Anon Mv I 24VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur I 24’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 695-6.
Hvergi ‘not at all’
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2. hvergi (pron.): not, nowhere, neither
rann ‘touched’
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2. renna (verb): run (strong)
á ‘’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
hennar ‘Her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hár ‘hair’
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2. hár (noun n.; °-s; -): hair
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
loganum ‘flame’
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logi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): flame
sárum ‘the bitter’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
klæðin ‘clothes’
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klæði (noun n.; °-s; -): clothes
fögr ‘the fair’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
fljóði ‘the woman’
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fljóð (noun n.): woman
fölna ‘fade’
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fǫlna (verb): grow pale
notes
[4] völna ‘shrivel, wither’: This is a hap. leg. It is most likely cognate with OE wealwian ‘dry up, shrivel, wither, decay’ (ModE dial. wallow) and ModNorw. valen ‘numb from cold’ (cf. the parallels ON fǫlna ‘grow pale, shrivel, decay’ and OE fealwian ‘become fallow, fade, wither’). See NN §2868 and AEW: vǫlna.
eigi ‘neither’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
notes
[4] eigi ‘neither’: Lit. ‘not’. The l. is unmetrical (heptasyllabic), and the poet could have used the short form ei ‘neither, not’.
nie ‘nor’
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né (conj.): nor
völna ‘shrivel’
kennings
Hildr hrings‘The Hildr of the ring ’
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The Hildr of the ring → WOMAN
notes
[5] Hildr hrings ‘The Hildr <valkyrie> of the ring [WOMAN]’: The ms. reads heldr (adv.) ‘rather’, but the emendation is necessary to provide a base-word for the determinant hrings ‘of the ring’.
giekk ‘walked’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
hrings ‘of the ring’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
kennings
Hildr hrings‘The Hildr of the ring ’
= WOMAN
The Hildr of the ring → WOMAN
notes
[5] Hildr hrings ‘The Hildr <valkyrie> of the ring [WOMAN]’: The ms. reads heldr (adv.) ‘rather’, but the emendation is necessary to provide a base-word for the determinant hrings ‘of the ring’.
ór ‘out of’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
eldi ‘the fire’
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eldr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-(HómÍsl¹(1993) 24v²⁴); -ar): fire
hæg ‘calm’
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1. hœgr (adj.; °acc. -an/-jan; comp. hǿgri, superl. hǿgstr/hǿgastr): convenient, calm, pleasant
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
kyrr ‘quiet’
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kyrr (adj.): calm, quiet
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
fyrri ‘before’
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2. fyrri (adv.): before, previously
naut ‘enjoyed’
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nýta (verb): enjoy, use
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
Máríu ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
mætrar ‘of glorious’
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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected
miskunnar ‘the mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
óbrunnin ‘unburned’
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óbrunninn (adj./verb p.p.): [unburned]
notes
[8] óbrunnin ‘unburned’: This adj. could also go with the first cl. in this helmingr (so earlier eds). Mar (1871, 278, 1204) provides the following parallels: at þvi siðr grandaði elldrinn hennar likama, at hvergi rann a hennar kløði eða hár ‘that so little did the fire harm her body that neither her clothes nor her hair were touched’; [þ]essi fyrr sogd kona geck suo brott or elldinum, ok eigi at eins var oskaddr og heill hennar likamr, helldr ok var obrunnin klædi og hꜳr ‘this aforementioned woman walked out of the fire thus, and not only was her body unharmed and healthy, but the clothes and hair were unburned’. See also Schottmann (1973, 363).
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