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Anon Mv II 1^VII

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur II 1’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 702-3.

Anonymous Poems Máríuvísur II

Dýrðar ‘of glory’

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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory

[1] Dýrðar: ‘[...]yrdar’ 721

kennings

Vörðr dóms dýrðar,
‘Guardian of the court of glory, ’
= God
the court of glory, → HEAVEN
Guardian of the HEAVEN → God

notes

[1-2] vörðr dóms dýrðar, dróttinn ‘guardian of the court of glory [HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)], Lord’: It is also possible to construe these ll. as dróttinn dýrðar, vörðr dóms ‘Lord of glory [= God], guardian of judgement [= God].

Dýrðar ‘of glory’

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dýrð (noun f.; °-ar/-a(NoDipl(1279) 44²); -ir): glory

[1] Dýrðar: ‘[...]yrdar’ 721

kennings

Vörðr dóms dýrðar,
‘Guardian of the court of glory, ’
= God
the court of glory, → HEAVEN
Guardian of the HEAVEN → God

notes

[1-2] vörðr dóms dýrðar, dróttinn ‘guardian of the court of glory [HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)], Lord’: It is also possible to construe these ll. as dróttinn dýrðar, vörðr dóms ‘Lord of glory [= God], guardian of judgement [= God].

gief ‘grant’

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gefa (verb): give

þú ‘’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

dóms ‘of the court’

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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)

kennings

Vörðr dóms dýrðar,
‘Guardian of the court of glory, ’
= God
the court of glory, → HEAVEN
Guardian of the HEAVEN → God

notes

[1-2] vörðr dóms dýrðar, dróttinn ‘guardian of the court of glory [HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)], Lord’: It is also possible to construe these ll. as dróttinn dýrðar, vörðr dóms ‘Lord of glory [= God], guardian of judgement [= God].

dóms ‘of the court’

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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)

kennings

Vörðr dóms dýrðar,
‘Guardian of the court of glory, ’
= God
the court of glory, → HEAVEN
Guardian of the HEAVEN → God

notes

[1-2] vörðr dóms dýrðar, dróttinn ‘guardian of the court of glory [HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)], Lord’: It is also possible to construe these ll. as dróttinn dýrðar, vörðr dóms ‘Lord of glory [= God], guardian of judgement [= God].

vörðr ‘Guardian’

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vǫrðr (noun m.; °varðar, dat. verði/vǫrð; verðir, acc. vǫrðu): guardian, defender

kennings

Vörðr dóms dýrðar,
‘Guardian of the court of glory, ’
= God
the court of glory, → HEAVEN
Guardian of the HEAVEN → God

notes

[1-2] vörðr dóms dýrðar, dróttinn ‘guardian of the court of glory [HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)], Lord’: It is also possible to construe these ll. as dróttinn dýrðar, vörðr dóms ‘Lord of glory [= God], guardian of judgement [= God].

dróttinn ‘Lord’

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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master

[2] dróttinn: dróttir 721

notes

[1-2] vörðr dóms dýrðar, dróttinn ‘guardian of the court of glory [HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)], Lord’: It is also possible to construe these ll. as dróttinn dýrðar, vörðr dóms ‘Lord of glory [= God], guardian of judgement [= God]. — [2] dróttinn ... gott ‘Lord ... good’: The irregular internal rhyme reflects the instability of vowel quantity during this period. For the sake of consistency, the [o:] in dróttinn is treated as long here and elsewhere in the poem.

dróttinn ‘Lord’

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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master

[2] dróttinn: dróttir 721

notes

[1-2] vörðr dóms dýrðar, dróttinn ‘guardian of the court of glory [HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)], Lord’: It is also possible to construe these ll. as dróttinn dýrðar, vörðr dóms ‘Lord of glory [= God], guardian of judgement [= God]. — [2] dróttinn ... gott ‘Lord ... good’: The irregular internal rhyme reflects the instability of vowel quantity during this period. For the sake of consistency, the [o:] in dróttinn is treated as long here and elsewhere in the poem.

