Anon Mgr 12VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 12’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 768-9.
Föstudaginn ‘On Friday [lit. fast-day]’
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fǫstudagr (noun m.): Friday
með ‘next to’
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með (prep.): with
notes
[1] með frægum Kristi ‘next to famous Christ’: This prepositional phrase can only be locative (so also Wrightson). Skj B and Skald appear to construe it with the verb fylgja ‘follow’ (l. 4), with dróttni várum ‘our Lord’ (l. 4) in apposition. However, fylgja does not take a prepositional phrase with með (see Fritzner: fylgja).
frægum ‘famous’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
notes
[1] með frægum Kristi ‘next to famous Christ’: This prepositional phrase can only be locative (so also Wrightson). Skj B and Skald appear to construe it with the verb fylgja ‘follow’ (l. 4), with dróttni várum ‘our Lord’ (l. 4) in apposition. However, fylgja does not take a prepositional phrase with með (see Fritzner: fylgja).
Kristi ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
notes
[1] með frægum Kristi ‘next to famous Christ’: This prepositional phrase can only be locative (so also Wrightson). Skj B and Skald appear to construe it with the verb fylgja ‘follow’ (l. 4), with dróttni várum ‘our Lord’ (l. 4) in apposition. However, fylgja does not take a prepositional phrase with með (see Fritzner: fylgja).
fyst ‘first’
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fyrstr (num. ordinal): first
rieð ‘decided’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
notes
[2-3] við tveimur systrum mínum ‘with my two sisters’: The Virgin Mary’s two half-sisters, Mary the wife of Alphaeus and Mary the wife of Zebedee. See further Anon Mey 7-9 and Notes.
tveimur ‘two’
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tveir (num. cardinal): two
notes
[2-3] við tveimur systrum mínum ‘with my two sisters’: The Virgin Mary’s two half-sisters, Mary the wife of Alphaeus and Mary the wife of Zebedee. See further Anon Mey 7-9 and Notes.
systrum ‘sisters’
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systir (noun f.; °systur; systur): sister
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[2-3] við tveimur systrum mínum ‘with my two sisters’: The Virgin Mary’s two half-sisters, Mary the wife of Alphaeus and Mary the wife of Zebedee. See further Anon Mey 7-9 and Notes.
mínum ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
notes
[2-3] við tveimur systrum mínum ‘with my two sisters’: The Virgin Mary’s two half-sisters, Mary the wife of Alphaeus and Mary the wife of Zebedee. See further Anon Mey 7-9 and Notes.
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
svá ‘so also’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
Magdaléna ‘Magdalene’
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Magdalena (noun f.): [Magdalene]
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
fylgja ‘follow’
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
dróttni ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
várum ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
Guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kennings
son Guðs‘the son of God ’
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the son of God → Christ
son ‘the son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
kennings
son Guðs‘the son of God ’
= Christ
the son of God → Christ
er ‘When’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
dráps ‘execution’
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dráp (noun n.; °-s): killing
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
dauða ‘death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
dæmdi ‘sentenced’
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dœma (verb; °-mð-): judge
Pilátus ‘Pilate’
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Pilatus (noun m.): [Pilate]
lýðs ‘of the people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
að ‘at’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
vilja ‘the wish’
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vili (noun m.; °-ja): will, wish
Júðar ‘the Jews’
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júði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): Jew
leiddu ‘led’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired
[7] leiddu: ‘lei[...]’ 713, ‘leiddu’ 1032ˣ, ‘..lei...’ 920ˣ
hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hæddu ‘mocked’
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2. hæða (verb): to mock, scorn
hlógu ‘laughed’
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hlæja (verb): laugh
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
glödduz ‘rejoiced’
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gleðja (verb): gladden, rejoice
þar ‘in’
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þar (adv.): there
með ‘addition’
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með (prep.): with
slógu ‘beat’
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2. slá (verb): strike, cut
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‘On Friday [lit. fast-day] next to famous Christ I first decided to follow our Lord with my two sisters and so also Mary Magdalene. When Pilate sentenced the son of God [= Christ] to execution and death at the wish of the people, the Jews led him away and mocked him, laughed and rejoiced; in addition, they beat him.
[1-4]: Cf. Mar (1871, xvi): þar voro oc þa i hia mér minar kiærozto systr miog grátandi. millum hverra er var Maria Magdalena ‘there were then also next to me my most beloved sisters who wept ardently, among whom was Mary Magdalene’. — [5-8]: Cf. Mar (1871, xvi): ec sá hann sleginn með hnefvm … hæddan oc halldinn sem annarra manna haðung mꜳ mest vera oc brigzli ‘I saw him hit with fists … mocked and held in such a way that must be the most humiliation and scorn to other men’.
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