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Anon Mgr 32^VII

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 32’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 781-2.

Anonymous Poems Drápa af Máríugrát

Ítarligr* ‘glorious’

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ítarligr (adj.): magnificent

[1] Ítar*ligr: ‘Itartligur’ 713

notes

[1]: Wrightson takes this l. as a separate cl. (‘He is magnificent and more excellent than all’).

og ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

notes

[1]: Wrightson takes this l. as a separate cl. (‘He is magnificent and more excellent than all’).

öllum ‘than all’

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allr (adj.): all

notes

[1]: Wrightson takes this l. as a separate cl. (‘He is magnificent and more excellent than all’).

mætri ‘more splendid’

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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected

notes

[1]: Wrightson takes this l. as a separate cl. (‘He is magnificent and more excellent than all’).

ár ‘prosperity’

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2. ár (noun n.; °-s; -): year, year’s abundance

og ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

friðr ‘peace’

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friðr (noun m.): peace

sie ‘may there be’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

skapara ‘Creator’

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skapari (noun m.; °-a): (the) creator

várum ‘for our’

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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our

máttugr ‘mighty’

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máttigr (adj.; °compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): mighty

giefr ‘gives’

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gefa (verb): give

inn ‘The’

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2. inn (art.): the

mildi ‘generous’

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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous

dróttinn ‘Lord’

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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master

móður ‘mother’

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móðir (noun f.): mother

sinni ‘his’

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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)

alt ‘everything’

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allr (adj.): all

ið ‘’

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2. inn (art.): the

góða ‘good’

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góðr (adj.): good

Yfirþjóðkonungs ‘of the supreme king’

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yfirþjóðkonungr (noun m.): supreme king

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

kennings

móðir yfirþjóðkonungs allra jöfra
‘mother of the supreme king of all princes ’
= Mary
the supreme king of all princes → God
mother of GOD → Mary

Yfirþjóðkonungs ‘of the supreme king’

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yfirþjóðkonungr (noun m.): supreme king

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

kennings

móðir yfirþjóðkonungs allra jöfra
‘mother of the supreme king of all princes ’
= Mary
the supreme king of all princes → God
mother of GOD → Mary

allra ‘of all’

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allr (adj.): all

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

kennings

móðir yfirþjóðkonungs allra jöfra
‘mother of the supreme king of all princes ’
= Mary
the supreme king of all princes → God
mother of GOD → Mary

allra ‘of all’

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allr (adj.): all

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

kennings

móðir yfirþjóðkonungs allra jöfra
‘mother of the supreme king of all princes ’
= Mary
the supreme king of all princes → God
mother of GOD → Mary

jöfra ‘princes’

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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

kennings

móðir yfirþjóðkonungs allra jöfra
‘mother of the supreme king of all princes ’
= Mary
the supreme king of all princes → God
mother of GOD → Mary

jöfra ‘princes’

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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

kennings

móðir yfirþjóðkonungs allra jöfra
‘mother of the supreme king of all princes ’
= Mary
the supreme king of all princes → God
mother of GOD → Mary

öllu ‘everything’

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allr (adj.): all

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

góðu ‘good’

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góðr (adj.): good

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

himna ‘of the heavens’

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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

höllu ‘the hall’

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1. hǫll (noun f.; °hallar, dat. -u/-; hallir): hall

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

ræðr ‘rules’

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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

og ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

stýrir ‘governs’

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stýra (verb): steer, control

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

mær ‘The Virgin’

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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

og ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

móðir ‘mother’

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móðir (noun f.): mother

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

kennings

móðir yfirþjóðkonungs allra jöfra
‘mother of the supreme king of all princes ’
= Mary
the supreme king of all princes → God
mother of GOD → Mary

Máría ‘Mary’

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María (noun f.): Mary

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

sæl ‘blessed’

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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

hjá ‘next to’

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hjá (prep.): beside, with

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

dróttni ‘Lord’

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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

várum ‘our’

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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our

[5-8] abbrev. as ‘Yfir þiod konungs alra.’ 713

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[5-8]: For the refrain, see 28/5-8.

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