Anon Mgr 3VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 3’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 761.
Er ‘has’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
svá ‘Now’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
komið ‘happened’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
notes
[1, 2] að eg ætla meira þier ‘that I expect more from you’: The sense is that the poet expects more assistance from God to enable him to compose the poem (see Fritzner: ætla 9, citation from Njáls saga). Skj B and Skald emend meira (n. acc. sg.) ‘more’ to mæra (inf.) ‘praise’ (l. 1) and þier (m. dat. sg.) ‘from you’ to þik (m. acc. sg.) ‘you’ and read ‘that I intend to praise you’. Wrightson retains the ms. reading and translates the cl. as ‘that I intend more for you’, but the meaning of such a statement is unclear.
ætla ‘expect’
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ætla (verb): intend, mean, think
notes
[1, 2] að eg ætla meira þier ‘that I expect more from you’: The sense is that the poet expects more assistance from God to enable him to compose the poem (see Fritzner: ætla 9, citation from Njáls saga). Skj B and Skald emend meira (n. acc. sg.) ‘more’ to mæra (inf.) ‘praise’ (l. 1) and þier (m. dat. sg.) ‘from you’ to þik (m. acc. sg.) ‘you’ and read ‘that I intend to praise you’. Wrightson retains the ms. reading and translates the cl. as ‘that I intend more for you’, but the meaning of such a statement is unclear.
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[1, 2] að eg ætla meira þier ‘that I expect more from you’: The sense is that the poet expects more assistance from God to enable him to compose the poem (see Fritzner: ætla 9, citation from Njáls saga). Skj B and Skald emend meira (n. acc. sg.) ‘more’ to mæra (inf.) ‘praise’ (l. 1) and þier (m. dat. sg.) ‘from you’ to þik (m. acc. sg.) ‘you’ and read ‘that I intend to praise you’. Wrightson retains the ms. reading and translates the cl. as ‘that I intend more for you’, but the meaning of such a statement is unclear.
meira ‘more’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
notes
[1, 2] að eg ætla meira þier ‘that I expect more from you’: The sense is that the poet expects more assistance from God to enable him to compose the poem (see Fritzner: ætla 9, citation from Njáls saga). Skj B and Skald emend meira (n. acc. sg.) ‘more’ to mæra (inf.) ‘praise’ (l. 1) and þier (m. dat. sg.) ‘from you’ to þik (m. acc. sg.) ‘you’ and read ‘that I intend to praise you’. Wrightson retains the ms. reading and translates the cl. as ‘that I intend more for you’, but the meaning of such a statement is unclear.
öðlingur ‘prince’
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ǫðlingr (noun m.; °; -ar): prince, ruler
kennings
ítarligr öðlingur bjartra röðla,‘magnificent prince of bright suns, ’
= God
magnificent prince of bright suns, → God
þier ‘from you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
notes
[1, 2] að eg ætla meira þier ‘that I expect more from you’: The sense is that the poet expects more assistance from God to enable him to compose the poem (see Fritzner: ætla 9, citation from Njáls saga). Skj B and Skald emend meira (n. acc. sg.) ‘more’ to mæra (inf.) ‘praise’ (l. 1) and þier (m. dat. sg.) ‘from you’ to þik (m. acc. sg.) ‘you’ and read ‘that I intend to praise you’. Wrightson retains the ms. reading and translates the cl. as ‘that I intend more for you’, but the meaning of such a statement is unclear.
bjartra ‘of bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
kennings
ítarligr öðlingur bjartra röðla,‘magnificent prince of bright suns, ’
= God
magnificent prince of bright suns, → God
notes
[2] bjartra röðla ‘of bright suns’: Röðull means ‘sun’, but the pl. form used here could refer to the sun and the moon (so Wrightson; see Note to 2/1).
röðla ‘suns’
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rǫðull (noun m.; °dat. rǫðli): heavenly body
kennings
ítarligr öðlingur bjartra röðla,‘magnificent prince of bright suns, ’
= God
magnificent prince of bright suns, → God
notes
[2] bjartra röðla ‘of bright suns’: Röðull means ‘sun’, but the pl. form used here could refer to the sun and the moon (so Wrightson; see Note to 2/1).
ítarligr ‘magnificent’
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ítarligr (adj.): magnificent
kennings
ítarligr öðlingur bjartra röðla,‘magnificent prince of bright suns, ’
= God
magnificent prince of bright suns, → God
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
öllum ‘to all’
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allr (adj.): all
veitir ‘grants’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
yndis ‘of pleasure’
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ynði (noun n.; °-s): pleasure
gnógt ‘plenty’
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gnógr (adj.; °compar. gnógari/gnǿgri, superl. gnógastr/gnǿgstr): abundant
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
hafna ‘renounce’
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1. hafna (verb): abandon, reject
syndum ‘sins’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
Verð ‘become’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
mier ‘’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
að ‘with’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
aungu ‘any’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
orði ‘word’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
nema ‘unless’
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2. nema (conj.): unless
þið ‘you two’
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it (pron.; °gen. ykkar, dat./acc. ykkr): you (two)
vilið ‘will want’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
[6] vilið: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, ‘[...]í[...]ít’ 713
beina ‘to help’
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2. beina (verb; °-nd-): help
[6] beina: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, ‘[...]eina’ 713
sannur ‘true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
in ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
sælsta ‘most blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
[7] sælsta: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, ‘sæl[...]’ 713
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[8] sýta mun eg og: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, ‘[...]’ 713
iðraz ‘repent’
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iðra (verb): repent
lýta ‘faults’
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2. lýti (noun n.; °-s; -): fault, sin
[8] lýta: so 920ˣ, ‘[...]’ 713, ‘lita’ 1032ˣ
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Now it has happened that I expect more from you, magnificent prince of bright suns [= God], who grants plenty of pleasure to all if they renounce sins. I cannot become self-sufficient with any word, unless you two will want to help, true God and the most blessed mother; I will lament and repent my faults.
[5-8]: These ll. recall Leið 34/7-8.
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