Anon Mv I 2VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur I 2’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 680.
Ást ‘bosom’
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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love < ástvinr (noun m.): dear friend
vin ‘friend’
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend < ástvinr (noun m.): dear friend
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
inn ‘’
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2. inn (art.): the
æsti ‘Noblest’
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œstr (adj.): raging
Andréas ‘Andrew’
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Andreas (noun m.): [Andrew]
notes
[2] Andréas ‘Andrew’: For the apostrophe to S. Andrew, see Introduction above and Introduction to Vitn.
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
standi ‘stand’
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standa (verb): stand
nefndr ‘named’
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2. nefna (verb): mention, name, call
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
nógleiks ‘of abundance’
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gnógleikr (noun m.): [abundance]
orðum ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
nafn ‘name’
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nafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): name
þitt ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
hjá ‘by’
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hjá (prep.): beside, with
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
jafnan ‘always’
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jafnan (adv.): always
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
sælli ‘the blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
notes
[5, 8] sælli meyju áhlýðandi ‘while the blessed Virgin is listening’: This is an absolute dat. (see NS §120). Kock (Skald; NN §1679) retains the dat. (sælli meyju ‘blessed Virgin’), but connects it with the verb inna ‘relate’ (l. 7) and translates it as åt den heliga jungfrun ‘in honour of the blessed Virgin’. This construction is unclear. Wrightson (2001) also retains the dat., but connects it with sanna jartegn ‘a true miracle’ (l. 7) (‘a true miracle performed by the blessed Virgin’). Skj B emends to sællar meyjar ‘of the blessed Virgin’ (l. 5) and also connects it with sanna jartegn ‘a true miracle’ (l. 7) (‘a true miracle of the blessed Virgin’). Earlier eds treat áhlýðandi lýðum (l. 8) as one nominal phrase, and Skj B translates it as i folks påhør ‘in the hearing, presence of people’. Wrightson has ‘to attentive people’. LP: áhlýðandi gives the construction as an absolute dat. with lýðum ‘while people are listening’. However, in OIcel. the -i ending in dat. pl. is late and rare (see ANG §435, Anm. 1).
meyju ‘Virgin’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
notes
[5, 8] sælli meyju áhlýðandi ‘while the blessed Virgin is listening’: This is an absolute dat. (see NS §120). Kock (Skald; NN §1679) retains the dat. (sælli meyju ‘blessed Virgin’), but connects it with the verb inna ‘relate’ (l. 7) and translates it as åt den heliga jungfrun ‘in honour of the blessed Virgin’. This construction is unclear. Wrightson (2001) also retains the dat., but connects it with sanna jartegn ‘a true miracle’ (l. 7) (‘a true miracle performed by the blessed Virgin’). Skj B emends to sællar meyjar ‘of the blessed Virgin’ (l. 5) and also connects it with sanna jartegn ‘a true miracle’ (l. 7) (‘a true miracle of the blessed Virgin’). Earlier eds treat áhlýðandi lýðum (l. 8) as one nominal phrase, and Skj B translates it as i folks påhør ‘in the hearing, presence of people’. Wrightson has ‘to attentive people’. LP: áhlýðandi gives the construction as an absolute dat. with lýðum ‘while people are listening’. However, in OIcel. the -i ending in dat. pl. is late and rare (see ANG §435, Anm. 1).
sætt ‘sweet’
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sœtr (adj.): sweet
notes
[6] sætt hreinlífið ‘sweet virtuousness’: This nominal phrase is either nom. or acc. In the present edn, it is treated as a form of address, referring back to S. Andrew in the previous helmingr (see NN §1679; Sperber 1911, 56). Skj B takes it as an embedded cl. with a suppressed verb ‘to be’ referring to the Virgin: hun er den søde kyskhed selv ‘she is blessed virtuousness itself’.
hrein ‘virtuousness’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure < hreinlífi (noun n.): chastity
notes
[6] sætt hreinlífið ‘sweet virtuousness’: This nominal phrase is either nom. or acc. In the present edn, it is treated as a form of address, referring back to S. Andrew in the previous helmingr (see NN §1679; Sperber 1911, 56). Skj B takes it as an embedded cl. with a suppressed verb ‘to be’ referring to the Virgin: hun er den søde kyskhed selv ‘she is blessed virtuousness itself’.
lífið ‘’
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lífi (noun n.; °-s): life < hreinlífi (noun n.): chastity
notes
[6] sætt hreinlífið ‘sweet virtuousness’: This nominal phrase is either nom. or acc. In the present edn, it is treated as a form of address, referring back to S. Andrew in the previous helmingr (see NN §1679; Sperber 1911, 56). Skj B takes it as an embedded cl. with a suppressed verb ‘to be’ referring to the Virgin: hun er den søde kyskhed selv ‘she is blessed virtuousness itself’.
mætti ‘I could’
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mega (verb): may, might
inna ‘tell’
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inna (verb): to pay, discharge, relate, tell; to announce, confirm
jartegn ‘miracle’
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jarteign (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): miracle
sanna ‘a true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
áhlýðandi ‘is listening’
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áhlýðandi (adj.): [is listening]
notes
[5, 8] sælli meyju áhlýðandi ‘while the blessed Virgin is listening’: This is an absolute dat. (see NS §120). Kock (Skald; NN §1679) retains the dat. (sælli meyju ‘blessed Virgin’), but connects it with the verb inna ‘relate’ (l. 7) and translates it as åt den heliga jungfrun ‘in honour of the blessed Virgin’. This construction is unclear. Wrightson (2001) also retains the dat., but connects it with sanna jartegn ‘a true miracle’ (l. 7) (‘a true miracle performed by the blessed Virgin’). Skj B emends to sællar meyjar ‘of the blessed Virgin’ (l. 5) and also connects it with sanna jartegn ‘a true miracle’ (l. 7) (‘a true miracle of the blessed Virgin’). Earlier eds treat áhlýðandi lýðum (l. 8) as one nominal phrase, and Skj B translates it as i folks påhør ‘in the hearing, presence of people’. Wrightson has ‘to attentive people’. LP: áhlýðandi gives the construction as an absolute dat. with lýðum ‘while people are listening’. However, in OIcel. the -i ending in dat. pl. is late and rare (see ANG §435, Anm. 1).
lýðum ‘people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
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[3]: The l. lacks internal rhyme. — [5-8]: The second helmingr is difficult, and various interpretations and emendations have been suggested.
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