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Anon Mgr 44^VII

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 44’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 790.

Anonymous Poems Drápa af Máríugrát

Finn ‘find’

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2. finna (verb): find, meet

eg ‘I’

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

minn ‘my’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

þann ‘that’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

fögnuð ‘joy’

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fǫgnuðr (noun m.; °fagnaðar; fagnaðir): joy

annan ‘second’

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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second

fæddi ‘gave birth to’

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2. fœða (verb): to feed, give food to, bring up, bear, give birth to

eg ‘I’

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

Krist ‘Christ’

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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ

er ‘who’

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

heiminn ‘the world’

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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world

græddi ‘delivered’

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grœða (verb): heal

jóla ‘on Christmas’

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jól (noun n.; °; -): midwinter feast < jólanátt (noun f.)

notes

[3-4]: Wrightson assigns the phrases að vilja eins guðs til prýði sálu öllum lýð ‘by the will of one God to the glory of the soul of all people’ to the previous rel. cl.

nótt ‘night’

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nátt (noun f.; °náttar/nǽtr, dat. -/-u; nǽtr): night < jólanátt (noun f.)

notes

[3-4]: Wrightson assigns the phrases að vilja eins guðs til prýði sálu öllum lýð ‘by the will of one God to the glory of the soul of all people’ to the previous rel. cl.

að ‘by’

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3. at (prep.): at, to

notes

[3-4]: Wrightson assigns the phrases að vilja eins guðs til prýði sálu öllum lýð ‘by the will of one God to the glory of the soul of all people’ to the previous rel. cl.

eins ‘of the one’

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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone

notes

[3-4]: Wrightson assigns the phrases að vilja eins guðs til prýði sálu öllum lýð ‘by the will of one God to the glory of the soul of all people’ to the previous rel. cl.

guðs ‘God’

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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God

notes

[3-4]: Wrightson assigns the phrases að vilja eins guðs til prýði sálu öllum lýð ‘by the will of one God to the glory of the soul of all people’ to the previous rel. cl.

vilja ‘the will’

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vili (noun m.; °-ja): will, wish

notes

[3-4]: Wrightson assigns the phrases að vilja eins guðs til prýði sálu öllum lýð ‘by the will of one God to the glory of the soul of all people’ to the previous rel. cl.

öllum ‘of all’

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allr (adj.): all

notes

[3-4]: Wrightson assigns the phrases að vilja eins guðs til prýði sálu öllum lýð ‘by the will of one God to the glory of the soul of all people’ to the previous rel. cl.

lýð ‘people’

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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people

notes

[3-4]: Wrightson assigns the phrases að vilja eins guðs til prýði sálu öllum lýð ‘by the will of one God to the glory of the soul of all people’ to the previous rel. cl.

til ‘for’

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til (prep.): to

notes

[3-4]: Wrightson assigns the phrases að vilja eins guðs til prýði sálu öllum lýð ‘by the will of one God to the glory of the soul of all people’ to the previous rel. cl.

sálu ‘of the soul’

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sál (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): soul

notes

[3-4]: Wrightson assigns the phrases að vilja eins guðs til prýði sálu öllum lýð ‘by the will of one God to the glory of the soul of all people’ to the previous rel. cl.

prýði ‘the glory’

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prýði (noun f.): finery, honour

notes

[3-4]: Wrightson assigns the phrases að vilja eins guðs til prýði sálu öllum lýð ‘by the will of one God to the glory of the soul of all people’ to the previous rel. cl.

Síðan ‘Then’

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síðan (adv.): later, then

reikna ‘count’

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reikna (verb): count, reckon

eg ‘I’

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

þann ‘that’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

inn ‘as the’

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2. inn (art.): the

þriðja ‘third’

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þriði (num. ordinal): third

þeyja ‘of warm winds’

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þeyr (noun m.; °; -jar/-ir): breeze, thawing wind

kennings

ítr ræsir borgar þeyja,
‘the splendid ruler of the stronghold of warm winds, ’
= God
the stronghold of warm winds, → SKY/HEAVEN
the splendid ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

þeyja ‘of warm winds’

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þeyr (noun m.; °; -jar/-ir): breeze, thawing wind

kennings

ítr ræsir borgar þeyja,
‘the splendid ruler of the stronghold of warm winds, ’
= God
the stronghold of warm winds, → SKY/HEAVEN
the splendid ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

borgar ‘of the stronghold’

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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold

kennings

ítr ræsir borgar þeyja,
‘the splendid ruler of the stronghold of warm winds, ’
= God
the stronghold of warm winds, → SKY/HEAVEN
the splendid ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

borgar ‘of the stronghold’

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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold

kennings

ítr ræsir borgar þeyja,
‘the splendid ruler of the stronghold of warm winds, ’
= God
the stronghold of warm winds, → SKY/HEAVEN
the splendid ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

páska ‘on Easter’

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páski (noun m.; °; -ar): Easter < páskamorginn (noun m.)

morginn ‘morning’

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morginn (noun m.; °morgins, dat. morgni; morgnar): morning < páskamorginn (noun m.)

ríkr ‘powerful’

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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich

og ‘and’

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

fróðr ‘wise’

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fróðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): wise

er ‘when’

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

notes

[7] er ‘when’: Wrightson treats this as the verbal form er (3rd pers. sg. pres. indic.) ‘is’ and takes it with ríkr og fróðr ‘(he) is powerful and wise’. According to that interpretation, which is less convincing from the point of view of w.o. and metre, the second cl. in the helmingr is a main cl. rather than a bound cl.

reis ‘rose’

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rísa (verb): rise, raise

af ‘from’

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af (prep.): from

dauða ‘death’

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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death

ræsir ‘ruler’

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ræsir (noun m.): ruler

kennings

ítr ræsir borgar þeyja,
‘the splendid ruler of the stronghold of warm winds, ’
= God
the stronghold of warm winds, → SKY/HEAVEN
the splendid ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

ítr ‘the splendid’

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ítr (adj.): glorious

kennings

ítr ræsir borgar þeyja,
‘the splendid ruler of the stronghold of warm winds, ’
= God
the stronghold of warm winds, → SKY/HEAVEN
the splendid ruler of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

sem ‘as’

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sem (conj.): as, which

mátta ‘could’

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mega (verb): may, might

eg ‘I’

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

líta ‘see’

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líta (verb): look, see; appear

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