Anon Mv I 17VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur I 17’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 691.
Því ‘For this reason’
sótta ‘came’
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sœkja (verb): seek, attack
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þitt ‘of yours’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
líkneski ‘effigy’
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líkneski (noun n.; °-s; -): [effigy]
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
hitta ‘find’
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hitta (verb): meet, encounter
mest ‘most of all’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
að ‘because’
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4. at (conj.): that
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[3] Máría (f. nom. sg.) ‘Mary’: This is a form of address, and the ms. reading, Máríu, is an oblique case.
treystag ‘I have trusted’
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treysta (verb): trust, believe in
mín ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
fulltingi ‘help’
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2. fullting (noun n.): help
þínum ‘in your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
Aungvan ‘nobody’
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2. engi (pron.): no, none
notes
[5, 6, 8] eg á aungvan annan fæddra manna til geingis að fái borgið mier ‘I have nobody else of born men for support so that it may save me’: Construed here as a svá að cl. with svá suppressed. Another possibility would be to understand að (= er) as introducing a rel. cl. (‘nobody else of born men who can manage to save me’); however, að is used very sparingly for er in Mv I–III.
á ‘have’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
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[5, 6, 8] eg á aungvan annan fæddra manna til geingis að fái borgið mier ‘I have nobody else of born men for support so that it may save me’: Construed here as a svá að cl. with svá suppressed. Another possibility would be to understand að (= er) as introducing a rel. cl. (‘nobody else of born men who can manage to save me’); however, að is used very sparingly for er in Mv I–III.
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
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[5, 6, 8] eg á aungvan annan fæddra manna til geingis að fái borgið mier ‘I have nobody else of born men for support so that it may save me’: Construed here as a svá að cl. with svá suppressed. Another possibility would be to understand að (= er) as introducing a rel. cl. (‘nobody else of born men who can manage to save me’); however, að is used very sparingly for er in Mv I–III.
til ‘for’
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til (prep.): to
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[5, 6, 8] eg á aungvan annan fæddra manna til geingis að fái borgið mier ‘I have nobody else of born men for support so that it may save me’: Construed here as a svá að cl. with svá suppressed. Another possibility would be to understand að (= er) as introducing a rel. cl. (‘nobody else of born men who can manage to save me’); however, að is used very sparingly for er in Mv I–III.
geingis ‘support’
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gengi (noun n.): support, following
notes
[5, 6, 8] eg á aungvan annan fæddra manna til geingis að fái borgið mier ‘I have nobody else of born men for support so that it may save me’: Construed here as a svá að cl. with svá suppressed. Another possibility would be to understand að (= er) as introducing a rel. cl. (‘nobody else of born men who can manage to save me’); however, að is used very sparingly for er in Mv I–III.
annan ‘else’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
notes
[5, 6, 8] eg á aungvan annan fæddra manna til geingis að fái borgið mier ‘I have nobody else of born men for support so that it may save me’: Construed here as a svá að cl. with svá suppressed. Another possibility would be to understand að (= er) as introducing a rel. cl. (‘nobody else of born men who can manage to save me’); however, að is used very sparingly for er in Mv I–III.
fæddra ‘born’
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2. fœða (verb): to feed, give food to, bring up, bear, give birth to
notes
[5, 6, 8] eg á aungvan annan fæddra manna til geingis að fái borgið mier ‘I have nobody else of born men for support so that it may save me’: Construed here as a svá að cl. with svá suppressed. Another possibility would be to understand að (= er) as introducing a rel. cl. (‘nobody else of born men who can manage to save me’); however, að is used very sparingly for er in Mv I–III.
manna ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
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[5, 6, 8] eg á aungvan annan fæddra manna til geingis að fái borgið mier ‘I have nobody else of born men for support so that it may save me’: Construed here as a svá að cl. with svá suppressed. Another possibility would be to understand að (= er) as introducing a rel. cl. (‘nobody else of born men who can manage to save me’); however, að is used very sparingly for er in Mv I–III.
því ‘therefore’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
er ‘’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
sett ‘am placed’
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setja (verb): place, set, establish
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
sára ‘dire’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
sorg ‘distress’
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sorg (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sorrow, affliction
að ‘so that’
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4. at (conj.): that
notes
[5, 6, 8] eg á aungvan annan fæddra manna til geingis að fái borgið mier ‘I have nobody else of born men for support so that it may save me’: Construed here as a svá að cl. with svá suppressed. Another possibility would be to understand að (= er) as introducing a rel. cl. (‘nobody else of born men who can manage to save me’); however, að is used very sparingly for er in Mv I–III.
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
fái ‘it may’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
notes
[5, 6, 8] eg á aungvan annan fæddra manna til geingis að fái borgið mier ‘I have nobody else of born men for support so that it may save me’: Construed here as a svá að cl. with svá suppressed. Another possibility would be to understand að (= er) as introducing a rel. cl. (‘nobody else of born men who can manage to save me’); however, að is used very sparingly for er in Mv I–III.
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[5, 6, 8] eg á aungvan annan fæddra manna til geingis að fái borgið mier ‘I have nobody else of born men for support so that it may save me’: Construed here as a svá að cl. with svá suppressed. Another possibility would be to understand að (= er) as introducing a rel. cl. (‘nobody else of born men who can manage to save me’); however, að is used very sparingly for er in Mv I–III. — [8] borgið ‘saved’: The missing <r> (721 ‘bogit’) is ensured by the internal rhyme (-org : -org-).
notes
[5, 6, 8] eg á aungvan annan fæddra manna til geingis að fái borgið mier ‘I have nobody else of born men for support so that it may save me’: Construed here as a svá að cl. with svá suppressed. Another possibility would be to understand að (= er) as introducing a rel. cl. (‘nobody else of born men who can manage to save me’); however, að is used very sparingly for er in Mv I–III. — [8] borgið ‘saved’: The missing <r> (721 ‘bogit’) is ensured by the internal rhyme (-org : -org-).
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