Anon Mv II 12VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur II 12’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 709-10.
notes
[1] unnandi (f. nom. sg.) ‘loving’: Unandi ‘thriving’ (so 721) makes the l. one syllable too short (resolution in position one).
eitt ‘One’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
sinn ‘time’
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2. sinn (noun n.; °?dat. -): time
að ‘with’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
jóði ‘child’
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jóð (noun n.): child, offspring
sínu ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
liek ‘was playing’
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3. leika (verb): play
fljóð ‘lady’
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fljóð (noun n.): woman
sjúkan ‘a sickening’
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sjúkr (adj.): ill, sick
kendi ‘noticed’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sárleik ‘pain’
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sárleikr (noun m.): [painfully, pain]
sveini ‘of the boy’
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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant
gjöra ‘’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
lífs ‘the life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life < lífsmein (noun n.)
mein ‘harming’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury < lífsmein (noun n.)
Súta ‘of worry’
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1. sút (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sorrow < sútafullr (adj.)
notes
[5] sútafull (f. nom. sg.) ‘full of worry’: This adj. modifies svanni (m. nom. sg.) ‘woman’, and the f. case of the adj. must reflect the gender of the woman rather than the gender of the noun. For a similar construction, see Mv I 7/4.
full ‘Full’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < sútafullr (adj.)
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[5] sútafull (f. nom. sg.) ‘full of worry’: This adj. modifies svanni (m. nom. sg.) ‘woman’, and the f. case of the adj. must reflect the gender of the woman rather than the gender of the noun. For a similar construction, see Mv I 7/4.
í ‘on’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[5] í sitt skaut ‘on her lap’: Í sín klút ‘in her cloth’ (so 713) is syntactically possible but klút forms an illicit aðalhending with sút.
sitt ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
[5] sitt skaut: so 721, sinn klút 713
notes
[5] í sitt skaut ‘on her lap’: Í sín klút ‘in her cloth’ (so 713) is syntactically possible but klút forms an illicit aðalhending with sút.
notes
[5] í sitt skaut ‘on her lap’: Í sín klút ‘in her cloth’ (so 713) is syntactically possible but klút forms an illicit aðalhending with sút.
svanni ‘the woman’
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svanni (noun m.): lady, woman
lagði ‘laid’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
mög ‘son’
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mǫgr (noun m.; °; megir, acc. mǫgu): son, boy
svá ‘’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
notes
[7] svá að ‘while’: For this meaning of svá að lit. ‘so that’, see Fritzner IV: svá 3b.
að ‘while’
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4. at (conj.): that
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[7] svá að ‘while’: For this meaning of svá að lit. ‘so that’, see Fritzner IV: svá 3b.
barni ‘for the child’
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barn (noun n.; °-s; bǫrn/barn(JKr 345³), dat. bǫrnum/barnum): child
bani ‘death’
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bani (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death, killer
notes
[7] forn bani ‘old death’: This might refer to the devil (see LP: 1. bani).
forn ‘old’
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forn (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): ancient, old
notes
[7] forn bani ‘old death’: This might refer to the devil (see LP: 1. bani).
þótti ‘seemed’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
vera ‘to be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
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