Anon Mv I 16VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur I 16’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 690.
Flóði ‘flooded’
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3. flóa (verb): flood, flow
á ‘onto’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
notes
[1] á klæði frúinnar ‘[which ran] onto the lady’s robe’: I.e. the Virgin’s robe. For this interpretation, see NN §1686. Skj B deletes the prep. á ‘onto’ and gives the following reading of ll. 1-2: Frúinnar klæði flóði í tárum ‘the lady’s robe was flooded with tears’. According to that version, spent fári ‘surrounded with danger’ is assigned to the following cl.
frúinnar ‘the lady’s’
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frú (noun f.): lady
notes
[1] á klæði frúinnar ‘[which ran] onto the lady’s robe’: I.e. the Virgin’s robe. For this interpretation, see NN §1686. Skj B deletes the prep. á ‘onto’ and gives the following reading of ll. 1-2: Frúinnar klæði flóði í tárum ‘the lady’s robe was flooded with tears’. According to that version, spent fári ‘surrounded with danger’ is assigned to the following cl.
klæði ‘robe’
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klæði (noun n.; °-s; -): clothes
notes
[1] á klæði frúinnar ‘[which ran] onto the lady’s robe’: I.e. the Virgin’s robe. For this interpretation, see NN §1686. Skj B deletes the prep. á ‘onto’ and gives the following reading of ll. 1-2: Frúinnar klæði flóði í tárum ‘the lady’s robe was flooded with tears’. According to that version, spent fári ‘surrounded with danger’ is assigned to the following cl.
fári ‘with danger’
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2. fár (noun n.; °-s): harm, danger
spent ‘Surrounded’
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2. spenna (verb): span, surround
í ‘with’
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í (prep.): in, into
tárum ‘tears’
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tár (noun n.; °; -): tear
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
angri ‘grief’
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2. angr (noun n.): grief, sin
nógu ‘abundant’
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gnógr (adj.; °compar. gnógari/gnǿgri, superl. gnógastr/gnǿgstr): abundant
ófæltiliga ‘fearlessly’
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ófæltiliga (adv.): [fearlessly]
mælti ‘she spoke’
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1. mæla (verb): speak, say
Sjáðu ‘See’
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2. sjá (verb): see
in ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
mjúka ‘gentle’
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mjúkr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, humble
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
mína ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
þörf ‘need’
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þǫrf (noun f.; °þarfar; þarfar/þarfir): need
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
pínu ‘anguish’
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1. pína (noun f.; °-u; -ur): torment
mig ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
skulu ‘are going to’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
meinum ‘with injuries’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
kvelja ‘torture’
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kvelja (verb): torment, torture
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
eldi ‘with fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
brenna ‘burn’
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3. brenna (verb; (weak, transitive)): to burn (weak, intr.)
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