Anon Mgr 20VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 20’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 774.
Ítarligr ‘The glorious’
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ítarligr (adj.): magnificent
kennings
Ítarligr, blessaðr þeingill grundar eingla‘The glorious, blessed lord of the land of angels ’
= God
the land of angels → SKY/HEAVEN
The glorious, blessed lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
öllum ‘than everyone’
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allr (adj.): all
betri ‘better’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
eingla ‘of angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
kennings
Ítarligr, blessaðr þeingill grundar eingla‘The glorious, blessed lord of the land of angels ’
= God
the land of angels → SKY/HEAVEN
The glorious, blessed lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
eingla ‘of angels’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
kennings
Ítarligr, blessaðr þeingill grundar eingla‘The glorious, blessed lord of the land of angels ’
= God
the land of angels → SKY/HEAVEN
The glorious, blessed lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
grundar ‘of the land’
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
kennings
Ítarligr, blessaðr þeingill grundar eingla‘The glorious, blessed lord of the land of angels ’
= God
the land of angels → SKY/HEAVEN
The glorious, blessed lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[2] grundar ‘of the land’: Skj B construes this word as a determinant in stillis leiftra ‘of the prince of lightnings’ where grundar leiftra ‘of the land of lightnings’ is taken as a kenning for ‘heaven’. This creates a convoluted w.o. (see NN §1669), but kennings of a similar type to those proposed in Skj B are by no means unprecedented; cf. Meissner, 380-4.
grundar ‘of the land’
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
kennings
Ítarligr, blessaðr þeingill grundar eingla‘The glorious, blessed lord of the land of angels ’
= God
the land of angels → SKY/HEAVEN
The glorious, blessed lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[2] grundar ‘of the land’: Skj B construes this word as a determinant in stillis leiftra ‘of the prince of lightnings’ where grundar leiftra ‘of the land of lightnings’ is taken as a kenning for ‘heaven’. This creates a convoluted w.o. (see NN §1669), but kennings of a similar type to those proposed in Skj B are by no means unprecedented; cf. Meissner, 380-4.
blessaðr ‘blessed’
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blessa (verb): bless
kennings
Ítarligr, blessaðr þeingill grundar eingla‘The glorious, blessed lord of the land of angels ’
= God
the land of angels → SKY/HEAVEN
The glorious, blessed lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
þeingill ‘lord’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
kennings
Ítarligr, blessaðr þeingill grundar eingla‘The glorious, blessed lord of the land of angels ’
= God
the land of angels → SKY/HEAVEN
The glorious, blessed lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
lýðr ‘people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
er ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
allur ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
leiftra ‘of lightnings’
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2. leiptr (noun f.): lightning
kennings
stillis leiftra.‘of the prince of lightnings. ’
= God
the prince of lightnings. → God
stillis ‘of the prince’
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stillir (noun m.): ruler
kennings
stillis leiftra.‘of the prince of lightnings. ’
= God
the prince of lightnings. → God
lofi ‘praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission
dýrligstu ‘the most precious’
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dýrligr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. -astr/-(a)st-): glorious, precious
skyldr ‘obliged’
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2. skyldr (adj.): obliged
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
ofra ‘lift up’
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ofra (verb): raise up, exalt
hlutum ‘things’
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hlutr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ir, acc. -i/-u): part, thing
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
æðri ‘more distinguished’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
sælli ‘blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
eilífligastr ‘The most eternal’
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eilífligr (adj.): eternal
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
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
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
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
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
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...
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
sie ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
dýrð ‘glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
himni ‘heaven’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
jörðu ‘on earth’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
hæri ‘higher’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
gjörvalt ‘everything’
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gǫrvallr (adj.): everything
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
annað ‘else’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
[5-8] ‘’ abbrev. as ‘Avllum hlutum er ædri ok.’ 713
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The glorious, blessed lord of the land of angels [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] is better than everyone; all people are obliged to lift up the most precious praise of the prince of lightnings [= God]. The most eternal ordainer of creation [= God] is more distinguished and blessed than all things; glory be to him in heaven and on earth; he is higher than everything else.
[5-8]: For this refrain, see 16/5-8.
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