Anon Mgr 8VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 8’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 765.
Branda ‘of swords’
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brandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sword, prow; fire
kennings
Eingi hlynr branda‘No maple of swords ’
= WARRIOR
No maple of swords → WARRIOR
hlynr ‘maple’
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hlynr (noun m.; °-s): maple
kennings
Eingi hlynr branda‘No maple of swords ’
= WARRIOR
No maple of swords → WARRIOR
má ‘can’
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mega (verb): may, might
eingi ‘No’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
kennings
Eingi hlynr branda‘No maple of swords ’
= WARRIOR
No maple of swords → WARRIOR
undra ‘marvel’
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undra (verb): be surprised, amazed
Ögustínus ‘Augustine’
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Augustinus (noun m.): Augustine
notes
[2] Ögustínus ‘Augustine’: For the form of this word, see Note to 4/2.
rieð ‘’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
slíkt ‘such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
að ‘’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
tína ‘told’
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tína (verb): pick, recount
lýða ‘of people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
sveit ‘to a host’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
mær ‘the Virgin’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
mildum ‘the merciful’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
lausnara ‘redeemer’
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lausnari (noun m.; °-a;): saviour, redeemer
fylgja ‘to accompany’
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2. fylgja (verb): follow, accompany
vildi ‘wanted’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
notes
[4] vildi (3rd pers. sg. pret. subj.) ‘wanted’: Pl. subject with the verb in the sg. (see NS §70).
Treysti ‘trust’
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treysta (verb): trust, believe in
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
notes
[5] trúir ‘believes’: The 3rd pers. sg. pres. indic. is required here, according to the present interpretation, not the 1st pers. sg. pres. indic. trúi.
það ‘it’
presta* ‘of priests’
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prestr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i/-; -ar): priest
[5] presta*: prestar 713
kennings
tíginn valdr presta*‘the esteemed ruler of priests ’
= BISHOP = Augustine
the esteemed ruler of priests → BISHOP = Augustine
notes
[5] presta* (m. gen. pl.) ‘of priests’: In the present edn, this is the determinant in the kenning tíginn valdr presta ‘esteemed ruler of priests’ (so Skj B; Skald). For a similar kenning for ‘Augustine’, see 5/1-2. Wrightson retains the ms. reading prestar (m. nom. pl.) ‘priests’ which is treated as a form of address. According to that interpretation, tíginn valdr ‘esteemed ruler’ refers to Augustine, translated as ‘I, a noble ruler’ as the subject of trúi ‘believe’. It is unlikely that Augustine would refer to himself as an ‘esteemed ruler’, and, furthermore, he is said to have addressed a host of people (sveit lýða, l. 3), not priests. Wrightson alternatively interprets the phrase as a form of address.
tíginn ‘the esteemed’
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tíginn (adj./verb p.p.): noble
kennings
tíginn valdr presta*‘the esteemed ruler of priests ’
= BISHOP = Augustine
the esteemed ruler of priests → BISHOP = Augustine
valdr ‘ruler’
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valdr (noun m.): ruler
kennings
tíginn valdr presta*‘the esteemed ruler of priests ’
= BISHOP = Augustine
the esteemed ruler of priests → BISHOP = Augustine
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
skildiz ‘parted’
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1. skilja (verb): separate, understand
aldri ‘never’
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aldri (adv.): never
ágætt ‘the splendid’
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ágætr (adj.; °compar. ágǽtari/ágǽtri, superl. ágǽtastr/ágǽztr): excellent
sprund ‘woman’
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sprund (noun f.): woman
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
Júðar ‘the Jews’
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júði (noun m.; °-a; -ar): Jew
píndu ‘tortured’
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3. pína (verb): torture, torment
eingason ‘only son’
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einkasonr (noun m.; °; acc. ·sonu): only son
við ‘from’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
notes
[8] við ‘from’: Wrightson takes this prep. with eingason ‘only son’. That construction is unmetrical: við ‘from’ is unstressed, and an enclitic prep. must receive stress (see the prep. á ‘on’ in 7/5).
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
þeingil himna,‘the lord of the heavens ’
= God
the lord of the heavens → God
þeingil ‘the lord’
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þengill (noun m.): prince, ruler
kennings
þeingil himna,‘the lord of the heavens ’
= God
the lord of the heavens → God
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No maple of swords [WARRIOR] can marvel that the Virgin and mother wanted to accompany the merciful redeemer; Augustine told such to a host of people. I trust in that, and the esteemed ruler of priests [BISHOP = Augustine] believes it, that the splendid woman never parted from the lord of the heavens [= God (= Christ)] when the Jews tortured her only son.
[5-8]: Earlier eds take the second helmingr as direct speech, uttered by S. Augustine. Such an interpretation is unnecessary if we assume that the poet merely refers to the content of Augustine’s message.
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