Anon Brúðv 30VII
Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Brúðkaupsvísur 30’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 551.
Aldri ‘Never’
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aldri (adv.): never
láttu ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
mær ‘maiden’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
mild ‘gentle’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
mig ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þig ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
fyrir ‘for’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
víti ‘sins’
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víti (noun n.; °-s; -): punishment
var ‘a shelter’
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var (noun n.): [a shelter]
notes
[3] var ‘shelter’: Common in MIcel., but not recorded in OIcel. dictionaries.
ljót ‘hideous’
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ljótr (adj.): ugly
verða ‘become’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
notes
[4] með ‘with’: The scribe of 2166ˣ gives the reading bundinn ‘bound’ in the main text, but ...in in the margin.
svika ‘multitudes’
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1. svik (noun n.; °-s; -): deceit, treachery; poison < svikaferð (noun f.)
ferð ‘of deceits’
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ferð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-arMork 196¹²)): host, journey < svikaferð (noun f.)
Því ‘Therefore’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
æsti ‘ask’
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æsta (verb): ask, request
notes
[5] æsti eg þig trausts ‘I ask you for support’: Æskja e-n e-s (acc., gen.) ‘to ask someone for something’. Emendation suggested by Jón Helgason.
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[5] æsti eg þig trausts ‘I ask you for support’: Æskja e-n e-s (acc., gen.) ‘to ask someone for something’. Emendation suggested by Jón Helgason.
þig ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
[5] þig trausts: þitt traust 721
notes
[5] æsti eg þig trausts ‘I ask you for support’: Æskja e-n e-s (acc., gen.) ‘to ask someone for something’. Emendation suggested by Jón Helgason.
trausts ‘for support’
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traust (noun n.; °-s/-): support, protection
[5] þig trausts: þitt traust 721
notes
[5] æsti eg þig trausts ‘I ask you for support’: Æskja e-n e-s (acc., gen.) ‘to ask someone for something’. Emendation suggested by Jón Helgason.
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
hjálp ‘help’
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1. hjalpa (verb): help
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
seggja ‘of men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
kennings
dygg Drótt seggja.‘faithful Drótt of men.’
= Mary
faithful Drótt of men. → Mary
em ‘am’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
Drótt ‘Drótt’
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1. drótt (noun f.): troop
kennings
dygg Drótt seggja.‘faithful Drótt of men.’
= Mary
faithful Drótt of men. → Mary
dygg ‘faithful’
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dyggr (adj.; °dyggvan/dyggan; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr/-str): trustworthy
kennings
dygg Drótt seggja.‘faithful Drótt of men.’
= Mary
faithful Drótt of men. → Mary
djarfastr ‘very arrogant’
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djarfr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bold
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
mjög ‘greatly’
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mjǫk (adv.): very, much
þarf ‘need’
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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary
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