Anon Vitn 4VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 4’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 742-3.
Blíðu ‘With the gentle’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
barna ‘of children’
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barn (noun n.; °-s; bǫrn/barn(JKr 345³), dat. bǫrnum/barnum): child < barnaœði (noun n.)
æði ‘mind’
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2. œði (noun n.; °-s): °natur, sindelag, karakter, væsen; handling, gerning; (for ǿði sb. f.?) ?voldsomhed < barnaœði (noun n.)
[1] ‑æði: æðu 721
brátt ‘quickly’
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bráðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): quick(ly)
kveikjaz ‘are kindled’
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2. kveikja (verb): kindle
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
leikar ‘games’
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1. leikr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ar): sport, play
enn ‘once more’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
með ‘between’
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með (prep.): with
unga ‘the young’
manni ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
ótt ‘rapidly’
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
konungs ‘the king’s’
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konungr (noun m.; °dat. -i, -s; -ar): king < konungsdóttir (noun f.)
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[4] konungsdóttur ‘the king’s daughter’: The l. is unmetrical because the second lift falls on a short syllable (suspended resolution). Skald emends to konungsins dóttur ‘the king’s daughter’ (with an enclitic def. art.; see NN §3358 and 10/6 below). Konungs ‘the king’s’ is abbreviated as ‘konungs’ (713) or ‘konvngs’ (721) (see Note to 3/3 above).
dóttur ‘daughter’
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[4] konungsdóttur ‘the king’s daughter’: The l. is unmetrical because the second lift falls on a short syllable (suspended resolution). Skald emends to konungsins dóttur ‘the king’s daughter’ (with an enclitic def. art.; see NN §3358 and 10/6 below). Konungs ‘the king’s’ is abbreviated as ‘konungs’ (713) or ‘konvngs’ (721) (see Note to 3/3 above).
Sjá ‘look’
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2. sjá (verb): see
má ‘can’
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mega (verb): may, might
sveinn ‘The boy’
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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant
af ‘away from’
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af (prep.): from
meyju ‘the girl’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
sjaldan ‘rarely’
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sjaldan (adv.): seldom
nær ‘very’
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nær (adv.): near, almost; when
eða ‘or’
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eða (conj.): or
það ‘that’
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[7-8] það varð áfeingt í ást af ástum ‘that was vehemently turned into love from the loves’: Það ‘that’ refers to the fact that the boy could not keep his eyes off the girl: he looked at her, and fell in love because of their mutual attraction. Varð áfeingt lit. means ‘turned intoxicatingly’, an apt description of his state of mind. Sperber reads í ást ‘into love’ as jast (m. acc. sg.) ‘yeast’ in both mss and suggests a meaning ‘fermented drink’ (see Sperber 1911, 70; Schottmann 1973, 377 n. 7). However, í ást ‘into love’ is written as two distinct words in both mss.
varð ‘was’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
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[7] varð ‘was’: Lit. ‘became’. Skald emends to var ‘was’ to achieve neutralisation in the first dip (two short syllables var í rather than a long + a short syllable varð í). Because the poem is late and the metre irregular, that emendation is unnecessary. — [7-8] það varð áfeingt í ást af ástum ‘that was vehemently turned into love from the loves’: Það ‘that’ refers to the fact that the boy could not keep his eyes off the girl: he looked at her, and fell in love because of their mutual attraction. Varð áfeingt lit. means ‘turned intoxicatingly’, an apt description of his state of mind. Sperber reads í ást ‘into love’ as jast (m. acc. sg.) ‘yeast’ in both mss and suggests a meaning ‘fermented drink’ (see Sperber 1911, 70; Schottmann 1973, 377 n. 7). However, í ást ‘into love’ is written as two distinct words in both mss.
