Anon Mgr 2VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 2’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 760-1.
Gjarna ‘very much’
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gjarna (adv.): readily
vilda ‘would like’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
hilmis ‘of the ruler’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
kennings
móður hilmis hlýrna;‘for the mother of the ruler of the sun and the moon; ’
= Mary
the ruler of the sun and the moon; → God
for the mother of GOD → Mary
hilmis ‘of the ruler’
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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector
kennings
móður hilmis hlýrna;‘for the mother of the ruler of the sun and the moon; ’
= Mary
the ruler of the sun and the moon; → God
for the mother of GOD → Mary
hlýrna ‘of the sun and the moon’
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hlýrnir (noun m.): heaven, heavenly body
kennings
móður hilmis hlýrna;‘for the mother of the ruler of the sun and the moon; ’
= Mary
the ruler of the sun and the moon; → God
for the mother of GOD → Mary
notes
[1] hlýrna (m. gen. pl.) ‘of the sun and the moon’: When used in the pl., hlýrn ‘sun’ or ‘moon’ refers to both celestial bodies.
hlýrna ‘of the sun and the moon’
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hlýrnir (noun m.): heaven, heavenly body
kennings
móður hilmis hlýrna;‘for the mother of the ruler of the sun and the moon; ’
= Mary
the ruler of the sun and the moon; → God
for the mother of GOD → Mary
notes
[1] hlýrna (m. gen. pl.) ‘of the sun and the moon’: When used in the pl., hlýrn ‘sun’ or ‘moon’ refers to both celestial bodies.
hróðr ‘praise’
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hróðr (noun m.): encomium, praise
dýrligan ‘precious’
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dýrligr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -astr/-(a)st-): glorious, precious
að ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
finna ‘to find’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
móður ‘for the mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
kennings
móður hilmis hlýrna;‘for the mother of the ruler of the sun and the moon; ’
= Mary
the ruler of the sun and the moon; → God
for the mother of GOD → Mary
vænti ‘hope’
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2. vænta (verb): hope, expect
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
hryggr ‘sorrowful’
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2. hryggr (adj.; °-van/-jan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri; superl. -astr): sorrowful, sad
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
verkann ‘the poem’
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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed
þiggi ‘may accept’
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þiggja (verb): receive, get
vandað ‘the adorned’
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vanda (verb): fashion, execute
notes
[4] vandað sæti heilags anda ‘the adorned seat of the Holy Spirit’: The Virgin Mary. For ‘seat’ or ‘throne’ as a base-word in circumlocutions for Mary, see Schottmann 1973, 55-7 and Salzer 1886-93, 38-9.
sæti ‘seat’
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2. sæti (noun n.; °-s; -): seat
notes
[4] vandað sæti heilags anda ‘the adorned seat of the Holy Spirit’: The Virgin Mary. For ‘seat’ or ‘throne’ as a base-word in circumlocutions for Mary, see Schottmann 1973, 55-7 and Salzer 1886-93, 38-9.
heilags ‘of the Holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
notes
[4] vandað sæti heilags anda ‘the adorned seat of the Holy Spirit’: The Virgin Mary. For ‘seat’ or ‘throne’ as a base-word in circumlocutions for Mary, see Schottmann 1973, 55-7 and Salzer 1886-93, 38-9.
anda ‘Spirit’
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andi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): spirit, soul
notes
[4] vandað sæti heilags anda ‘the adorned seat of the Holy Spirit’: The Virgin Mary. For ‘seat’ or ‘throne’ as a base-word in circumlocutions for Mary, see Schottmann 1973, 55-7 and Salzer 1886-93, 38-9.
Umgaupnandi ‘Encompasser’
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umgaupnandi (noun m.): [Encompasser]
kennings
Umgaupnandi allrar skepnu,‘Encompasser of all creation, ’
= God
Encompasser of all creation, → God
notes
[5] umgaupnandi allrar skepnu ‘encompasser of all creation [= God]’: Umgaupnandi ‘encompasser’ (nomen agentis) is formed from an unattested verb *gaupna um ‘hold in the palm of the hand’ (gaupn ‘palm of the hand’; see also Kálf Kátr 36/3 and Geisl 16/7).
allrar ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
kennings
Umgaupnandi allrar skepnu,‘Encompasser of all creation, ’
= God
Encompasser of all creation, → God
notes
[5] umgaupnandi allrar skepnu ‘encompasser of all creation [= God]’: Umgaupnandi ‘encompasser’ (nomen agentis) is formed from an unattested verb *gaupna um ‘hold in the palm of the hand’ (gaupn ‘palm of the hand’; see also Kálf Kátr 36/3 and Geisl 16/7).
skepnu ‘creation’
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skepna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): creation
kennings
Umgaupnandi allrar skepnu,‘Encompasser of all creation, ’
= God
Encompasser of all creation, → God
notes
[5] umgaupnandi allrar skepnu ‘encompasser of all creation [= God]’: Umgaupnandi ‘encompasser’ (nomen agentis) is formed from an unattested verb *gaupna um ‘hold in the palm of the hand’ (gaupn ‘palm of the hand’; see also Kálf Kátr 36/3 and Geisl 16/7).
orðið ‘the word’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
notes
[6]: Note that this even l. contains two alliterating staves (orðið ‘the word’; eg ‘I’).
gief ‘give’
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gefa (verb): give
notes
[6]: Note that this even l. contains two alliterating staves (orðið ‘the word’; eg ‘I’).
sem ‘which’
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sem (conj.): as, which
notes
[6]: Note that this even l. contains two alliterating staves (orðið ‘the word’; eg ‘I’).
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[6]: Note that this even l. contains two alliterating staves (orðið ‘the word’; eg ‘I’).
mun ‘may’
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munu (verb): will, must
notes
[6]: Note that this even l. contains two alliterating staves (orðið ‘the word’; eg ‘I’).
krefja ‘require’
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krefja (verb): request
notes
[6]: Note that this even l. contains two alliterating staves (orðið ‘the word’; eg ‘I’).
eitt ‘one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
eða ‘or’
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eða (conj.): or
tvau ‘two’
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tveir (num. cardinal): two
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
yrkja ‘compose’
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yrkja (verb): compose
mættig ‘I can’
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mega (verb): may, might
enn ‘again’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
notes
[8] enn sem fyrr ‘again as before’: This implies that the poet has composed poetry in honour of Mary before (see also Introduction to Anon Vitn).
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
notes
[8] enn sem fyrr ‘again as before’: This implies that the poet has composed poetry in honour of Mary before (see also Introduction to Anon Vitn).
fyrr ‘before’
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fyrr (adv.): before, sooner
notes
[8] enn sem fyrr ‘again as before’: This implies that the poet has composed poetry in honour of Mary before (see also Introduction to Anon Vitn).
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
dýrðar ‘glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
henni ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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I would like very much to find precious praise for the mother of the ruler of the sun and the moon [= God (= Christ) > = Mary]; I hope, sorrowful, that the adorned seat of the Holy Spirit may accept the poem. Encompasser of all creation [= God], give the word which I may require, one or two, so that I can compose again as before to her glory.
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