Anon Mv I 6VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur I 6’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 682-3.
Vóx ‘grew’
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vaxa (verb): grow, increase
hræðilig ‘A terrible’
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hræðiligr (adj.): terrible, dreadful
huxan ‘thought’
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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider
hitt ‘that’
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2. inn (art.): the
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
allir ‘they all’
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allr (adj.): all
kvitta ‘gossip about’
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1. kvitta (verb): gossip about, talk of
notes
[3] myndar ‘creates’: The ms. reading ‘meyndar’ is not an ON word.
marg ‘a very’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many < margvíss (adj.)
víss ‘crafty’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly) < margvíss (adj.)
fjandi ‘devil’
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fjándi (noun m.; °-a; fjándr/fjándar/fjándir): enemy, devil
milli ‘among’
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milli (prep.): between
fólksins ‘people’
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folk (noun n.): people
illa ‘the wicked’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
Sagði ‘said’
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segja (verb): say, tell
sveit ‘The crowd’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
lagðiz ‘lay’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
seim ‘the gold’
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2. seimr (noun m.; °dat. -i): gold < seimkennandi (noun m.)
kennings
seimkennandi‘the gold-tester ’
= MAN
the gold-tester → MAN
kennandi ‘tester’
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kennandi (noun m.; °-a; kennendr): bringer, conveyor, tester < seimkennandi (noun m.)
kennings
seimkennandi‘the gold-tester ’
= MAN
the gold-tester → MAN
að ‘with’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
henni ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
því ‘therefore’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
mundi ‘must’
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munu (verb): will, must
svá ‘so much’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
kennings
kunnum sendi sax‘the famous sender of the sword ’
= WARRIOR
the famous sender of the sword → WARRIOR
notes
[7-8] sendi sax ‘the sender of the sword [WARRIOR]’: ‘Semdí’ and ‘sa̋r’ (sár ‘wound’) (so 721) must be parts of a kenning for ‘man’. The emendation to sendi (m. dat. sg.) ‘sender’ is supported by the internal rhyme (-und- : -end-), and ‘sa̋r’ must be a corrupt version of the determinant (here: sax [n. gen. sg.] ‘of the sword’). The emendations follow those of Skj B and Skald. Sperber suggests sendi sárs ‘the sender of the wound’ i.e. ‘warrior, man’ (so also Wrightson).
kennings
kunnum sendi sax‘the famous sender of the sword ’
= WARRIOR
the famous sender of the sword → WARRIOR
notes
[7-8] sendi sax ‘the sender of the sword [WARRIOR]’: ‘Semdí’ and ‘sa̋r’ (sár ‘wound’) (so 721) must be parts of a kenning for ‘man’. The emendation to sendi (m. dat. sg.) ‘sender’ is supported by the internal rhyme (-und- : -end-), and ‘sa̋r’ must be a corrupt version of the determinant (here: sax [n. gen. sg.] ‘of the sword’). The emendations follow those of Skj B and Skald. Sperber suggests sendi sárs ‘the sender of the wound’ i.e. ‘warrior, man’ (so also Wrightson).
kunnum ‘the famous’
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kunnr (adj.): known (?)
kennings
kunnum sendi sax‘the famous sender of the sword ’
= WARRIOR
the famous sender of the sword → WARRIOR
frú ‘the lady’
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frú (noun f.): lady
unna ‘love’
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1. unna (verb): love
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[5]: The l. contains aðalhending (-agð- : -agð-) rather than the expected skothending.
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