Anon Mv I 10VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur I 10’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 686.
Deildi ‘had dealings’
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2. deila (verb; °-ld-): share out, deal
krak ‘quarrelsome’
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krak (noun n.): [quarrelsome] < krakleikr (noun m.)
leik ‘ness’
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1. leikr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -/-i; -ar): sport, play < krakleikr (noun m.)
köldum ‘by cold’
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kaldr (adj.; °compar. -ari): cold
kvinna ‘the woman’
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kvenna (noun f.; °-u): woman, wife
einu ‘One’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
sinni ‘time’
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2. sinni (noun n.; °-s;): time, occasion; company, following
líns ‘of the maniple’
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lín (noun n.): linen; headband
kennings
lærðan kenni líns,‘a learned tester of the maniple, ’
= PRIEST
a learned tester of the maniple, → PRIEST
notes
[3] líns ‘of the maniple’: Lit. ‘of linen’. This is taken here as a synonym for handlín ‘maniple’ (so also Skj B). A maniple (Lat. manipula) is a strip of cloth worn by priests around the left arm during the service (see Fritzner: handlín). Kock’s attempt (NN §2800) to construe it as a determinant linns ‘of the snake’, which he regards as a synonym for ‘of gold’, is not persuasive.
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
lærðan ‘a learned’
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lærðr (adj./verb p.p.): learned
kennings
lærðan kenni líns,‘a learned tester of the maniple, ’
= PRIEST
a learned tester of the maniple, → PRIEST
kenni ‘tester’
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kennir (noun m.): teacher
kennings
lærðan kenni líns,‘a learned tester of the maniple, ’
= PRIEST
a learned tester of the maniple, → PRIEST
leidd ‘moved’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
bæði ‘both’
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báðir (pron.; °gen. beggja (báðra), nom./acc. n. bǽði): both
reidduz ‘became enraged’
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4. reiða (verb): make angry
Prestr ‘The priest’
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prestr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i/-; -ar): priest
varð ‘became’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
óðr ‘angry’
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2. óðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): raging, furious
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
æstiz ‘was provoked’
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œsa (verb): surge
eymdum ‘by misfortunes’
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eymð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): misery
lagðr ‘stung’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
notes
[6] lagðr ‘stung’: This is the p.p. of the verb leggja in the meaning ‘sting, pierce, hew’.
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
sagði ‘reported’
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segja (verb): say, tell
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
notes
[7] þar, sem þjóðir vissu ‘there, where people found out about it’: Lit. ‘there, where people found out’. The l. is difficult to make sense of. Þar ‘there’ is an adv. with full stress carrying alliteration and followed by sem ‘where’. The internal rhyme falls on the two syllables þar-sem (assimilation of rs to ss). Skj B emends þar ‘there’ to þat ‘that which’ and tentatively translates the cl. as hvad folk mente at vide (?) ‘that which people thought they knew (?)’, which leaves the l. without internal rhyme. Kock (Skald; NN §2864) emends to þess sem þjóðir vissu ‘as people knew’. Wrightson has ‘although people knew about it already’. All these translations make little sense, because, according to Mar, the woman had confessed the crime to the priest, who later became so enraged that he broke his confidentiality. He reported the crime sva at allir mega heyra ‘so that all are able to hear’ (Mar 1871, 277) or fyrir morgum monnum ‘before many people’ (Mar 1871, 1203). Accordingly, he announced it in a public place where many people, who did not know about the crime, heard about it.
sem ‘where’
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sem (conj.): as, which
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[7] þar, sem þjóðir vissu ‘there, where people found out about it’: Lit. ‘there, where people found out’. The l. is difficult to make sense of. Þar ‘there’ is an adv. with full stress carrying alliteration and followed by sem ‘where’. The internal rhyme falls on the two syllables þar-sem (assimilation of rs to ss). Skj B emends þar ‘there’ to þat ‘that which’ and tentatively translates the cl. as hvad folk mente at vide (?) ‘that which people thought they knew (?)’, which leaves the l. without internal rhyme. Kock (Skald; NN §2864) emends to þess sem þjóðir vissu ‘as people knew’. Wrightson has ‘although people knew about it already’. All these translations make little sense, because, according to Mar, the woman had confessed the crime to the priest, who later became so enraged that he broke his confidentiality. He reported the crime sva at allir mega heyra ‘so that all are able to hear’ (Mar 1871, 277) or fyrir morgum monnum ‘before many people’ (Mar 1871, 1203). Accordingly, he announced it in a public place where many people, who did not know about the crime, heard about it.
þjóðir ‘people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
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[7] þar, sem þjóðir vissu ‘there, where people found out about it’: Lit. ‘there, where people found out’. The l. is difficult to make sense of. Þar ‘there’ is an adv. with full stress carrying alliteration and followed by sem ‘where’. The internal rhyme falls on the two syllables þar-sem (assimilation of rs to ss). Skj B emends þar ‘there’ to þat ‘that which’ and tentatively translates the cl. as hvad folk mente at vide (?) ‘that which people thought they knew (?)’, which leaves the l. without internal rhyme. Kock (Skald; NN §2864) emends to þess sem þjóðir vissu ‘as people knew’. Wrightson has ‘although people knew about it already’. All these translations make little sense, because, according to Mar, the woman had confessed the crime to the priest, who later became so enraged that he broke his confidentiality. He reported the crime sva at allir mega heyra ‘so that all are able to hear’ (Mar 1871, 277) or fyrir morgum monnum ‘before many people’ (Mar 1871, 1203). Accordingly, he announced it in a public place where many people, who did not know about the crime, heard about it.
vissu ‘found out’
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1. vita (verb): know
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[7] þar, sem þjóðir vissu ‘there, where people found out about it’: Lit. ‘there, where people found out’. The l. is difficult to make sense of. Þar ‘there’ is an adv. with full stress carrying alliteration and followed by sem ‘where’. The internal rhyme falls on the two syllables þar-sem (assimilation of rs to ss). Skj B emends þar ‘there’ to þat ‘that which’ and tentatively translates the cl. as hvad folk mente at vide (?) ‘that which people thought they knew (?)’, which leaves the l. without internal rhyme. Kock (Skald; NN §2864) emends to þess sem þjóðir vissu ‘as people knew’. Wrightson has ‘although people knew about it already’. All these translations make little sense, because, according to Mar, the woman had confessed the crime to the priest, who later became so enraged that he broke his confidentiality. He reported the crime sva at allir mega heyra ‘so that all are able to hear’ (Mar 1871, 277) or fyrir morgum monnum ‘before many people’ (Mar 1871, 1203). Accordingly, he announced it in a public place where many people, who did not know about the crime, heard about it.
glæp ‘crime’
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glœpr (noun m.): sin, misdeed
eftir ‘’
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eptir (prep.): after, behind
notes
[8] eftir henni: Lit. ‘after her’. The prep. eftir makes the l. too long, and the short form (eft ‘after’) could have been used by the poet.
henni ‘’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
notes
[8] eftir henni: Lit. ‘after her’. The prep. eftir makes the l. too long, and the short form (eft ‘after’) could have been used by the poet.
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