Anon Mgr 6VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 6’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 763-4.
Guðs ‘God’s’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kennings
Guðs son‘God’s son ’
= Christ
God’s son → Christ
son ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
kennings
Guðs son‘God’s son ’
= Christ
God’s son → Christ
drakk ‘drank’
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2. drekka (verb; °drekkr; drakk, drukku; drukkinn/drykkinn): drink
þín ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
brjóstin ‘breasts’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
bæði ‘from both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
blessuð ‘blessed’
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blessa (verb): bless
mær ‘Virgin’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
að ‘whom’
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4. at (conj.): that
notes
[2] að tóktu að færa ‘whom you brought’: Lit. ‘whom you began to bring’; so NN §2632. Skj B takes að (indeclinable rel. particle) ‘who’ or ‘whom’ to refer to Mary, not to Christ (for að as a rel. particle, see NS §267b). Wrightson (2001) translates að as ‘until’, but the conjunction að is not attested in that meaning (see NS §265).
tóktu ‘you’
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2. taka (verb): take
notes
[2] að tóktu að færa ‘whom you brought’: Lit. ‘whom you began to bring’; so NN §2632. Skj B takes að (indeclinable rel. particle) ‘who’ or ‘whom’ to refer to Mary, not to Christ (for að as a rel. particle, see NS §267b). Wrightson (2001) translates að as ‘until’, but the conjunction að is not attested in that meaning (see NS §265).
að ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
notes
[2] að tóktu að færa ‘whom you brought’: Lit. ‘whom you began to bring’; so NN §2632. Skj B takes að (indeclinable rel. particle) ‘who’ or ‘whom’ to refer to Mary, not to Christ (for að as a rel. particle, see NS §267b). Wrightson (2001) translates að as ‘until’, but the conjunction að is not attested in that meaning (see NS §265).
færa ‘brought’
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2. fœra (verb): bring
notes
[2] að tóktu að færa ‘whom you brought’: Lit. ‘whom you began to bring’; so NN §2632. Skj B takes að (indeclinable rel. particle) ‘who’ or ‘whom’ to refer to Mary, not to Christ (for að as a rel. particle, see NS §267b). Wrightson (2001) translates að as ‘until’, but the conjunction að is not attested in that meaning (see NS §265).
tírar ‘glory’
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tírr (noun m.; °-s): glory, honour < tírargjarn (adj.): fame-eager
gjörn ‘eager’
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gjarn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): eager < tírargjarn (adj.): fame-eager
af ‘by’
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af (prep.): from
notes
[3] af fornri tungu ‘by the ancient tongue’: This refers to the Old Testament, and, more specifically, to the Mosaic law stipulating the period of purification of women after childbirth (see Lev. XII.2-8). See also Mar (1871, 1004): eptir Moyses logum, ok fertugta dag af hans fædzludeigi offradi hann i helgu musteri ‘according to the laws of Moses, and on the fortieth day after his birth handed him over in the holy temple’. Skj B emends fornri ‘ancient’ to fórnir ‘sacrifices’ to provide an object for the verb færa ‘bring’ (l. 2), and translates tírargjörn af tungu as ælskende tungens hæder ‘loving the tongue’s honour’, which makes little sense (see NN §2682).
tungu ‘tongue’
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tunga (noun f.; °-u; -ur): tongue, language
[3] tungu: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, ‘tung[...]’ 713
notes
[3] af fornri tungu ‘by the ancient tongue’: This refers to the Old Testament, and, more specifically, to the Mosaic law stipulating the period of purification of women after childbirth (see Lev. XII.2-8). See also Mar (1871, 1004): eptir Moyses logum, ok fertugta dag af hans fædzludeigi offradi hann i helgu musteri ‘according to the laws of Moses, and on the fortieth day after his birth handed him over in the holy temple’. Skj B emends fornri ‘ancient’ to fórnir ‘sacrifices’ to provide an object for the verb færa ‘bring’ (l. 2), and translates tírargjörn af tungu as ælskende tungens hæder ‘loving the tongue’s honour’, which makes little sense (see NN §2682).
fornri ‘the ancient’
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forn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): ancient, old
notes
[3] af fornri tungu ‘by the ancient tongue’: This refers to the Old Testament, and, more specifically, to the Mosaic law stipulating the period of purification of women after childbirth (see Lev. XII.2-8). See also Mar (1871, 1004): eptir Moyses logum, ok fertugta dag af hans fædzludeigi offradi hann i helgu musteri ‘according to the laws of Moses, and on the fortieth day after his birth handed him over in the holy temple’. Skj B emends fornri ‘ancient’ to fórnir ‘sacrifices’ to provide an object for the verb færa ‘bring’ (l. 2), and translates tírargjörn af tungu as ælskende tungens hæder ‘loving the tongue’s honour’, which makes little sense (see NN §2682).
