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Anon Mgr 37^VII

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 37’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 784-5.

Anonymous Poems Drápa af Máríugrát

Veiti ‘grant’

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2. veita (verb): grant, give

hilmir ‘the prince’

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hilmir (noun m.): prince, protector

kennings

Hilmir vænnar stiettar bjartrar sólar
‘May the prince of the splendid path of the bright sun ’
= God
the splendid path of the bright sun → SKY/HEAVEN
May the prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

vænnar ‘of the splendid’

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vænn (adj.): beautiful, expected

kennings

Hilmir vænnar stiettar bjartrar sólar
‘May the prince of the splendid path of the bright sun ’
= God
the splendid path of the bright sun → SKY/HEAVEN
May the prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

vænnar ‘of the splendid’

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vænn (adj.): beautiful, expected

kennings

Hilmir vænnar stiettar bjartrar sólar
‘May the prince of the splendid path of the bright sun ’
= God
the splendid path of the bright sun → SKY/HEAVEN
May the prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

stiettar ‘path’

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stétt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): path

kennings

Hilmir vænnar stiettar bjartrar sólar
‘May the prince of the splendid path of the bright sun ’
= God
the splendid path of the bright sun → SKY/HEAVEN
May the prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

stiettar ‘path’

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stétt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): path

kennings

Hilmir vænnar stiettar bjartrar sólar
‘May the prince of the splendid path of the bright sun ’
= God
the splendid path of the bright sun → SKY/HEAVEN
May the prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

viðrkvæmilig ‘suitable’

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viðrkvæmiligr (adj.): [suitable]

orð ‘words’

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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

notes

[2] í slæminn ‘in the final part’: Slæmr is the last part in a tripartite poem (see Introduction and List of Technical Terms).

slæminn ‘the final part’

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slœmr (noun m.; °dat. -): conclusion

notes

[2] í slæminn ‘in the final part’: Slæmr is the last part in a tripartite poem (see Introduction and List of Technical Terms).

þetta ‘this’

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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this

kvæði ‘poem’

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kvæði (noun n.; °-s; -): poem

þinnar ‘of your’

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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your

móður ‘mother’s’

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móðir (noun f.): mother

þekk ‘a pleasing’

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þekkr (adj.): pleasing

notes

[4]: The l. lacks internal rhyme. A possible emendation would be to replace bjartrar sólar ‘of the bright sun’ with bjartra ljósa ‘of bright lights’.

kjósi ‘select’

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kjósa (verb): choose

notes

[4]: The l. lacks internal rhyme. A possible emendation would be to replace bjartrar sólar ‘of the bright sun’ with bjartra ljósa ‘of bright lights’.

smíð ‘structure’

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smíð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar): well-made, -crafted

notes

[4]: The l. lacks internal rhyme. A possible emendation would be to replace bjartrar sólar ‘of the bright sun’ with bjartra ljósa ‘of bright lights’.

bjartrar ‘of the bright’

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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright

kennings

Hilmir vænnar stiettar bjartrar sólar
‘May the prince of the splendid path of the bright sun ’
= God
the splendid path of the bright sun → SKY/HEAVEN
May the prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

[4]: The l. lacks internal rhyme. A possible emendation would be to replace bjartrar sólar ‘of the bright sun’ with bjartra ljósa ‘of bright lights’.

bjartrar ‘of the bright’

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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright

kennings

Hilmir vænnar stiettar bjartrar sólar
‘May the prince of the splendid path of the bright sun ’
= God
the splendid path of the bright sun → SKY/HEAVEN
May the prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

[4]: The l. lacks internal rhyme. A possible emendation would be to replace bjartrar sólar ‘of the bright sun’ with bjartra ljósa ‘of bright lights’.

sólar ‘sun’

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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun

kennings

Hilmir vænnar stiettar bjartrar sólar
‘May the prince of the splendid path of the bright sun ’
= God
the splendid path of the bright sun → SKY/HEAVEN
May the prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

[4]: The l. lacks internal rhyme. A possible emendation would be to replace bjartrar sólar ‘of the bright sun’ with bjartra ljósa ‘of bright lights’.

sólar ‘sun’

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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun

kennings

Hilmir vænnar stiettar bjartrar sólar
‘May the prince of the splendid path of the bright sun ’
= God
the splendid path of the bright sun → SKY/HEAVEN
May the prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

notes

[4]: The l. lacks internal rhyme. A possible emendation would be to replace bjartrar sólar ‘of the bright sun’ with bjartra ljósa ‘of bright lights’.

