Anon Mgr 15VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 15’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 770-1.
Halir ‘Men’
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halr (noun m.; °-s): man
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
kennings
hilmi* sólar‘the ruler of the sun ’
= God
the ruler of the sun → God
notes
[1] hilmi* (m. acc. sg.) ‘the ruler’: Hilmir (m. nom. sg.) ‘lord’ (so 713) is ungrammatical, because ‘ruler’ is the object of the cl.
sólar ‘of the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
kennings
hilmi* sólar‘the ruler of the sun ’
= God
the ruler of the sun → God
hófu ‘lifted’
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hefja (verb): lift, start
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
keyrðu ‘drove’
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keyra (verb): drive, whip, fling
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
ristr ‘the insteps’
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2. rist (noun f.; °; ristr): [insteps]
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
lófa ‘the palms’
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lófi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): palm of hand
stinn ‘stiff’
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stinnr (adj.): stiff, firm < stinnoddaðr (adj.)
oddaða ‘pointed’
af ‘of’
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af (prep.): from
stáli ‘steel’
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1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow
gadda ‘spikes’
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1. gaddr (noun m.): spike, anchor-fluke
stórlig ‘great’
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stórligr (adj.): [great]
aungvit ‘swoons’
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ǫngvit (noun n.): [swoons]
á ‘upon’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
mig ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
fóru ‘came’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
Hvergi ‘not at all’
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1. hvergi (adv.): nowhere
mátti ‘could’
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mega (verb): may, might
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
fyrir ‘because of’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
harmi ‘distress’
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1. harmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sorrow, grief
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
sorgum ‘sorrows’
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sorg (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sorrow, affliction
hræra ‘move’
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2. hrœra (verb): move
mig ‘myself’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
sem ‘as if’
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sem (conj.): as, which
dauð ‘dead’
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1. dauðr (noun m.; °-s): death
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
væra ‘were’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
angri ‘with anguish’
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2. angr (noun n.): grief, sin
fyld ‘filled’
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fylla (verb): fill
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
lá ‘lay’
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liggja (verb): lie
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
svá ‘thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
leingi ‘for a long time’
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lengi (adv.): for a long time
laugaðig ‘I washed’
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lauga (verb): wash
brár ‘eyelashes’
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1. brá (noun f.; °brár; brár): eyelash, eyebrow
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
kinnr ‘cheeks’
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kinn (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; kinnr/kiðr): cheek
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
tárum ‘tears’
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tár (noun n.; °; -): tear
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‘Men lifted the ruler of the sun [= God (= Christ)] onto the Cross, and drove stiff-pointed spikes of steel into the insteps and the palms; great swoons came upon me. I could not at all move myself because of distress and sorrows, as if I were dead, and I lay thus for a long time, filled with anguish; I washed eyelashes and cheeks in tears.’
[1-4]: Cf. Mar (1871, 1006): þeir lyptu hann upp ꜳ krossinn rekinn med hordum iarnnauglum ‘they lifted him up on the Cross, studded with hard nails of iron’.
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