Anon Mgr 33VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 33’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 782.
Heyri ‘hear’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
þjóð ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
er ‘’
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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
hýrlig ‘friendly’
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hýrligr (adj.): [friendly]
sagði ‘said’
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segja (verb): say, tell
merkja ‘of symbols’
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1. merki (noun n.; °-s: -): banner, sign
kennings
stýri merkja:‘to the controller of symbols: ’
= BISHOP = Augustine
to the controller of symbols: → BISHOP = Augustine
notes
[2] stýri merkja ‘the controller of symbols [BISHOP = Augustine]’: Merkja ‘of symbols’ is taken here as a reference to the duties of a bishop (so also Wrightson). LP: merki 3 translates the word as ‘celestial bodies’ and takes stýrir merkja as a reference to ‘God’ (see stýrir 1), although the phrase is translated as ‘bishop’ in Skj B. Skald emends merkja ‘of symbols’ to klerka ‘of clerics’.
stýri ‘to the controller’
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stýrir (noun m.): ruler, controller
kennings
stýri merkja:‘to the controller of symbols: ’
= BISHOP = Augustine
to the controller of symbols: → BISHOP = Augustine
notes
[2] stýri merkja ‘the controller of symbols [BISHOP = Augustine]’: Merkja ‘of symbols’ is taken here as a reference to the duties of a bishop (so also Wrightson). LP: merki 3 translates the word as ‘celestial bodies’ and takes stýrir merkja as a reference to ‘God’ (see stýrir 1), although the phrase is translated as ‘bishop’ in Skj B. Skald emends merkja ‘of symbols’ to klerka ‘of clerics’.
Skynlaus ‘inanimate’
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skynlauss (adj.): [inanimate]
óaðiz ‘was afraid at’
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óa (verb): fear, be afraid at
skaparans ‘of the Creator’
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skapari (noun m.; °-a): (the) creator
dauða ‘the death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
skepna ‘creation’
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skepna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): creation
öll ‘All’
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allr (adj.): all
með ‘along with’
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með (prep.): with
konum ‘women’
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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
köllum ‘men’
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karl (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): (old) man
Hristiz ‘shook’
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hrista (verb): shake
jörð ‘The earth’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
björgin ‘mountains’
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bjarg (noun n.; °-s; *-): mountain, cliff
brustu ‘shattered’
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1. bresta (verb; °brestr; brast, brustu; brostinn): burst, split
beimar ‘men’
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beimi (noun m.; °; -ar): man
áttu ‘had’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
notes
[6] áttu ‘had’: Skald emends to höfðu ‘had’ (misprint?).
dimt ‘darkness’
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dimmr (adj.; °superl. -astr): dark
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
heimi ‘the world’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
jafnvel ‘likewise’
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jafnvel (adv.): [likewise, equally]
notes
[7]: The l. lacks internal rhyme.
notes
[7]: The l. lacks internal rhyme.
sólin ‘sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
notes
[7]: The l. lacks internal rhyme.
sæta ‘the sweet’
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sœtr (adj.): sweet
notes
[7]: The l. lacks internal rhyme.
sína ‘its’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
birti ‘brightness’
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birti (noun f.; °-): brightness
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
mátti ‘could’
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mega (verb): may, might
ei ‘not’
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3. ei (adv.): not
skína ‘shine’
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skína (verb): shine
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Let people hear what friendly, holy Mary said to the controller of symbols [BISHOP = Augustine]: ‘All inanimate creation, along with women and men, was afraid at the death of the Creator. The earth shook and mountains shattered; men had darkness [lit. had (it) dark] in the world; the sweet sun likewise lost its brightness and could not shine.
Cf. Mar (1871, xvii): Ek kende iorðina pipra vndir fotum mer. enn solina felandi sig … Biorgin brvsto i sundr ‘I felt the earth shake beneath my feet, and the sun was hiding itself … The mountains burst asunder’. See also Matt. XXVII.51.
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