Enn ‘Again’

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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again

hlýð ‘listen’

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2. hlýða (verb): hear, listen; be able

mier ‘to me’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

kvað ‘said’

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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet

Jésús ‘of Jesus’

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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus

kennings

gæzkumild móðir Jésús,
‘the beneficent [lit. good-will generous] mother of Jesus, ’
= Mary
the beneficent [lit. good-will generous] mother of Jesus, → Mary

móðir ‘mother’

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móðir (noun f.): mother

kennings

gæzkumild móðir Jésús,
‘the beneficent [lit. good-will generous] mother of Jesus, ’
= Mary
the beneficent [lit. good-will generous] mother of Jesus, → Mary

Ögustínus ‘Augustine’

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Augustinus (noun m.): Augustine

notes

[6] Ögustínus ‘Augustine’: (‘Augustínus’ 713.) For this form, see Note to 4/2.

er ‘who’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

tárin ‘tears’

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tár (noun n.; °; -): tear

fögru ‘fair’

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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful

gæzku ‘the beneficent [lit. good’

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gœzka (noun f.): goodness < gœzkumildr (adj.)

kennings

gæzkumild móðir Jésús,
‘the beneficent [lit. good-will generous] mother of Jesus, ’
= Mary
the beneficent [lit. good-will generous] mother of Jesus, → Mary

notes

[7] gæzkumild (f. nom. sg. adj.) ‘beneficent’: The present edn follows Skald (see NN §3355). Skj B and Wrightson take the adj. as n. acc. pl. and construe it with tárin fögru ‘fair tears’ (l. 6).

mild ‘will generous]’

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

kennings

gæzkumild móðir Jésús,
‘the beneficent [lit. good-will generous] mother of Jesus, ’
= Mary
the beneficent [lit. good-will generous] mother of Jesus, → Mary

notes

[7] gæzkumild (f. nom. sg. adj.) ‘beneficent’: The present edn follows Skald (see NN §3355). Skj B and Wrightson take the adj. as n. acc. pl. and construe it with tárin fögru ‘fair tears’ (l. 6).

að ‘so that’

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4. at (conj.): that

greina ‘divulge’

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greina (verb): explain, divide

skyldig ‘I should’

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skulu (verb): shall, should, must

gaft ‘gave’

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gefa (verb): give

út ‘forth’

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út (adv.): out(side)

fyrir ‘before’

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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of

þier ‘you’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

leynda ‘secret’

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1. leyna (verb): hide, conceal

krafta ‘marvels’

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1. kraftr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/- ; -ar): power

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Veiti hilmir vænnar stiettar
viðrkvæmilig orð í slæminn
—þetta kvæði þinnar móður
þekk kjósi smíð— bjartrar sólar.
‘Enn hlýð mier,’ kvað Jésús móðir,
‘Ögustínus, er tárin fögru,’
gæzku mild, ‘að greina skyldig,
gaft út, fyrir þier leynda krafta.

Veiti hilmir vænnar stiettar
viðrkvæmilig orð í slæminn
—þetta kvæði þinnar móður
þekk kjósi smíð— bjartrar sólar.
‘Enn hlýð mier,’ kvað Jésús móðir,
‘Ögustínus, er tárin fögru,’
gæzku mild, ‘að greina skyldig,
gaft út, fyrir þier leynda krafta.

Hilmir vænnar stiettar bjartrar sólar veiti viðrkvæmilig orð í slæminn; þekk smíð kjósi þetta kvæði móður þinnar. ‘Enn hlýð mier,’ kvað gæzku mild móðir Jésús, ‘Ögustínus, er gaft út tárin fögru, að skyldig greina leynda krafta fyrir þier.

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