taldra ‘stipulated’
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telja (verb): tell, count
daga ‘in the days’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[4] í musterið valda ‘into the excellent temple’: Wrightson interprets valda (n. acc. sg.) ‘excellent, chosen’ as the acc. of the weak m. noun valdi ‘ruler’ and treats it as the object of the verb færa ‘bring’ (l. 2) (‘brought the ruler into the temple’).
musterið ‘temple’
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musteri (noun n.; °-s; -): church, temple
notes
[4] í musterið valda ‘into the excellent temple’: Wrightson interprets valda (n. acc. sg.) ‘excellent, chosen’ as the acc. of the weak m. noun valdi ‘ruler’ and treats it as the object of the verb færa ‘bring’ (l. 2) (‘brought the ruler into the temple’).
valda ‘the excellent’
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valdr (adj.): power
notes
[4] í musterið valda ‘into the excellent temple’: Wrightson interprets valda (n. acc. sg.) ‘excellent, chosen’ as the acc. of the weak m. noun valdi ‘ruler’ and treats it as the object of the verb færa ‘bring’ (l. 2) (‘brought the ruler into the temple’).
Máttugt ‘Mighty’
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máttigr (adj.; °compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): mighty
víf ‘lady’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
kennings
móðir dróttins,‘mother of the Lord, ’
= Mary
mother of the Lord, → Mary
dróttins ‘of the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kennings
móðir dróttins,‘mother of the Lord, ’
= Mary
mother of the Lord, → Mary
mætan ‘the glorious’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
kennings
mætan gæti himna;‘the glorious guardian of the heavens; ’
= God
the glorious guardian of the heavens; → God
ofrar ‘you hand over’
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ofra (verb): raise up, exalt
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
mætan gæti himna;‘the glorious guardian of the heavens; ’
= God
the glorious guardian of the heavens; → God
gæti ‘guardian’
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gætir (noun m.): guardian
kennings
mætan gæti himna;‘the glorious guardian of the heavens; ’
= God
the glorious guardian of the heavens; → God
son ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
þinn ‘of yours’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
taldi ‘declared’
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telja (verb): tell, count
notes
[7] taldi (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) ‘declared’: Sg. verb with a pl. subject (see NS §70).
Síméon ‘Simeon’
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Símeon (noun m.): [Simeon]
sannan ‘the true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
in ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
notes
[8] in helga Anna ‘the holy Anna’: A prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, in the temple of Jerusalem (Luke II.36). All mss reads inn helga anda (m. acc. sg.) ‘the Holy Spirit’. As shown by the internal rhyme (-ann : Ann-), this is clearly a scribal error, and in 713 and 1032ˣ the correct word has been entered above the l. (in a later hand in 1032ˣ).
helga ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
notes
[8] in helga Anna ‘the holy Anna’: A prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, in the temple of Jerusalem (Luke II.36). All mss reads inn helga anda (m. acc. sg.) ‘the Holy Spirit’. As shown by the internal rhyme (-ann : Ann-), this is clearly a scribal error, and in 713 and 1032ˣ the correct word has been entered above the l. (in a later hand in 1032ˣ).
Anna ‘Anna’
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Anna (noun f.): Anna
[8] Anna: anda with ‘anna’ added above the line 713, anda with ‘anna’ added above the line in a later hand 1032ˣ, anda 920ˣ
notes
[8] in helga Anna ‘the holy Anna’: A prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, in the temple of Jerusalem (Luke II.36). All mss reads inn helga anda (m. acc. sg.) ‘the Holy Spirit’. As shown by the internal rhyme (-ann : Ann-), this is clearly a scribal error, and in 713 and 1032ˣ the correct word has been entered above the l. (in a later hand in 1032ˣ).
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God’s son [= Christ] drank from both your breasts, blessed Virgin, whom you, glory-eager, brought into the excellent temple in the days stipulated by the ancient tongue. Mighty lady and mother of the Lord [= Mary], you hand over the glorious guardian of the heavens [= God (= Christ)]; Simeon and the holy Anna declared this son of yours the true God.
For this episode of the Purification of the Virgin and the presentation of Christ in the temple witnessed by the ancient priest Simeon and the prophetess Anna, see Luke II.22-38.
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