Anon Mgr 11VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 11’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 768.
Grætiligt ‘painful’
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grœtiligr (adj.): distressful
er ‘It is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
inna ‘tell’
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inna (verb): to pay, discharge, relate, tell; to announce, confirm
ýtum ‘people’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
angr ‘the sorrow’
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1. angr (noun m.; °angrs, dat. angri/angr): grief
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
harm ‘suffering’
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1. harmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sorrow, grief
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
fekk ‘felt’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
inn ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
langa ‘long’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
frjádag ‘Friday’
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frjádagr (noun m.): Friday
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
fylki ‘the ruler’
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fylkir (noun m.): leader
kennings
fylki sunnu‘the ruler of the sun ’
= God
the ruler of the sun → God
sunnu ‘of the sun’
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sunna (noun f.): sun
kennings
fylki sunnu‘the ruler of the sun ’
= God
the ruler of the sun → God
flein ‘spear’
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fleinn (noun m.; °dat. fleini): spear < fleinhristandi (noun m.)
kennings
fleinhristendr‘spear-shakers ’
= WARRIORS
spear-shakers → WARRIORS
hristendr ‘shakers’
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hristandi (noun m.): [shakers] < fleinhristandi (noun m.)
kennings
fleinhristendr‘spear-shakers ’
= WARRIORS
spear-shakers → WARRIORS
á ‘onto’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
krossinn ‘the Cross’
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kross (noun m.; °-, dat. -i; -ar): cross, crucifix
nistu ‘nailed’
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2. nista (verb): pierce, nail
Síðan ‘Later’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
mig ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
heim ‘home’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
á ‘into’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
himna ‘the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
heilagr ‘the holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
kennings
heilagr deilir skepnu‘the holy ordainer of creation ’
= God
the holy ordainer of creation → God
leiddi ‘led’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired
skepnu ‘of creation’
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skepna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): creation
kennings
heilagr deilir skepnu‘the holy ordainer of creation ’
= God
the holy ordainer of creation → God
deilir ‘ordainer’
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deilir (noun m.): ruler, ordainer
kennings
heilagr deilir skepnu‘the holy ordainer of creation ’
= God
the holy ordainer of creation → God
einglar ‘the angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
fyrir ‘before’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
sætt ‘sweet’
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sœtr (adj.): sweet
lof ‘praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
sungu ‘sang’
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syngja (verb): sing
síð ‘late’
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2. síð (adv.): late
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
árla ‘early’
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árla (adv.): early
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
lokið ‘ceased’
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1. lúka (verb): end, close
er ‘has’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
stríði ‘the suffering’
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2. stríð (noun n.; °-s; -): affliction
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‘It is painful to tell people about the sorrow and suffering which I felt that Good Friday [lit. long Friday], when spear-shakers [WARRIORS] nailed the ruler of the sun [= God (= Christ)] onto the Cross. Later, when the holy ordainer of creation [= God (= Christ)] led me home into the heavens, the angels sang sweet praise before me late and early, and the suffering has ceased.
[5-8]: The Virgin refers to her Assumption into heaven (cf. st. 46). For a prose parallel, see Mar (1871, xvi) and Notes to st. 10.
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