Anon Mgr 17VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 17’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 771-2.
Máríu ‘of Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
orð ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
er ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[1] er (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic.) ‘are’: Lit. ‘is’. The verb is used impersonally with orð ‘words’ as the object.
mörg ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
skýra ‘explain’
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1. skýra (verb): explain, interpret
mjög ‘very’
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mjǫk (adv.): very, much
grætilig ‘distressful [lit. tearful]’
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grœtiligr (adj.): distressful
þjóð ‘to people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
sæta ‘lady’
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1. sæta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): woman, lady
máttuligrar ‘the mighty’
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máttuligr (adj.): [mighty]
kennings
máttuligrar móður dróttins,‘the mighty mother of the Lord, ’
= Mary
the mighty mother of the Lord, → Mary
móður ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
kennings
máttuligrar móður dróttins,‘the mighty mother of the Lord, ’
= Mary
the mighty mother of the Lord, → Mary
dróttins ‘of the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kennings
máttuligrar móður dróttins,‘the mighty mother of the Lord, ’
= Mary
the mighty mother of the Lord, → Mary
meir ‘later’
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meir (adv.): further, again
enn ‘again’
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enn (conj.): [again]
hrein ‘the pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
rieð ‘proceeded’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
slíkt ‘such things’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
greina ‘tell’
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greina (verb): explain, divide
Því ‘’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
notes
[5-7] var mier líkast því, sem bjartr mækir mundi standa í gegnum hjarta mitt ‘it was for me just as if a bright sword were to stand through my heart’: This is not in Mar but echoes the prophecy of Simeon in the temple (see sts 6, 22, and Wrightson 1997a, 284-6, 291): et tuam ipsius animam pertransit gladius ‘and a sword shall pierce through your own soul’ (Luke II.35).
líkast ‘just as’
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líkr (adj.): like
notes
[5-7] var mier líkast því, sem bjartr mækir mundi standa í gegnum hjarta mitt ‘it was for me just as if a bright sword were to stand through my heart’: This is not in Mar but echoes the prophecy of Simeon in the temple (see sts 6, 22, and Wrightson 1997a, 284-6, 291): et tuam ipsius animam pertransit gladius ‘and a sword shall pierce through your own soul’ (Luke II.35).
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[5-7] var mier líkast því, sem bjartr mækir mundi standa í gegnum hjarta mitt ‘it was for me just as if a bright sword were to stand through my heart’: This is not in Mar but echoes the prophecy of Simeon in the temple (see sts 6, 22, and Wrightson 1997a, 284-6, 291): et tuam ipsius animam pertransit gladius ‘and a sword shall pierce through your own soul’ (Luke II.35).
mier ‘for me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[5-7] var mier líkast því, sem bjartr mækir mundi standa í gegnum hjarta mitt ‘it was for me just as if a bright sword were to stand through my heart’: This is not in Mar but echoes the prophecy of Simeon in the temple (see sts 6, 22, and Wrightson 1997a, 284-6, 291): et tuam ipsius animam pertransit gladius ‘and a sword shall pierce through your own soul’ (Luke II.35).
sem ‘if’
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sem (conj.): as, which
notes
[5-7] var mier líkast því, sem bjartr mækir mundi standa í gegnum hjarta mitt ‘it was for me just as if a bright sword were to stand through my heart’: This is not in Mar but echoes the prophecy of Simeon in the temple (see sts 6, 22, and Wrightson 1997a, 284-6, 291): et tuam ipsius animam pertransit gladius ‘and a sword shall pierce through your own soul’ (Luke II.35).
mækir ‘sword’
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mækir (noun m.): sword
notes
[5-7] var mier líkast því, sem bjartr mækir mundi standa í gegnum hjarta mitt ‘it was for me just as if a bright sword were to stand through my heart’: This is not in Mar but echoes the prophecy of Simeon in the temple (see sts 6, 22, and Wrightson 1997a, 284-6, 291): et tuam ipsius animam pertransit gladius ‘and a sword shall pierce through your own soul’ (Luke II.35).
mundi ‘were to’
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munu (verb): will, must
notes
[5-7] var mier líkast því, sem bjartr mækir mundi standa í gegnum hjarta mitt ‘it was for me just as if a bright sword were to stand through my heart’: This is not in Mar but echoes the prophecy of Simeon in the temple (see sts 6, 22, and Wrightson 1997a, 284-6, 291): et tuam ipsius animam pertransit gladius ‘and a sword shall pierce through your own soul’ (Luke II.35).
bjartr ‘a bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
notes
[5-7] var mier líkast því, sem bjartr mækir mundi standa í gegnum hjarta mitt ‘it was for me just as if a bright sword were to stand through my heart’: This is not in Mar but echoes the prophecy of Simeon in the temple (see sts 6, 22, and Wrightson 1997a, 284-6, 291): et tuam ipsius animam pertransit gladius ‘and a sword shall pierce through your own soul’ (Luke II.35).
