Anon Mgr 25VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 25’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 777.
Heyrið ‘Hear’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
er ‘with which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
heilug ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
hjálpar ‘salvation’
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hjǫlp (noun f.; °hjalpar; hjalpir/hjalpar): help, salvation < hjalparglaðr (adj.)
gladdan ‘cheered’
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2. glaðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad < hjalparglaðr (adj.)
Jésúm ‘Jesus’
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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus
kvaddi ‘greeted’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
Skjöldungr ‘Lord’
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skjǫldungr (noun m.): king
kennings
‘Skjöldungr hauðrs skýja,‘‘Lord of the land of clouds, ’
= God
the land of clouds, → SKY/HEAVEN
‘Lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
lát ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
mig ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
skilja ‘part’
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1. skilja (verb): separate, understand
aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
skýja ‘of clouds’
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ský (noun n.; °-s; -): cloud
kennings
‘Skjöldungr hauðrs skýja,‘‘Lord of the land of clouds, ’
= God
the land of clouds, → SKY/HEAVEN
‘Lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
skýja ‘of clouds’
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ský (noun n.; °-s; -): cloud
kennings
‘Skjöldungr hauðrs skýja,‘‘Lord of the land of clouds, ’
= God
the land of clouds, → SKY/HEAVEN
‘Lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
hauðrs ‘of the land’
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hauðr (noun n.): earth, ground
kennings
‘Skjöldungr hauðrs skýja,‘‘Lord of the land of clouds, ’
= God
the land of clouds, → SKY/HEAVEN
‘Lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[4]: Skald inserts the excrescent -u- in hauðrs ‘of the land’ (hauðurs) and deletes lífs nie ‘alive or’. Those emendations are unnecessary, because the l. is metrical as it stands in the ms.
hauðrs ‘of the land’
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hauðr (noun n.): earth, ground
kennings
‘Skjöldungr hauðrs skýja,‘‘Lord of the land of clouds, ’
= God
the land of clouds, → SKY/HEAVEN
‘Lord of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
notes
[4]: Skald inserts the excrescent -u- in hauðrs ‘of the land’ (hauðurs) and deletes lífs nie ‘alive or’. Those emendations are unnecessary, because the l. is metrical as it stands in the ms.
við ‘from’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
þig ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
lífs ‘alive’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
notes
[4]: Skald inserts the excrescent -u- in hauðrs ‘of the land’ (hauðurs) and deletes lífs nie ‘alive or’. Those emendations are unnecessary, because the l. is metrical as it stands in the ms.
nie ‘or’
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né (conj.): nor
notes
[4]: Skald inserts the excrescent -u- in hauðrs ‘of the land’ (hauðurs) and deletes lífs nie ‘alive or’. Those emendations are unnecessary, because the l. is metrical as it stands in the ms.
dauðan ‘dead’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
Er ‘is to be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
vón ‘expected’
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ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
unni ‘should love’
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1. unna (verb): love
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
meira ‘more’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
eingietnum ‘only-begotten’
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eingetinn (adj.): only-begotten
syni ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
Kristi ‘Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
hreinum ‘the pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
en ‘than’
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4. en (conj.): than
sprund ‘women’
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sprund (noun f.): woman
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
ala ‘bear’
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ala (verb; °elr; ól, ólu; alinn): to beget, produce, procreate
með ‘in’
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með (prep.): with
syndum ‘sins’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
eldi ‘children’
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eldi (noun n.): fire
sín ‘their’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
harm ‘sorrow’
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1. harmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sorrow, grief
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
pínu ‘torment’
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1. pína (noun f.; °-u; -ur): torment
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Hear that with which holy Mary greeted salvation-cheered Jesus: ‘Lord of the land of clouds [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)], let me never part from you alive or dead. It is to be expected, that I should love my only-begotten son, the pure Christ, more than those women who bear their children in sins with sorrow and torment.’
The content of this st. is mirrored in a lengthy speech by Mary in Mar (1871, 1007).
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