Anon Mhkv 20III
Roberta Frank (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Málsháttakvæði 20’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1234.
Ástblindir ‘blinded by love’
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ástblindr (adj.): [blinded by love]
notes
[1] ástblindir ‘blinded by love’: Lit. ‘love-blind’: Hap. leg.
ró ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
seggir ‘men’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
sumir ‘Some’
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2. sumr (pron.): some
at ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
þykkja ‘they seem’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
mjǫk ‘very’
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mjǫk (adv.): very, much
fás ‘little’
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3. fár (adj.; °compar. fǽrri/fárri(Mág² 11), superl. fǽstr): few
gá ‘to heed’
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4. gá (verb): to heed
þannig ‘so’
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þannig (adv.): thus, there, that way
verðr ‘it is’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
of ‘about’
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3. of (prep.): around, from; too
mansǫng ‘a love-song’
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mansǫngr (noun m.): [a love-song]
notes
[3] mansǫng ‘a love-song’: As a neutral designation, the word occurs in skaldic verse only here and in Bjbp Jóms 42/4I. Gylf (SnE 2005, 25) reports that Freyja was fond of mansǫngr, and in Egils saga (Eg ch. 56, ÍF 2, 149) a character refers to a lausavísa as a mansǫngr. The final medieval prose instance – Tristrams saga ok Ísǫndar (Kölbing 1878-82, 83) – associates mansǫngvar with love longing and music, as does the later mansǫngur or opening ‘love-complaint’ of rímur poetry. See Marold (2007, 256-7).
mælt ‘said’
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1. mæla (verb): speak, say
marga ‘many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
hefr ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
hyggna ‘wise men’
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hygginn (adj.; °comp. -ari, superl. -astr): intelligent
tælt ‘entrapped’
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tæla (verb): entice
Ekki ‘n’t’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
þat ‘It’
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
forðum ‘in the old days’
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forðum (adv.): formerly, once
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
farald ‘a malady’
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farald (noun n.): malady
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
Finnan ‘the Saami girl’
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Finnr (noun m.): Saami (person)
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
gat ‘drove’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
þó ‘still’
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þó (adv.): though
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
œrðan ‘out of his mind’
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œra (verb): out of one’s mind
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
Harald ‘Haraldr’
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Haraldr (noun m.): Haraldr
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
hánum ‘to him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
þótti ‘seemed’
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2. þykkja (verb): seem, think
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
sólbjǫrt ‘bright as the sun’
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sólbjartr (adj.): sun-bright
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
sú ‘she’
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
slíks ‘of such’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
dœmi ‘instances’
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dœmi (noun n.; °-s; -): judgement, example
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
verðr ‘happen’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
mǫrgum ‘to many’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
[5, 6, 7, 8] Ekki var þat forðum farald Finnan gat þó œrðan Harald hánum þótti sólbjǫrt sú slíks dœmi verðr mǫrgum nú: abbrev. as ‘Ecki varþ a. f. f. f.’ R
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[1-4]: The opening couplet employs a rare enjambement (one of two in the poem), as if imitative of the speaker’s ‘heedlessness’ and distraction. On such lovesickness, see Anon Sól 10-14VII, especially st. 12/1VII hvárskis þeir gáðu ‘they paid no heed to anything’; the mental confusion of men in love is also described in Hávm 93-7, 114. See also Note to st. 11/5 above. — [5-8]: The words of the refrain are abbreviated in the ms. and the full text is here supplied from st. 11/5-8.
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