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[5-7] var mier líkast því, sem bjartr mækir mundi standa í gegnum hjarta mitt ‘it was for me just as if a bright sword were to stand through my heart’: This is not in Mar but echoes the prophecy of Simeon in the temple (see sts 6, 22, and Wrightson 1997a, 284-6, 291): et tuam ipsius animam pertransit gladius ‘and a sword shall pierce through your own soul’ (Luke II.35).
gegnum ‘through’
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gegnum (prep.): through
notes
[5-7] var mier líkast því, sem bjartr mækir mundi standa í gegnum hjarta mitt ‘it was for me just as if a bright sword were to stand through my heart’: This is not in Mar but echoes the prophecy of Simeon in the temple (see sts 6, 22, and Wrightson 1997a, 284-6, 291): et tuam ipsius animam pertransit gladius ‘and a sword shall pierce through your own soul’ (Luke II.35).
hjarta ‘heart’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
notes
[5-7] var mier líkast því, sem bjartr mækir mundi standa í gegnum hjarta mitt ‘it was for me just as if a bright sword were to stand through my heart’: This is not in Mar but echoes the prophecy of Simeon in the temple (see sts 6, 22, and Wrightson 1997a, 284-6, 291): et tuam ipsius animam pertransit gladius ‘and a sword shall pierce through your own soul’ (Luke II.35).
standa ‘stand’
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standa (verb): stand
notes
[5-7] var mier líkast því, sem bjartr mækir mundi standa í gegnum hjarta mitt ‘it was for me just as if a bright sword were to stand through my heart’: This is not in Mar but echoes the prophecy of Simeon in the temple (see sts 6, 22, and Wrightson 1997a, 284-6, 291): et tuam ipsius animam pertransit gladius ‘and a sword shall pierce through your own soul’ (Luke II.35).
mitt ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
notes
[5-7] var mier líkast því, sem bjartr mækir mundi standa í gegnum hjarta mitt ‘it was for me just as if a bright sword were to stand through my heart’: This is not in Mar but echoes the prophecy of Simeon in the temple (see sts 6, 22, and Wrightson 1997a, 284-6, 291): et tuam ipsius animam pertransit gladius ‘and a sword shall pierce through your own soul’ (Luke II.35).
er ‘when’
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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
Jésús ‘Jesus’’
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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus
undir ‘wounds’
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1. und (noun f.; °; -ir): wound
allar ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
leit ‘saw’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
benja ‘of injuries’
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1. ben (noun f.; °-jar, dat. -; -jar , gen. -a(var. EiðKrC 402¹³: AM 77 4° D)): wound
kennings
sveita benja.‘the sweat of injuries.’
= BLOOD
the sweat of injuries. → BLOOD
sveita ‘the sweat’
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sveiti (noun m.; °-a): blood
kennings
sveita benja.‘the sweat of injuries.’
= BLOOD
the sweat of injuries. → BLOOD
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There are many, very distressful [lit. tearful] words of Mary, the mighty mother of the Lord [= Mary], to explain to people, and the pure lady again later proceeded to tell such things: ‘It was for me just as if a bright sword were to stand through my heart when I saw all Jesus’ wounds with the sweat of injuries [BLOOD].
[5-8]: Cf. Mar (1871, 1006): ok syrgda ek þa suo hormuliga, at eingi er sꜳ lifandi madr ꜳ jardriki, er þar megi fra segia, ok uar þat eigi undr, þuiat ek sꜳ hlaupanda fra honum fiora blodlæki bædi af haundum ok fotum ‘and I then lamented so sorely that there is no living person on earth who can describe it, and that was not a marvel, because I saw four rivulets of blood running both from his hands and feet’.
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