Anon Mgr 4VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 4’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 762.
Alloft ‘Very often’
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alloft (adv.): [Very often]
[1] Alloft: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, 713FJ, ‘Al[...]’ 713
beiddi ‘asked’
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beiða (verb; °-dd-): ask, request
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
elsku ‘loving’
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1. elska (noun f.; °-u): love < elskufullr (adj.): °full of love, loving
Ögustínus ‘Augustine’
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Augustinus (noun m.): Augustine
[2] Ögustínus (‘Augustínus’): so 1032ˣ, 713FJ, ‘Augustin[...]’ 713, ‘Augustín’ 920ˣ
notes
[2] Ögustínus ‘Augustine’: The mss give the first syllable as ‘Aug-’ but the short vowel <ö> is required by the metre (resolution in position one) as well as by the internal rhyme (Ög- : -ög-). The form must be derived from Vulgar Lat. Agustinus ‘Augustine’.
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
[2] með bænum fögrum: so 1032ˣ, með bænum at vitraz with fögrum crossed out 920ˣ, ‘[...]’ 713FJ, ‘med bæn.. fo᷎grum’ 713FJ
bænum ‘prayers’
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bœn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): request, prayer
[2] með bænum fögrum: so 1032ˣ, með bænum at vitraz with fögrum crossed out 920ˣ, ‘[...]’ 713FJ, ‘med bæn.. fo᷎grum’ 713FJ
fögrum ‘fair’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
[2] með bænum fögrum: so 1032ˣ, með bænum at vitraz with fögrum crossed out 920ˣ, ‘[...]’ 713FJ, ‘med bæn.. fo᷎grum’ 713FJ
Máríu ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
öllu ‘than anything’
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allr (adj.): all
[3] öllu: so 1032ˣ, 713FJ, ‘[...]llu’ 713, öllum 920ˣ
fegri ‘fairer’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
frægri ‘more famous’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
af ‘with’
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af (prep.): from
spekt ‘wisdom’
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spekð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): wisdom
[4] spekt: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, 713FJ, ‘[...]’ 713
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
[4] að vitraz: so 1032ˣ, ‘[...]’ 713, 713FJ, ‘at vitrạẓṭ’ 920ˣ
vitraz ‘reveal herself’
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2. vitra (verb): appear, reveal
[4] að vitraz: so 1032ˣ, ‘[...]’ 713, 713FJ, ‘at vitrạẓṭ’ 920ˣ
skyldi ‘should’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
[4] skyldi: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, 713FJ, ‘skyld[...]’ 713
Kunna ‘to be able’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
vildi ‘wanted’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
[5] vildi: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, 713FJ, ‘vild[...]’ 713
af ‘about’
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af (prep.): from
harmi ‘grief’
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1. harmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sorrow, grief
hennar ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hann ‘He’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
skýra ‘explain’
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1. skýra (verb): explain, interpret
[6] skýra: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, 713FJ, ‘ský[...]’ 713
þjóð ‘to people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
[6] þjóð: ‘[...]’ 713, ‘bíod’ 1032ˣ, ‘bjoð’ 920ˣ, þjóð 713FJ
ið ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
[6] ið sanna: so 1032ˣ, ‘[...]’ 713, 713FJ, ‘ẹð̣. ṣạṇṇạ’ 920ˣ
sanna ‘truth’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
[6] ið sanna: so 1032ˣ, ‘[...]’ 713, 713FJ, ‘ẹð̣. ṣạṇṇạ’ 920ˣ
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
hon ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
fekk ‘received’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
að ‘when’
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4. at (conj.): that
þeingill ‘the lord’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
kennings
þeingill himna‘the lord of the heavens ’
= God
the lord of the heavens → God
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
þeingill himna‘the lord of the heavens ’
= God
the lord of the heavens → God
þoldi ‘suffered’
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þola (verb): suffer, endure
nauð ‘distress’
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neyð (noun f.; °dat. -): need, distress
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
písl ‘torment’
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písl (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar(Maurit 650²²)): torture
til ‘until’
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til (prep.): to
[8] til dauða: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, ‘[...]’ 713, ‘til dau..’ 713FJ
dauða ‘death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
[8] til dauða: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, ‘[...]’ 713, ‘til dau..’ 713FJ
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Very often the loving Augustine, filled with wisdom, asked Mary, fairer and more famous than anything, with fair prayers, that she should reveal herself. He wanted to be able to explain to people the truth about her grief, that which she received when the lord of the heavens [= God (= Christ)] suffered distress and torment until death.
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