varð ‘was’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
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[7] varð ‘was’: Lit. ‘became’. Skald emends to var ‘was’ to achieve neutralisation in the first dip (two short syllables var í rather than a long + a short syllable varð í). Because the poem is late and the metre irregular, that emendation is unnecessary. — [7-8] það varð áfeingt í ást af ástum ‘that was vehemently turned into love from the loves’: Það ‘that’ refers to the fact that the boy could not keep his eyes off the girl: he looked at her, and fell in love because of their mutual attraction. Varð áfeingt lit. means ‘turned intoxicatingly’, an apt description of his state of mind. Sperber reads í ást ‘into love’ as jast (m. acc. sg.) ‘yeast’ in both mss and suggests a meaning ‘fermented drink’ (see Sperber 1911, 70; Schottmann 1973, 377 n. 7). However, í ást ‘into love’ is written as two distinct words in both mss.
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[7-8] það varð áfeingt í ást af ástum ‘that was vehemently turned into love from the loves’: Það ‘that’ refers to the fact that the boy could not keep his eyes off the girl: he looked at her, and fell in love because of their mutual attraction. Varð áfeingt lit. means ‘turned intoxicatingly’, an apt description of his state of mind. Sperber reads í ást ‘into love’ as jast (m. acc. sg.) ‘yeast’ in both mss and suggests a meaning ‘fermented drink’ (see Sperber 1911, 70; Schottmann 1973, 377 n. 7). However, í ást ‘into love’ is written as two distinct words in both mss.
ást ‘love’
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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love
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[7-8] það varð áfeingt í ást af ástum ‘that was vehemently turned into love from the loves’: Það ‘that’ refers to the fact that the boy could not keep his eyes off the girl: he looked at her, and fell in love because of their mutual attraction. Varð áfeingt lit. means ‘turned intoxicatingly’, an apt description of his state of mind. Sperber reads í ást ‘into love’ as jast (m. acc. sg.) ‘yeast’ in both mss and suggests a meaning ‘fermented drink’ (see Sperber 1911, 70; Schottmann 1973, 377 n. 7). However, í ást ‘into love’ is written as two distinct words in both mss.
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
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[7-8] það varð áfeingt í ást af ástum ‘that was vehemently turned into love from the loves’: Það ‘that’ refers to the fact that the boy could not keep his eyes off the girl: he looked at her, and fell in love because of their mutual attraction. Varð áfeingt lit. means ‘turned intoxicatingly’, an apt description of his state of mind. Sperber reads í ást ‘into love’ as jast (m. acc. sg.) ‘yeast’ in both mss and suggests a meaning ‘fermented drink’ (see Sperber 1911, 70; Schottmann 1973, 377 n. 7). However, í ást ‘into love’ is written as two distinct words in both mss.
ástum ‘the loves’
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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love
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[7-8] það varð áfeingt í ást af ástum ‘that was vehemently turned into love from the loves’: Það ‘that’ refers to the fact that the boy could not keep his eyes off the girl: he looked at her, and fell in love because of their mutual attraction. Varð áfeingt lit. means ‘turned intoxicatingly’, an apt description of his state of mind. Sperber reads í ást ‘into love’ as jast (m. acc. sg.) ‘yeast’ in both mss and suggests a meaning ‘fermented drink’ (see Sperber 1911, 70; Schottmann 1973, 377 n. 7). However, í ást ‘into love’ is written as two distinct words in both mss.
áfeingt ‘vehemently’
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áfengr (adj.; °superl. -astr): [vehemently]
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[7-8] það varð áfeingt í ást af ástum ‘that was vehemently turned into love from the loves’: Það ‘that’ refers to the fact that the boy could not keep his eyes off the girl: he looked at her, and fell in love because of their mutual attraction. Varð áfeingt lit. means ‘turned intoxicatingly’, an apt description of his state of mind. Sperber reads í ást ‘into love’ as jast (m. acc. sg.) ‘yeast’ in both mss and suggests a meaning ‘fermented drink’ (see Sperber 1911, 70; Schottmann 1973, 377 n. 7). However, í ást ‘into love’ is written as two distinct words in both mss.
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
þau ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
gáfuz ‘gave each other’
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gefa (verb): give
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