Anon Mgr 10VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 10’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 767-8.
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
kvaddi ‘greeted’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
mítra ‘of mitres’
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mítr (noun n.): [mitres]
kennings
fróðan stýri mítra:‘the learned commander of mitres: ’
= BISHOP = Augustine
the learned commander of mitres: → BISHOP = Augustine
stýri ‘commander’
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stýrir (noun m.): ruler, controller
kennings
fróðan stýri mítra:‘the learned commander of mitres: ’
= BISHOP = Augustine
the learned commander of mitres: → BISHOP = Augustine
Mætur ‘a valued’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
vinr ‘friend’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
ertu ‘you are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
eingla ‘of angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
kennings
gætis eingla‘of the guardian of angels ’
= God
the guardian of angels → God
gætis ‘of the guardian’
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gætir (noun m.): guardian
kennings
gætis eingla‘of the guardian of angels ’
= God
the guardian of angels → God
miskunnar ‘of mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
kennings
blessuð móðir miskunnar.‘the blessed mother of mercy. ’
= Mary
the blessed mother of mercy. → Mary
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
minn ‘myself’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
að ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
sönnu ‘Indeed’
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1. sannr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i;): true
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
kennings
blessuð móðir miskunnar.‘the blessed mother of mercy. ’
= Mary
the blessed mother of mercy. → Mary
talar ‘speaks’
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3. tala (verb): speak, talk
notes
[4] blessuð, fróðan (f. nom. sg., m. acc. sg.) ‘blessed, learned’: As it stands in 713 (móðir talar svá við blessuð fróðan lit. ‘the mother speaks thus to the blessed wise’), the l. makes no sense syntactically, because blessuð ‘blessed’ is f. nom. sg. and fróðan ‘learned’ is m. acc. sg. The present emendation follows Skj B and Skald (see also the comparable structures in 18/6 and 22/1 below). Wrightson retains the ms. reading and separates the prep. við ‘to’ from its object fróðan ‘learned’: svá talar blessuð móðir miskunnar við fróðan ‘so the blessed Mother of Mercy speaks to the learned one’. Such a w.o. is unprecedented in skaldic poetry (a proclitic prep. cannot be separated from the object).
blessuð ‘the blessed’
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blessaðr (adj./verb p.p.): blessed
kennings
blessuð móðir miskunnar.‘the blessed mother of mercy. ’
= Mary
the blessed mother of mercy. → Mary
notes
[4] blessuð, fróðan (f. nom. sg., m. acc. sg.) ‘blessed, learned’: As it stands in 713 (móðir talar svá við blessuð fróðan lit. ‘the mother speaks thus to the blessed wise’), the l. makes no sense syntactically, because blessuð ‘blessed’ is f. nom. sg. and fróðan ‘learned’ is m. acc. sg. The present emendation follows Skj B and Skald (see also the comparable structures in 18/6 and 22/1 below). Wrightson retains the ms. reading and separates the prep. við ‘to’ from its object fróðan ‘learned’: svá talar blessuð móðir miskunnar við fróðan ‘so the blessed Mother of Mercy speaks to the learned one’. Such a w.o. is unprecedented in skaldic poetry (a proclitic prep. cannot be separated from the object).
fróðan ‘the learned’
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fróðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wise
kennings
fróðan stýri mítra:‘the learned commander of mitres: ’
= BISHOP = Augustine
the learned commander of mitres: → BISHOP = Augustine
notes
[4] blessuð, fróðan (f. nom. sg., m. acc. sg.) ‘blessed, learned’: As it stands in 713 (móðir talar svá við blessuð fróðan lit. ‘the mother speaks thus to the blessed wise’), the l. makes no sense syntactically, because blessuð ‘blessed’ is f. nom. sg. and fróðan ‘learned’ is m. acc. sg. The present emendation follows Skj B and Skald (see also the comparable structures in 18/6 and 22/1 below). Wrightson retains the ms. reading and separates the prep. við ‘to’ from its object fróðan ‘learned’: svá talar blessuð móðir miskunnar við fróðan ‘so the blessed Mother of Mercy speaks to the learned one’. Such a w.o. is unprecedented in skaldic poetry (a proclitic prep. cannot be separated from the object).
þú ‘You’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
það ‘that’
sem ‘which’
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sem (conj.): as, which
aungva ‘no one’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
aðra ‘else’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
áðr ‘earlier’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
hefir ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
fýst ‘desired’
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fýsa (verb): desire, encourage
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
grýttu ‘the graveled’
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grýttr (adj.): stony, graveled
láði ‘earth’
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2. láð (noun n.): earth, land
háleit ‘sublime’
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háleitr (adj.): glorious, sublime
skal ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
helgum ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
vilja ‘will’
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vili (noun m.; °-ja): will, wish
hylli ‘the friendship’
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hylli (noun f.; °-): favour
lýðs ‘people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
gjarna ‘readily’
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gjarna (adv.): readily
fylla ‘complete’
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fylla (verb): fill
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Mary greeted the learned commander of mitres [BISHOP = Augustine]: ‘Indeed you are a valued friend of the guardian of angels [= God (= Christ)] and myself’; thus speaks the blessed mother of mercy [= Mary]. ‘You ask that which no one else has earlier desired on the graveled earth; sublime, I shall readily complete the friendship of your people with holy will.
Mar (1871, xvi) gives the following account of Mary’s response: Augustine vinr sonar mins oc minn. Friðr se þer oc þinni godfysi. En þat efni er þu girniz af mér. er hardla grætiligt oc viðrkenniligt oc hit hormuligsta. Enn með þvi at ec em nv vppnvumin af minum sæta seyni til himinrikis. þannig sem engi er hryggleikr. þa ma ec eigi grata. Enn þu skrifa með sorgfullum hvg oc tꜳrum þat er ec þolþi i sialfrar minnar hiarta ‘Augustine, friend of my son and myself. Peace be to you and your good will. But that matter which you desire from me is very lamentable and sad and most grievous. And because I have now been uplifted by my sweet son to the heavenly kingdom, where there is no anguish, I cannot weep. But you must write with a sorrowful mind and tears that which I suffered in my very heart’. — [7-8]: The emended reading follows NN §1666. The sense is that, since Augustine has been a faithful friend to Christ and Mary, in return she is willing to grant Augustine’s plea so as to make his congregation’s love for him complete (see st. 4 and NN §1666). Skj B posits an unattested hap. leg. hyllir ‘favourer, friend’ (hylli m. acc. or dat. sg.), which is adopted in Wrightson 2001: með helgum hylli lýðs skal eg gjarna fylla vilja þinn ‘I together with the holy favourer of mankind [Christ] shall willingly fulfill your wish’.
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