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Anon Mgr 49^VII

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 49’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 793.

Anonymous Poems Drápa af Máríugrát

Þurt ‘dry’

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þurr (adj.): dry

er ‘is’

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

mier ‘my’

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

í ‘’

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í (prep.): in, into

hring ‘around’

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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword

um ‘’

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1. um (prep.): about, around

hjarta ‘heart’

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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart

hvarma ‘of the eyelids’

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hvarmr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): eyelid

kennings

lón hvarma
‘the pool of the eyelids ’
= TEARS
the pool of the eyelids → TEARS

lón ‘the pool’

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2. lón (noun n.; °-s; -): lagoon

kennings

lón hvarma
‘the pool of the eyelids ’
= TEARS
the pool of the eyelids → TEARS

þó ‘although’

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þó (adv.): though

að ‘’

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4. at (conj.): that

renni ‘runs’

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2. renna (verb): run (strong)

af ‘from’

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af (prep.): from

sjónum ‘eyes’

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sjón (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): eyes, sight

svik ‘the deceit’

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1. svik (noun n.; °-s; -): deceit, treachery; poison

eru ‘is’

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

slíkt ‘such’

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2. slíkr (adj.): such

og ‘and’

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

synda ‘of sins’

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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin

auki ‘increase’

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1. auka (verb; °eykr; jók, jóku/juku): (str. intrans.) increase

sárr ‘bitter’

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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded

ef ‘if’

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3. ef (conj.): if

hrósa ‘praise’

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hrósa (verb): praise

eg ‘I’

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

slíkum ‘such’

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2. slíkr (adj.): such

tárum ‘tears’

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tár (noun n.; °; -): tear

Hlotnaz ‘be allotted’

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hlotna (verb): be allotted, receive

láttu ‘let’

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láta (verb): let, have sth done

hjálpar ‘the salvation’

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hjǫlp (noun f.; °hjalpar; hjalpir/hjalpar): help, salvation < hjalparvatn (noun n.)

vatnið ‘water’

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vatn (noun n.; °-s; -*): water, lake < hjalparvatn (noun n.)

hregg ‘of the storm’

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hregg (noun n.): storm < hreggskrín (noun n.)

kennings

Jöfurr hreggskríns,
‘Prince of the storm-shrine, ’
= God
the storm-shrine, → SKY/HEAVEN
Prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

hregg ‘of the storm’

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hregg (noun n.): storm < hreggskrín (noun n.)

kennings

Jöfurr hreggskríns,
‘Prince of the storm-shrine, ’
= God
the storm-shrine, → SKY/HEAVEN
Prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

skríns ‘shrine’

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skrín (noun n.; °-s; -): shrine < hreggskrín (noun n.)

kennings

Jöfurr hreggskríns,
‘Prince of the storm-shrine, ’
= God
the storm-shrine, → SKY/HEAVEN
Prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

skríns ‘shrine’

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skrín (noun n.; °-s; -): shrine < hreggskrín (noun n.)

kennings

Jöfurr hreggskríns,
‘Prince of the storm-shrine, ’
= God
the storm-shrine, → SKY/HEAVEN
Prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

jöfurr ‘Prince’

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jǫfurr (noun m.): ruler, prince

kennings

Jöfurr hreggskríns,
‘Prince of the storm-shrine, ’
= God
the storm-shrine, → SKY/HEAVEN
Prince of the SKY/HEAVEN → God

svá ‘so that’

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svá (adv.): so, thus

nægi ‘is sufficient’

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2. gnœgja (verb): be sufficient

mínu ‘for me’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

notes

[6] mínu (n. dat. sg.) ‘me’: Lit. ‘mine’. The verb gnægja (gnægi 3rd pers. sg. pres. subj.) ‘suffice, be sufficient’ is used impersonally with a dat. object (see Fritzner: nœgja). Mínu ‘mine’ must refer to hjálparvatnið ‘salvation-water’ (l. 5), the sense being that the poet asks that enough ‘salvation-water’ should be allotted so that he can weep tears of true penitence, along with holy prayers, for all the sins he has committed.

hryni ‘flow’

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hrynja (verb): fall, flow

sú ‘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

kennings

sú laugin hvarma
‘that cleansing-water of the eyelids ’
= TEARS
that cleansing-water of the eyelids → TEARS

mier ‘my’

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

með ‘with’

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með (prep.): with

helgum ‘holy’

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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred

bænum ‘prayers’

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bœn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): request, prayer

hvarma ‘of the eyelids’

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hvarmr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): eyelid

kennings

sú laugin hvarma
‘that cleansing-water of the eyelids ’
= TEARS
that cleansing-water of the eyelids → TEARS

laugin ‘cleansing-water’

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laug (noun f.; °-ar; dat. -u/-; -ar): bath, hot spring

kennings

sú laugin hvarma
‘that cleansing-water of the eyelids ’
= TEARS
that cleansing-water of the eyelids → TEARS

út ‘out’

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út (adv.): out(side)

af ‘of’

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af (prep.): from

augum ‘eyes’

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auga (noun n.; °auga; augu/augun, gen. augna): eye

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