Anon Mgr 22VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 22’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 775.
Bragnings ‘of the lord’
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bragningr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
kennings
Signuð brúðrin bragnings hválfs byrjar‘The blessed bride of the lord of the vault of fair wind ’
= Mary
the vault of fair wind → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
The blessed bride of GOD → Mary
Bragnings ‘of the lord’
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bragningr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
kennings
Signuð brúðrin bragnings hválfs byrjar‘The blessed bride of the lord of the vault of fair wind ’
= Mary
the vault of fair wind → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
The blessed bride of GOD → Mary
talar ‘speaks’
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3. tala (verb): speak, talk
svá ‘thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
brúðrin ‘bride’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
kennings
Signuð brúðrin bragnings hválfs byrjar‘The blessed bride of the lord of the vault of fair wind ’
= Mary
the vault of fair wind → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
The blessed bride of GOD → Mary
signuð ‘The blessed’
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2. signa (verb): bless, consecrate
kennings
Signuð brúðrin bragnings hválfs byrjar‘The blessed bride of the lord of the vault of fair wind ’
= Mary
the vault of fair wind → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
The blessed bride of GOD → Mary
byrjar ‘of fair wind’
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byrr (noun m.; °-jar/-s; -ir, acc. -i/-u(SigrVal 188¹³)): favourable wind
kennings
Signuð brúðrin bragnings hválfs byrjar‘The blessed bride of the lord of the vault of fair wind ’
= Mary
the vault of fair wind → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
The blessed bride of GOD → Mary
byrjar ‘of fair wind’
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byrr (noun m.; °-jar/-s; -ir, acc. -i/-u(SigrVal 188¹³)): favourable wind
kennings
Signuð brúðrin bragnings hválfs byrjar‘The blessed bride of the lord of the vault of fair wind ’
= Mary
the vault of fair wind → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
The blessed bride of GOD → Mary
byrjar ‘of fair wind’
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byrr (noun m.; °-jar/-s; -ir, acc. -i/-u(SigrVal 188¹³)): favourable wind
kennings
Signuð brúðrin bragnings hválfs byrjar‘The blessed bride of the lord of the vault of fair wind ’
= Mary
the vault of fair wind → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
The blessed bride of GOD → Mary
hválfs ‘of the vault’
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hvalf (noun n.): vault, coffin
kennings
Signuð brúðrin bragnings hválfs byrjar‘The blessed bride of the lord of the vault of fair wind ’
= Mary
the vault of fair wind → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
The blessed bride of GOD → Mary
hválfs ‘of the vault’
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hvalf (noun n.): vault, coffin
kennings
Signuð brúðrin bragnings hválfs byrjar‘The blessed bride of the lord of the vault of fair wind ’
= Mary
the vault of fair wind → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
The blessed bride of GOD → Mary
hválfs ‘of the vault’
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hvalf (noun n.): vault, coffin
kennings
Signuð brúðrin bragnings hválfs byrjar‘The blessed bride of the lord of the vault of fair wind ’
= Mary
the vault of fair wind → SKY/HEAVEN
the lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
The blessed bride of GOD → Mary
af ‘for’
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af (prep.): from
sinni ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
álfu ‘part’
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halfa (noun f.; °*-u; *-ur): [part, twice]
full ‘full’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete
miskunnar ‘of mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
frægri ‘more famous’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
[3] frægri allri: ‘fr[...]ri[...]’ 713, ‘frægri allrí’ 1032ˣ, ‘frægri öllum’ with ‘a…’ added above the line 920ˣ
allri ‘than the entire’
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allr (adj.): all
[3] frægri allri: ‘fr[...]ri[...]’ 713, ‘frægri allrí’ 1032ˣ, ‘frægri öllum’ with ‘a…’ added above the line 920ˣ
fljóða ‘of women’
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fljóð (noun n.): woman
sveit ‘host’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
við ‘to’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
skírðar ‘baptised’
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skíra (verb): baptise, purify
þjóðir ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
Hvar ‘Where’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
viti ‘know’
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1. vita (verb): know
þier ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
harm ‘grief’
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1. harmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sorrow, grief
ber ‘bears’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
meiri ‘more’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
[5] meiri: ‘[...]’ 713, ‘meiri’ 1032ˣ, Máría 920ˣ
heimligt ‘an earthly’
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heimligr (adj.): [an earthly]
[6] heimligt: so 1032ˣ, ‘[...]t’ 713, heilagt 920ˣ
fljóð ‘woman’
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fljóð (noun n.): woman
en ‘than’
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4. en (conj.): than
dróttins ‘of the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kennings
móðir dróttins;‘the mother of the Lord; ’
= Mary
the mother of the Lord; → Mary
móðir ‘the mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
kennings
móðir dróttins;‘the mother of the Lord; ’
= Mary
the mother of the Lord; → Mary
að ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
að ‘’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
sönnu ‘indeed’
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1. sannr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i;): true
sönnu ‘indeed’
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1. sannr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i;): true
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[7-8]: These ll. echo 17/5-7 (Simeon’s prophecy in the temple; see Notes to 17/5-7).
mier ‘for me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[7-8]: These ll. echo 17/5-7 (Simeon’s prophecy in the temple; see Notes to 17/5-7).
sem ‘as if’
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sem (conj.): as, which
notes
[7-8]: These ll. echo 17/5-7 (Simeon’s prophecy in the temple; see Notes to 17/5-7).
stálið ‘steel’
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1. stál (noun n.; °-s; -): steel, weapon, prow
notes
[7-8]: These ll. echo 17/5-7 (Simeon’s prophecy in the temple; see Notes to 17/5-7).
stinna ‘the rigid’
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stinnr (adj.): stiff, firm
notes
[7-8]: These ll. echo 17/5-7 (Simeon’s prophecy in the temple; see Notes to 17/5-7).
standi ‘stands’
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standa (verb): stand
[8] standi bjart í gegnum hjarta: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, ‘[...]ta’ 713
notes
[7-8]: These ll. echo 17/5-7 (Simeon’s prophecy in the temple; see Notes to 17/5-7).
bjart ‘bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
[8] standi bjart í gegnum hjarta: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, ‘[...]ta’ 713
notes
[7-8]: These ll. echo 17/5-7 (Simeon’s prophecy in the temple; see Notes to 17/5-7).
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
[8] standi bjart í gegnum hjarta: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, ‘[...]ta’ 713
notes
[7-8]: These ll. echo 17/5-7 (Simeon’s prophecy in the temple; see Notes to 17/5-7).
gegnum ‘through’
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gegnum (prep.): through
[8] standi bjart í gegnum hjarta: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, ‘[...]ta’ 713
notes
[7-8]: These ll. echo 17/5-7 (Simeon’s prophecy in the temple; see Notes to 17/5-7).
hjarta ‘heart’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
[8] standi bjart í gegnum hjarta: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, ‘[...]ta’ 713
notes
[7-8]: These ll. echo 17/5-7 (Simeon’s prophecy in the temple; see Notes to 17/5-7).
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The blessed bride of the lord of the vault of fair wind [SKY/HEAVEN > = God > = Mary] speaks thus for her part, full of mercy, more famous than the entire host of women, to baptised people: ‘Where do you know of an earthly woman who bears more grief than the mother of the Lord [= Mary]; indeed, it is for me as if the rigid steel stands bright through my heart.
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