Anon Mv I 22VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur I 22’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 694.
Enn ‘Again’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
gjörðu ‘made’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
annan ‘another’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
eld ‘fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
af ‘with’
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af (prep.): from
harmi ‘anger’
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1. harmr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sorrow, grief
sveldir ‘bloated’
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svelja (verb): grow, bloat
hyrjar ‘from the burning’
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hyrr (noun m.): fire
miklu ‘much’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
notes
[3] miklu meira ‘much larger’: So Skj B, Wrightson. Skald connects this with mein ‘harm’ (l. 4; see NN §1688): ‘offering the woman a much greater harm’. Mar (1871, 278) reads: Er nv gert annat bal þegar i stað myklv sterkara ‘Now a second pyre is made at once, much stronger’. See also Schottmann (1973, 363).
meira ‘larger’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
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[3] miklu meira ‘much larger’: So Skj B, Wrightson. Skald connects this with mein ‘harm’ (l. 4; see NN §1688): ‘offering the woman a much greater harm’. Mar (1871, 278) reads: Er nv gert annat bal þegar i stað myklv sterkara ‘Now a second pyre is made at once, much stronger’. See also Schottmann (1973, 363).
mein ‘harm’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
bjóðandi ‘offering’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
[4] bjóðandi: ‘bioandi’ 721
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[4] bjóðandi ‘offering’: The missing <ð> is ensured by the internal rhyme (-óð- : -óð-).
fljóði ‘the woman’
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fljóð (noun n.): woman
Svá ‘So’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
æsilig ‘furious’
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œsiligr (adj.): [furious]
eisa ‘the glow’
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1. eisa (noun f.; °; -ur): flame, ember
elds ‘of the fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
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[6] elds ... þellu ‘of the fire ... of the fir’: The internal rhyme (eld- : -ell-) is imperfect and could indicate an approximation in the pronunciation (see Note to st. 21/8 above).
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
hringa ‘of rings’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
kennings
þellu hringa‘of the fir of rings ’
= WOMAN
the fir of rings → WOMAN
þellu ‘of the fir’
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þella (noun f.): fir, young pine
kennings
þellu hringa‘of the fir of rings ’
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the fir of rings → WOMAN
notes
[6] elds ... þellu ‘of the fire ... of the fir’: The internal rhyme (eld- : -ell-) is imperfect and could indicate an approximation in the pronunciation (see Note to st. 21/8 above).
bandið ‘band’
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band (noun n.; °-s; *-): band, bond
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[7] bandið ... af brúði ‘band ... off the lady’: The l. lacks internal rhyme, and Kock emends af brúði ‘off the lady’ to af brandi ‘from the fire’ (see NN §2866). Skj B retains the ms. reading, but connects the prepositional phrase af brúði ‘off the lady’ with the last cl. (‘the fetters melted off the lady’; so also Wrightson), again complicating the w.o. Mar (1871, 1203) offers the following reading: enn bo᷎ndin ero brvnnin af henni ‘but the bands have been burned off her’. See also Schottmann (1973, 363).
hvert ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
af ‘off’
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af (prep.): from
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[7] bandið ... af brúði ‘band ... off the lady’: The l. lacks internal rhyme, and Kock emends af brúði ‘off the lady’ to af brandi ‘from the fire’ (see NN §2866). Skj B retains the ms. reading, but connects the prepositional phrase af brúði ‘off the lady’ with the last cl. (‘the fetters melted off the lady’; so also Wrightson), again complicating the w.o. Mar (1871, 1203) offers the following reading: enn bo᷎ndin ero brvnnin af henni ‘but the bands have been burned off her’. See also Schottmann (1973, 363).
brúði ‘the lady’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
notes
[7] bandið ... af brúði ‘band ... off the lady’: The l. lacks internal rhyme, and Kock emends af brúði ‘off the lady’ to af brandi ‘from the fire’ (see NN §2866). Skj B retains the ms. reading, but connects the prepositional phrase af brúði ‘off the lady’ with the last cl. (‘the fetters melted off the lady’; so also Wrightson), again complicating the w.o. Mar (1871, 1203) offers the following reading: enn bo᷎ndin ero brvnnin af henni ‘but the bands have been burned off her’. See also Schottmann (1973, 363).
brennr ‘burns’
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2. brenna (verb; °brennr/brenn; brann, brunnu; brunninn): (strong, intransitive)
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
fjötrar ‘the fetters’
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fjǫturr (noun m.): fetter
renna ‘melt’
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2. renna (verb): run (strong)
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