Anon Mv I 1VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur I 1’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 679.
notes
[1] mier ‘me’: An open space has been left for a large initial capital to be supplied in 721.
giefi ‘give’
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gefa (verb): give
hljóð ‘voice’
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hljóð (noun n.; °-s; -): sound, silence, a hearing
notes
[1] hljóð ‘voice’: This can mean either ‘voice, sound’ or ‘silence’, i.e. the poet could also be asking for a hearing (see LP: hljóð 1, 3; see also Mv II 1).
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
heyrir ‘hears’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
hjarta ‘heart’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
mitt ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
bjarta ‘bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
orða ‘eloquence’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word < orðasnilld (noun f.): [eloquent speech]
snild ‘’
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snilld (noun f.; °-ar): eloquence, courage < orðasnilld (noun f.): [eloquent speech]
um ‘throughout’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
aldir ‘the ages’
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ǫld (noun f.; °; aldir): people, age
auð ‘the wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth < auðgreinandi (noun m.)
kennings
Auðgreinandi,‘May the wealth-divider, ’
= God
May the wealth-divider, → God
greinandi ‘divider’
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greinandi (noun m.): [divider] < auðgreinandi (noun m.)
kennings
Auðgreinandi,‘May the wealth-divider, ’
= God
May the wealth-divider, → God
hreina ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
Guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
vil ‘want’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
göfgan ‘glorious’
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gǫfugr (adj.; °gǫfgan/gǫfugan; compar. gǫfgari/gǫfugri, superl. gǫfgastr/gǫfugstr/gǫfugastr): noble, glorious
biðja ‘to implore’
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biðja (verb; °biðr; bað, báðu; beðinn (beiþ- Martin¹ 573, bỏþ- HákEirsp 661, cf. ed. intr. xl)): ask for, order, pray
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
vild ‘wish’
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vilð (noun f.; °-ar; dat. -um): [wish, goodwill]
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
mildust ‘the most generous’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
notes
[7] hann ‘he’: The pron. is extrametrical, but will be retained here and elsewhere because of the irregularity of the metre.
miskunnar ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
minniz ‘remember’
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1. minna (verb): remind, remember, recall
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
á ‘for’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
skepnu ‘creation’
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skepna (noun f.; °-u; -ur): creation
sinni ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
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