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Anon Mgr 16^VII

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 16’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 771.

Anonymous Poems Drápa af Máríugrát

Stillir ‘lord’

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stillir (noun m.): ruler

kennings

stillir störnuhallar;
‘lord of the star-hall; ’
= God
the star-hall; → SKY/HEAVEN
lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

heyrðu ‘Listen’

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2. heyra (verb): hear

störnu ‘of the star’

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stjarna (noun f.; °*-u; *-ur): star < stjǫrnuhǫll (noun f.)

kennings

stillir störnuhallar;
‘lord of the star-hall; ’
= God
the star-hall; → SKY/HEAVEN
lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

störnu ‘of the star’

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stjarna (noun f.; °*-u; *-ur): star < stjǫrnuhǫll (noun f.)

kennings

stillir störnuhallar;
‘lord of the star-hall; ’
= God
the star-hall; → SKY/HEAVEN
lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

hallar ‘hall’

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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall < stjǫrnuhǫll (noun f.)

kennings

stillir störnuhallar;
‘lord of the star-hall; ’
= God
the star-hall; → SKY/HEAVEN
lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

hallar ‘hall’

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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall < stjǫrnuhǫll (noun f.)

kennings

stillir störnuhallar;
‘lord of the star-hall; ’
= God
the star-hall; → SKY/HEAVEN
lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

stef ‘refrain’

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stef (noun n.; °; -): refrain

væri ‘would be’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

eg ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

þier ‘you’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

búinn ‘ready’

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2. búa (verb; °býr (1. pers. býg NjM 330²⁴); bjó/bjuggi/bjǫggi/byggi, bjuggu/bjǫggu (præt. conj. byggi); búinn (n. sg. búit/bút)): prepare, ready, live

að ‘to’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

færa ‘bring’

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2. fœra (verb): bring

[2] færa: færa with hefja written in the margin in another hand 713

notes

[2] færa ‘bring’: This is the original reading in 713. The verb hefja ‘uplift, begin’ has been added in the right margin of 713, and that reading has been adopted in Skj B and Skald.

einkar ‘an extremely’

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einkar (adv.): extremely

mætt ‘splendid’

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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected

ef ‘if’

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3. ef (conj.): if

eg ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

má ‘can’

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mega (verb): may, might

hitta ‘find’

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hitta (verb): meet, encounter

orða ‘of words’

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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word < orðagnótt (noun f.)

gnótt ‘a richness’

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gnótt (noun f.): abundance < orðagnótt (noun f.)

að ‘according to’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

vilja ‘will’

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vili (noun m.; °-ja): will, wish

dróttins ‘the Lord’s’

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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master

Öllum ‘than all’

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allr (adj.): all

hlutum ‘things’

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hlutr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): part, thing

er ‘is’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

æðri ‘more distinguished’

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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher

og ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

sælli ‘blessed’

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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed

eilífligastr ‘The most eternal’

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eilífligr (adj.): eternal

kennings

Eilífligastr deilir skepnu
‘The most eternal ordainer of creation ’
= God
The most eternal ordainer of creation → God

skepnu ‘of creation’

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skepna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): creation

kennings

Eilífligastr deilir skepnu
‘The most eternal ordainer of creation ’
= God
The most eternal ordainer of creation → God

deilir ‘ordainer’

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deilir (noun m.): ruler, ordainer

kennings

Eilífligastr deilir skepnu
‘The most eternal ordainer of creation ’
= God
The most eternal ordainer of creation → God

honum ‘to him’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

sie ‘be’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

dýrð ‘glory’

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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory

á ‘in’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

himni ‘heaven’

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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky

og ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

jörðu ‘on earth’

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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth

hann ‘he’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

er ‘is’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

hæri ‘higher’

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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high

en ‘than’

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4. en (conj.): than

gjörvalt ‘everything’

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gǫrvallr (adj.): everything

annað ‘else’

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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second

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[5-8]: This is the first refrain (stef) in Mgr.

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