Anon Mv I 4VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur I 4’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 681-2.
Áðr ‘Earlier’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
var ‘had’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
eigin ‘’
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1. eigin (noun n.; °-s): property; seed < eiginbrúðr (noun f.)
[1] eigin‑: ægir 721
notes
[1, 4] unnandi eiginbrúðar ‘the husband [lit. lover] of the wife’: I.e. ‘husband’. The ms. reading ægir (m. nom. sg.) ‘terror’ or ‘ocean’ (l. 1), makes no sense in this context and must be a scribal error. Sperber suggests ægir auðs brúðar ‘the terror of wealth of the woman’ i.e. ‘the man of the woman’. Skj B emends to eiginn unnandi brúðar, lit. ‘the own lover of the wife’. The present reading follows Skald, and the word eiginbrúðr ‘wife’ also occurs in Anon Pl 17/7. See also Note to Vitn 13/5-8.
brúðar ‘of the wife’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride < eiginbrúðr (noun f.)
notes
[1, 4] unnandi eiginbrúðar ‘the husband [lit. lover] of the wife’: I.e. ‘husband’. The ms. reading ægir (m. nom. sg.) ‘terror’ or ‘ocean’ (l. 1), makes no sense in this context and must be a scribal error. Sperber suggests ægir auðs brúðar ‘the terror of wealth of the woman’ i.e. ‘the man of the woman’. Skj B emends to eiginn unnandi brúðar, lit. ‘the own lover of the wife’. The present reading follows Skald, and the word eiginbrúðr ‘wife’ also occurs in Anon Pl 17/7. See also Note to Vitn 13/5-8.
andaðr ‘died’
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anda (verb; °-að-): breathe, live; (past part.) die
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
landi ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land
átti ‘had’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
notes
[3] hun ‘she’: The pron. is extrametrical.
eina ‘one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
dóttur ‘daughter’
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dóttir (noun f.; °dóttur, dat. dóttur/dǿtr/dóttir, acc. dóttur/dóttir, nom. dóttir/dóttur; dǿtr, gen. dǿtra (cf. [$1592$])): daughter
notes
[1, 4] unnandi eiginbrúðar ‘the husband [lit. lover] of the wife’: I.e. ‘husband’. The ms. reading ægir (m. nom. sg.) ‘terror’ or ‘ocean’ (l. 1), makes no sense in this context and must be a scribal error. Sperber suggests ægir auðs brúðar ‘the terror of wealth of the woman’ i.e. ‘the man of the woman’. Skj B emends to eiginn unnandi brúðar, lit. ‘the own lover of the wife’. The present reading follows Skald, and the word eiginbrúðr ‘wife’ also occurs in Anon Pl 17/7. See also Note to Vitn 13/5-8.
unnandi ‘the husband [lit. lover]’
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unnandi (noun m.; °-a; -endr): lover
notes
[1, 4] unnandi eiginbrúðar ‘the husband [lit. lover] of the wife’: I.e. ‘husband’. The ms. reading ægir (m. nom. sg.) ‘terror’ or ‘ocean’ (l. 1), makes no sense in this context and must be a scribal error. Sperber suggests ægir auðs brúðar ‘the terror of wealth of the woman’ i.e. ‘the man of the woman’. Skj B emends to eiginn unnandi brúðar, lit. ‘the own lover of the wife’. The present reading follows Skald, and the word eiginbrúðr ‘wife’ also occurs in Anon Pl 17/7. See also Note to Vitn 13/5-8.
vel ‘well’
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vel (adv.): well, very
kunna ‘accomplished’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
Hennar ‘for her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
heiðri ‘honour’
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1. heiðr (noun m.; °heiðrs/heiðar, dat. heiðri/heiðr): honour - gen. -rs
heiðurs ‘of honour’
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1. heiðr (noun m.; °heiðrs/heiðar, dat. heiðri/heiðr): honour - gen. -rs < heiðrsmaðr (noun m.)
maðr ‘A man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < heiðrsmaðr (noun m.)
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
greiðiz ‘is paid’
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greiða (verb): alleviate
mundrinn ‘the dowry’
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mundr (noun m.; °-ar): bride-price
fyldiz ‘was achieved’
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fylla (verb): fill
frændum ‘for the relatives’
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frændi (noun m.): kinsman, male relative
frægð ‘fame’
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frægð (noun f.): fame
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
tókuz ‘was established’
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2. taka (verb): take
mægðir ‘the kinship by marriage’
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mægð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): kinship by marriage
notes
[8] mægðir ‘kinship by marriage’: Lit. ‘relationships’. Mægð means ‘relationship brought about by marriage’, here looking forward to that between the woman and her son-in-law.
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