Anon Mgr 7VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 7’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 764-5.
Flýðir ‘fled’
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flýja (verb): to flee, take flight
þú ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
son ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
þinn ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
síðan ‘later’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
svanninn ‘Lady’
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svanni (noun m.): lady, woman
undan ‘away from’
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undan (adv.): away, away from
Heródes ‘with Herod’
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Heródes (noun m.): [Herod, with Herod]
fundi ‘an encounter’
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fundr (noun m.): discovery, meeting
váða ‘the dangerous’
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váði (noun m.; °-a): danger < váðamaðr (noun m.)
maðrinn ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < váðamaðr (noun m.)
dauða ‘death’
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dauði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death
vinna ‘to inflict’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
honum ‘upon him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
næði ‘managed’
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1. ná (verb): reach, get, manage
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
finna ‘find’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
Fróni ‘earth’
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2. frón (noun n.): earth, land
á ‘On’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
faðmi ‘arms’
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faðmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): embrace
þínum ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
fögnuðinn ‘the delight’
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fǫgnuðr (noun m.; °fagnaðar; fagnaðir): joy
kennings
fögnuðinn allra bragna‘the delight of all men ’
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the delight of all men → Christ
notes
[6] fögnuðinn ... bragna: Note the irregular rhyme (-ögn- : -agn-).
bartu ‘you carried’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
allra ‘of all’
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allr (adj.): all
kennings
fögnuðinn allra bragna‘the delight of all men ’
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the delight of all men → Christ
bragna ‘men’
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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors
[6] bragna: so 1032ˣ, 920ˣ, ‘brag[...]’ 713
kennings
fögnuðinn allra bragna‘the delight of all men ’
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the delight of all men → Christ
notes
[6] fögnuðinn ... bragna: Note the irregular rhyme (-ögn- : -agn-).
full ‘complete’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete
notes
[7] full miskunnin ‘complete grace’: Lit. ‘full grace’. Recalls the opening words of the Hail Mary: Ave Maria gratia plena ‘Hail Mary full of grace’.
miskunnin ‘grace’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
notes
[7] full miskunnin ‘complete grace’: Lit. ‘full grace’. Recalls the opening words of the Hail Mary: Ave Maria gratia plena ‘Hail Mary full of grace’.
frægri ‘more famous’
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frægr (adj.; °-jan/-an; compar. -ri, superl. -jastr/-astr/-str): famous, renowned
öllu ‘than anything’
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allr (adj.): all
fæddir ‘fed’
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2. fœða (verb): to feed, give food to, bring up, bear, give birth to
notes
[8] fæddir ‘you fed’: Could also be translated as ‘you raised’ (see Fritzner: fæða 1), but that is less likely in view of the wording of Mar (see Note to 6/1 and Note on 7 [All]).
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
klæddir ‘clothed’
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klæða (verb): clothe
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Mar (1871, 1004) reads ok flydi med honum undann Herode, berandi hann i sinum fadmi til Egiptalandz, ok fæddi huersdagliga med sinum blezudum limum ok haundum ‘and fled with him away from Herod, carrying him in her arms to the land of the Egyptians and fed him every day with her blessed limbs and hands’. — [1-4]: For the flight to Egypt, see Matt. II.13-14.
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