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Anon Mgr 19^VII

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 19’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 773.

Anonymous Poems Drápa af Máríugrát

Píndr ‘tortured’

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3. pína (verb): torture, torment

notes

[1] Kristur var píndr, barðinn og bundinn: Cf. Anon Líkn 15/7-8: píndr var hann berr ok bundinn barðr.

var ‘was’

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

notes

[1] Kristur var píndr, barðinn og bundinn: Cf. Anon Líkn 15/7-8: píndr var hann berr ok bundinn barðr.

Kristur ‘Christ’

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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ

notes

[1] Kristur var píndr, barðinn og bundinn: Cf. Anon Líkn 15/7-8: píndr var hann berr ok bundinn barðr.

barðinn ‘beaten’

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2. berja (verb; °barði; barðr/bariðr/barinn): fight

notes

[1] Kristur var píndr, barðinn og bundinn: Cf. Anon Líkn 15/7-8: píndr var hann berr ok bundinn barðr.

og ‘and’

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

notes

[1] Kristur var píndr, barðinn og bundinn: Cf. Anon Líkn 15/7-8: píndr var hann berr ok bundinn barðr.

bundinn ‘bound’

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binda (verb; °bindr; batt/bant(cf. [$332$]), bundu; bundinn): bind, tie

notes

[1] Kristur var píndr, barðinn og bundinn: Cf. Anon Líkn 15/7-8: píndr var hann berr ok bundinn barðr.

blóðið ‘the blood’

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blóð (noun n.; °-s): blood

stökk ‘splattered’

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1. støkkva (verb): (str.) leap, spring; scatter

á ‘on’

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3. á (prep.): on, at

Jésús ‘of Jesus’

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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus

kennings

móður Jésús;
‘the mother of Jesus; ’
= Mary
the mother of Jesus; → Mary

móður ‘the mother’

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móðir (noun f.): mother

kennings

móður Jésús;
‘the mother of Jesus; ’
= Mary
the mother of Jesus; → Mary

gjörvöll ‘the entire’

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gǫrvallr (adj.): everything

leit ‘saw’

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líta (verb): look, see; appear

þá ‘then’

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2. þá (adv.): then

sæl ‘blissful’

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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed

og ‘and’

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

sætust ‘most sweet’

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sœtr (adj.): sweet

sárin ‘wounds’

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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound

dróttins ‘of the Lord’

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

blessuð ‘blessed’

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blessa (verb): bless

Máría ‘Mary’

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María (noun f.): Mary

Eingis ‘of any’

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2. engi (pron.): no, none

[5] Eingis: einskis 713

notes

[5] eingis ‘of any’: Lit. ‘of no’. Einskis ‘of any’ (lit. ‘of no’; so 713) leaves the l. with an imperfect internal rhyme (-einsk- : -ung-; see NN §1668).

manns ‘man’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

fær ‘can’

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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive

orkað ‘manage’

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2. orka (verb): manage, achieve

tunga ‘tongue’

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tunga (noun f.; °-u; -ur): tongue, language

jarðligs ‘earthly’

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jarðligr (adj.): earthly

[6] jarðligs: syndugs 713

notes

[6] jarðligs (m. gen. sg.) ‘earthly’: So Sperber. This emendation is conjectural, but supported by the wording of Mar (1871, 1006): at eingi er sꜳ lifandi madr ꜳ jardriki, er þar megi fra segia ‘that there is not a living person on earth who can describe it’ (see also 17 and Notes to 17). Syndugs (m. gen. sg.) ‘sinful’ (so 713 and Wrightson) makes sense both semantically and syntactically, but it is unmetrical (no vowel alliteration in position one). Skj B suggests andar (f. gen. sg.) ‘of the spirit’, which is taken with stríð og eymd ‘distress and anguish’ (l. 3), and Skald provides yndis mein ‘destruction of happiness’ as another object to bar ‘bore’ (l. 8).

nein ‘No’

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neinn (pron.): any, none

fyrir ‘before’

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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of

þjóð ‘people’

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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people

að ‘to’

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

greina ‘explain’

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greina (verb): explain, divide

stríð ‘the distress’

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2. stríð (noun n.; °-s; -): affliction

og ‘and’

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

eymd ‘anguish’

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eymð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): misery

er ‘which’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

mær ‘Virgin’

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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden

og ‘and’

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

móðir ‘mother’

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móðir (noun f.): mother

kennings

móðir gætis eingla
‘mother of the guardian of angels ’
= Mary
the guardian of angels → God
mother of GOD → Mary

* ‘’

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(non-lexical)

[8] * mætust: er mætust 713

notes

[8]: The l. begins with the conjunction er ‘which’ (deleted by all earlier eds), which is both extrametrical and in violation of syntax.

mætust ‘the most glorious’

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

[8] * mætust: er mætust 713

bar ‘bore’

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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry

þá ‘then’

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2. þá (adv.): then

eingla ‘of angels’

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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel

kennings

móðir gætis eingla
‘mother of the guardian of angels ’
= Mary
the guardian of angels → God
mother of GOD → Mary

eingla ‘of angels’

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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel

kennings

móðir gætis eingla
‘mother of the guardian of angels ’
= Mary
the guardian of angels → God
mother of GOD → Mary

gætis ‘of the guardian’

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gætir (noun m.): guardian

kennings

móðir gætis eingla
‘mother of the guardian of angels ’
= Mary
the guardian of angels → God
mother of GOD → Mary

gætis ‘of the guardian’

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gætir (noun m.): guardian

kennings

móðir gætis eingla
‘mother of the guardian of angels ’
= Mary
the guardian of angels → God
mother of GOD → Mary

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Píndr var Kristur, barðinn og bundinn;
blóðið stökk á Jésús móður;
gjörvöll leit þá sæl og sætust
sárin dróttins blessuð Máría.
Eingis manns fær orkað tunga
jarðligs nein fyrir þjóð að greina
stríð og eymd, er mær og móðir
* mætust bar þá eingla gætis.

Píndr var Kristur, barðinn og bundinn;
blóðið stökk á Jésús móður;
gjörvöll leit þá sæl og sætust
sárin dróttins blessuð Máría.
Eingis manns fær orkað tunga
jarðligs nein fyrir þjóð að greina
stríð og eymd, er mær og móðir
* mætust bar þá eingla gætis.

Kristur var píndr, barðinn og bundinn; blóðið stökk á móður Jésús; blessuð Máría, sæl og sætust, leit þá gjörvöll sárin dróttins. Nein tunga eingis jarðligs manns fær orkað að greina fyrir þjóð stríð og eymd, er * mætust mær og móðir gætis eingla bar þá.

Cf. also Mar (1871, xvii): Engin tunga mꜳ þar i nꜳkvæmð fra segia oc engin hvgr hyggia. hvat mitt hiarta þolþi þá. nema sá einn er mik skapaði ‘No tongue can remotely describe and no mind can imagine what my heart then suffered, except the one who created me’.

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