Anon Mgr 52VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 52’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 794-5.
Sæll ‘Blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
kennings
Sæll stillir sólar,‘Blessed ruler of the sun, ’
= God
Blessed ruler of the sun, → God
hjálpa ‘help’
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1. hjalpa (verb): help
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
sólar ‘of the sun’
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
kennings
Sæll stillir sólar,‘Blessed ruler of the sun, ’
= God
Blessed ruler of the sun, → God
stillir ‘ruler’
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stillir (noun m.): ruler
kennings
Sæll stillir sólar,‘Blessed ruler of the sun, ’
= God
Blessed ruler of the sun, → God
sóma ‘with honour’
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sómi (noun m.; °-a): honour
prýddr ‘adorned’
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prýða (verb): adorn
á ‘at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
efsta ‘the Last’
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efri (adj. comp.; °superl. efstr/øfstr (eft- [$1653$] 13r²³, etc.)): higher, highest
dómi ‘Judgement’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
ýtum ‘men’
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ýtr (noun m.): man; launcher
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þig ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
öllum ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
veita ‘to grant’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
alt ‘everything’
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allr (adj.): all
gott ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
notes
[4] gott ... dróttinn: This irregular rhyme reflects the instability in vowel quantity during this period.
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
þier ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
lofaður ‘praised’
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lofaðr (adj.): praised
dróttinn ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
notes
[4] gott ... dróttinn: This irregular rhyme reflects the instability in vowel quantity during this period.
Allir ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
minniz ‘remember’
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1. minna (verb): remind, remember, recall
Máríu ‘of Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
kennings
vess Máríu‘the verse of Mary ’
= Hail Mary
the verse of Mary → Hail Mary
vess ‘the verse’
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2. vers (noun n.; °vers; -): [verse]
kennings
vess Máríu‘the verse of Mary ’
= Hail Mary
the verse of Mary → Hail Mary
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
lesi ‘read’
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lesa (verb): read
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
tárum ‘tears’
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tár (noun n.; °; -): tear
móður ‘the mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
kennings
móður guðs‘the mother of God ’
= Mary
the mother of God → Mary
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kennings
móður guðs‘the mother of God ’
= Mary
the mother of God → Mary
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
dróttins ‘of the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
dauða ‘the death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
dreyra ‘blood’
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dreyri (noun m.; °-a): blood
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
notes
[8]: Ms. 713 adds Amen at the end of the l.
Grátinn ‘the Lament’
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grátr (noun m.): weeping, crying
notes
[8]: Ms. 713 adds Amen at the end of the l.
heyra ‘hear’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
notes
[8]: Ms. 713 adds Amen at the end of the l.
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Blessed ruler of the sun [= God (= Christ)], adorned with honour, help me at the Last Judgement; I ask you to grant all men everything good with you, praised Lord. I ask all men who hear the Lament, that they remember the verse of Mary [= Hail Mary] and read it with tears, [that they remember] the mother of God [= Mary] and the death of the Lord, his blood.
[5-8]: The w.o. of this helmingr is very convoluted, and more than one interpretation is possible. The present edn follows Skj B and Wrightson. Kock (NN §3357) suggests that all the genitives (Máríu ‘Mary’, l. 6; móður guðs ‘the mother of God’, l. 7; dauða dróttins ‘the death of the Lord’, l. 7; dreyra þess ‘his blood’, l. 8) function as appositives to vess ‘verse’ (l. 6). That interpretation is less likely, because vess Máriú ‘the verse of Mary’ must refer to the Hail Mary, i.e. the poet ask the people who hear his poem to read the Hail Mary with tears while recalling Mary and the death of Jesus.
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