Anon Mgr 50VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 50’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 793-4.
Dýrka ‘worship’
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dýrka (verb; °-að-): glorify, worship
skyldi ‘must’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
af ‘with’
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af (prep.): from
allri ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
orku ‘might’
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1. orka (noun f.; °-u): [might]
almætastan ‘the most glorious’
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almætr (adj.): most glorious
kennings
almætastan gæti himna‘the most glorious guardian of the heavens ’
= God
the most glorious guardian of the heavens → God
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
almætastan gæti himna‘the most glorious guardian of the heavens ’
= God
the most glorious guardian of the heavens → God
gæti ‘guardian’
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gætir (noun m.): guardian
kennings
almætastan gæti himna‘the most glorious guardian of the heavens ’
= God
the most glorious guardian of the heavens → God
skylda ‘an obligation’
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1. skylda (noun f.; °-u; -ur): obligation
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
fyrir ‘for’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
skírðar ‘baptised’
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skíra (verb): baptise, purify
aldir ‘people’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
skapari ‘creator’
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skapari (noun m.; °-a): (the) creator
sannr ‘the true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
allra ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
manna ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
Veittu ‘grant’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þá ‘that’
notes
[5] þá (f. acc. sg.) ‘that’: So Sperber; Skj B. This could also be the adv. þá ‘then’ (so Wrightson), but that makes less sense in the present context.
inn ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
dýrsti ‘Most precious’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
dróttinn ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
dýrðar ‘of glory’
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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory
grein ‘portion’
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grein (noun f.): reason, period, branch
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
hitti ‘may encounter’
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hitta (verb): meet, encounter
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
hreina ‘a pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
notes
[7] fjörtjóns ‘of life-loss’: I.e. ‘of death’. The ms. reading ‘fíortvns’ (fjörtúns ‘of life-field’?) makes no sense and the emendation is in keeping with earlier eds.
tjóns ‘loss’
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2. tjón (noun n.; °-s; -): loss < fjǫrtjón (noun n.)
[7] fjörtjóns: ‘fíortvns’ 713
notes
[7] fjörtjóns ‘of life-loss’: I.e. ‘of death’. The ms. reading ‘fíortvns’ (fjörtúns ‘of life-field’?) makes no sense and the emendation is in keeping with earlier eds.
stund ‘hour’
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stund (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): time, hour
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
fúlir ‘foul’
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fúlr (adj.): foul
andar ‘spirits’
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andi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): spirit, soul
fyndi ‘find’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
aungvar ‘any’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
með ‘in’
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með (prep.): with
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
syndir ‘sins’
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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin
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One must worship the most glorious guardian of the heavens [= God] with all might; that is an obligation for baptised people; he is the true creator of all men. Most precious Lord, grant me that portion of glory, that I may encounter a pure hour of life-loss, so that foul spirits might not find any sins in me.
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