sól riettlætis almost certainly translates Lat. sol justiciae both here and in Árni Gd 13/2IV, where it is used of God; cf. also Geisl 4/4 sunna réttlætis ‘sun of justice’ (Lat. sol justitiae), also of God. Here the reference is more plausibly to Christ incarnate in the Virgin.
sjálf ‘itself’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
þrenningin ‘the Trinity’
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þrenning (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-): the Trinity
skein ‘shone’
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skína (verb): shine
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
henni ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
Hennar ‘Her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hverjum ‘to every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
manni ‘person’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
fyr ‘because of’
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fyr (prep.): for, over, because of, etc.
miskunn ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
bjarta ‘bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
mildliga ‘graciously’
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mildliga (adv.): graciously
bergr ‘saves’
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1. bjarga (verb; °bergr (biærgr Alk619 77⁹; biargr ÓH619 119¹); barg, burgu; borginn): to save, preserve
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
jafn ‘equally’
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jafn (adj.; °comp. -ari, superl. -astr): even, just < jafnskjótr (adj.)
skjótt ‘fast’
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2. skjótr (adj.): quick(ly) < jafnskjótr (adj.)
öllum ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
allir ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
senn ‘simultaneously’
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senn (adv.): at once
þótt ‘even though’
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þótt (conj.): although
Máríam ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
kalli ‘might call upon’
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kalla (verb): call
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[5-8]: The cult of the Virgin was extremely popular in Iceland as elsewhere, and is attested by the existence of numerous mss containing versions of her life and miracles (Widding 1961; Widding, Bekker-Nielsen and Shook 1963, 321-4), by a large number of skaldic poems in her honour, as well as by her patronage of twice as many churches as any other saint (Cormack 1994, 126-9). It is worth noting, in the context of her veneration, that each of sts 1-10 mentions the name ‘Mary’ at least once.
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