Anon Mv I 20VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur I 20’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 693.
Hlóðu ‘They stacked’
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2. hlaða (verb): heap, pile
bál ‘a pyre’
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bál (noun n.; °-s; -): fire
að ‘about’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
brúði ‘the lady’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
brann ‘burned’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
umhverfis ‘around’
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umhverfis (prep.): [around]
svanna ‘the woman’
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svanni (noun m.): lady, woman
allr ‘the entire’
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allr (adj.): all
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
víðum ‘a wide’
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víðr (adj.): far
velli ‘field’
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vǫllr (noun m.; °vallar, dat. velli; vellir acc. vǫllu/velli): plain, field
viðköstur ‘woodpile’
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viðkǫstr (noun m.): [woodpile]
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
fasta ‘flame’
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fasti (noun m.; °; -ar): flame, fire
Vald ‘power’
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vald (noun n.; °-s; *-): strength, power
Máríu ‘of Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
notes
[5] völdugt ‘powerful’: The missing <d> is ensured by the internal rhyme (-ald : -öld-).
vinnr ‘provides’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
syndugri ‘for the sinful’
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synðugr (adj.): sinful
kvinnu ‘woman’
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kvenna (noun f.; °-u): woman, wife
bót ‘help’
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bót (noun f.; °-ar; bǿtr): compensation
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
hyrr ‘fire’
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hyrr (noun m.): fire
inn ‘the’
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2. inn (art.): the
heiti ‘hot’
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heitr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): hot, ardent
hlífir ‘spares’
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hlífa (verb): protect
frúinnar ‘of the lady’
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frú (noun f.): lady
lífi ‘the life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
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