er ‘who’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

alt ‘with everything’

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allr (adj.): all

gott ‘good’

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góðr (adj.): good

notes

[2] dróttinn ... gott ‘Lord ... good’: The irregular internal rhyme reflects the instability of vowel quantity during this period. For the sake of consistency, the [o:] in dróttinn is treated as long here and elsewhere in the poem.

veitir ‘provides’

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2. veita (verb): grant, give

að ‘that’

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4. at (conj.): that

bragar ‘to the poetic improvement [lit. poem’s’

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bragr (noun m.; °-ar): poem, poetry < bragarbót (noun f.): °enhancement of poetry/poem; (name of) a verse-form in which the alliterating syllables in the 1st and 3rd lines are far apart but the syllables containing half-rhyme are separated by only one syllable

notes

[3] bragarbót ‘poetic improvement [lit. poem’s improvement]’: This is also the name of a verse-form in SnSt Ht 31^III. That metre is a variant of dróttkvætt in which the alliterating staves in the odd ll. fall in positions one and five and the internal rhymes in positions three and five (see SnE 1999, 17). In the present context it denotes a good poem.

bót ‘improvement]’

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bót (noun f.; °-ar; bǿtr): compensation < bragarbót (noun f.): °enhancement of poetry/poem; (name of) a verse-form in which the alliterating syllables in the 1st and 3rd lines are far apart but the syllables containing half-rhyme are separated by only one syllable

notes

[3] bragarbót ‘poetic improvement [lit. poem’s improvement]’: This is also the name of a verse-form in SnSt Ht 31^III. That metre is a variant of dróttkvætt in which the alliterating staves in the odd ll. fall in positions one and five and the internal rhymes in positions three and five (see SnE 1999, 17). In the present context it denotes a good poem.

brögnum ‘men’

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bragnar (noun m.): men, warriors

notes

[4] brögnum (m. dat. sg.) ‘men’: Kock (Skald; NN §1693) emends to bragnar (m. nom. pl.) ‘people’ as a subject for gjaldi (3rd pers. pl. pres. subj.) ‘give’.

gjaldi ‘give’

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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay

hier ‘here’

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hér (adv.): here

þögn ‘silence’

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þǫgn (noun f.; °þagnar): silence

Móður ‘mother’

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móðir (noun f.): mother

þinnar ‘of your’

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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your

minn ‘My’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

notes

[5] guð minn ‘my God’: This may refer to Christ rather than God the father, in line with the practice in Vitn, Mv I and Mv III; see Note to Mv I 1/5, 8.

guð ‘God’

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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God

notes

[5] guð minn ‘my God’: This may refer to Christ rather than God the father, in line with the practice in Vitn, Mv I and Mv III; see Note to Mv I 1/5, 8.

megna ‘to glorify’

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megna (verb): strengthen

notes

[6] megna ‘glorify’: The verb megna usually means ‘strengthen, increase’, but appears to be used here in the sense of Lat. magnificare ‘praise highly, esteem greatly’ (see NN §3350). Skj B and Wrightson treat the word as the adj. megna (f. acc. sg.) ‘powerful’, which is construed with jartegn (f. acc. sg.) ‘miracle’. That interpretation is less preferable because of the close proximity of the auxiliary vil ‘wish’ and megna (here: inf. ‘glorify’).

vil ‘wish’

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vilja (verb): want, intend

eg ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

jartegn ‘a miracle’

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jarteign (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): miracle

segja ‘to tell’

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segja (verb): say, tell

það ‘’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

er ‘how’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

sæl ‘blessed’

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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed

mey ‘Virgin’

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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden

sætu ‘a woman’

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1. sæta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): woman, lady

dugði ‘helped’

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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit

ágæt ‘the magnificent’

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ágætr (adj.; °compar. ágǽtari/ágǽtri, superl. ágǽtastr/ágǽztr): excellent

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