Anon Mv I 15VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur I 15’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 689-90.
Fór ‘went’
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fara (verb; ferr, fór, fóru, farinn): go, travel
[1] Fór: ‘F[...]’ 721, ‘F.’ 1032ˣ
notes
[1] fór ‘went’: The abbreviation for <or> is torn off in 721, but the <r> is ensured by the internal rhyme (-ór : -ár-).
er ‘was’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
flóði ‘flooded’
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3. flóa (verb): flood, flow
í ‘with’
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í (prep.): in, into
tárum ‘tears’
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tár (noun n.; °; -): tear
fann ‘found’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
musterið ‘the church’
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musteri (noun n.; °-s; -): church, temple
notes
[2] musterið ‘the church’: For this word, see Note to Vitn 15/3.
svanni ‘the woman’
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svanni (noun m.): lady, woman
sína ‘for her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
griet ‘she wept’
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2. gráta (verb): weep
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
greinum ‘explanations’
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grein (noun f.): reason, period, branch
gjörð ‘deed’
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1. gerð (noun f.): deed
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
kraup ‘bent’
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krjúpa (verb): creep, kneel
að ‘to’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
jörðu ‘the ground’
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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304)): ground, earth
Þar ‘There’
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þar (adv.): there
sá ‘saw’
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2. sjá (verb): see
flóðið ‘lady’
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1. flóð (noun f.): lady
fríða ‘the fair’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
notes
[6] * feskasta líkneskju (f. acc. sg.) ‘the most beautiful effigy’: The def. art. ið (n. acc. sg.) ‘the’ (ið feskasta líkneskju ‘the most beautiful effigy’; so 721) is ungrammatical because líkneskju ‘effigy’ is f. acc. sg. Furthermore, the def. art. makes the l. unmetrical (heptasyllabic with the main stave in position two). For the phrase fesk líkneskja ‘beautiful effigy’ see Vitn 17/6.
feskasta ‘the most beautiful’
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ferskr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful
[6] * feskasta: ið feskasta 721
notes
[6] * feskasta líkneskju (f. acc. sg.) ‘the most beautiful effigy’: The def. art. ið (n. acc. sg.) ‘the’ (ið feskasta líkneskju ‘the most beautiful effigy’; so 721) is ungrammatical because líkneskju ‘effigy’ is f. acc. sg. Furthermore, the def. art. makes the l. unmetrical (heptasyllabic with the main stave in position two). For the phrase fesk líkneskja ‘beautiful effigy’ see Vitn 17/6.
líkneskju ‘effigy’
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líkneskja (noun f.; °-u; -ur): [effigy]
notes
[6] * feskasta líkneskju (f. acc. sg.) ‘the most beautiful effigy’: The def. art. ið (n. acc. sg.) ‘the’ (ið feskasta líkneskju ‘the most beautiful effigy’; so 721) is ungrammatical because líkneskju ‘effigy’ is f. acc. sg. Furthermore, the def. art. makes the l. unmetrical (heptasyllabic with the main stave in position two). For the phrase fesk líkneskja ‘beautiful effigy’ see Vitn 17/6.
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
Máríu ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
meyju ‘of the Virgin’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
mynduð ‘fashioned’
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1. mynda (verb): shape
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
til ‘for’
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til (prep.): to
yndis ‘the pleasure’
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ynði (noun n.; °-s): pleasure
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