Anon Mv I 7VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur I 7’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 683.
Hier ‘here’
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hér (adv.): here
kom ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
orð ‘The rumour’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
það ‘which’
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þat (conj.): that
notes
[1] það ‘which’: For the omission of the rel. part. er see NS §261. Earlier eds (with the exception of Kahle) construe the clauses as follows: Hér kom, þat orð ‘It happened, that (the woman finally) heard that rumour’. However, koma used impersonally with the meaning ‘happen, occur’ is always followed by a that- or a when-cl. (see Fritzner: koma 8.).
heyrði ‘heard’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
hús ‘house’
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hús (noun n.; °-s; -): house < hústrú (noun f.)
notes
[2] hústrú ‘housewife’: Most earlier eds silently emend to húsfrú ‘housewife’. Because both forms of the word are attested (see Fritzner: húsfreyja) the emendation is unwarranted, even though húsfrú ‘housewife’ occurs in st. 8 below.
trú ‘wife’
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trú (noun f.; °-ar): faith, belief < hústrú (noun f.)
notes
[2] hústrú ‘housewife’: Most earlier eds silently emend to húsfrú ‘housewife’. Because both forms of the word are attested (see Fritzner: húsfreyja) the emendation is unwarranted, even though húsfrú ‘housewife’ occurs in st. 8 below.
fríð ‘the fair’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
um ‘’
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1. um (prep.): about, around
síðir ‘finally’
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1. síð (noun f.; °; -ir): um síðir: in the end
sig ‘herself’
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sik (pron.; °gen. sín, dat. sér): (refl. pron.)
skildi ‘knew’
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1. skilja (verb): separate, understand
þá ‘then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
sældar ‘of prosperity’
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sæld (noun f.; °; -ir): [prosperity]
saklaus ‘innocent’
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saklauss (adj.): innocent, without cause
notes
[4] saklaus (f. nom. sg.) ‘innocent’: We should have expected the acc. form in the acc. inf. construction skildi sig vera ‘knew herself to be’, but in learned style, nom. may occur (see NS §217c, Anm. 1). Because sprakki ‘lady, woman’ is m., Kock (Skald; NN §3359; so also Wrightson) emends to saklauss (m. nom. sg.). The present edn retains the ms. reading, assuming that the f. form refers to the gender of the woman rather than to the gender of the noun (so also Mv II 12/5). The corresponding place in Mar (1871, 1202) reads as follows: sem hun vissi sik fullkomit saklausa ‘because she knew herself to be completely innocent’. For Lat. parallels, see Schottmann (1973, 363).
vera ‘to be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sprakki ‘the woman’
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sprakki (noun m.): woman, lively one
Ráð ‘The remedy’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power < ráðtœki (noun n.)
tæki ‘’
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tœki (noun n.; °; -): °redskab, værktøj, grej(er); handling, aktion < ráðtœki (noun n.)
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
ríkrar ‘of the powerful’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
raun ‘really’
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raun (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): ordeal, proof, experience < raungrœtiligr (adj.)
grætiligt ‘deplorable’
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grœtiligr (adj.): distressful < raungrœtiligr (adj.)
sætu ‘lady’
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1. sæta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): woman, lady
kunni ‘blamed’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
mág ‘son-in-law’
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mágr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): brother-, father-, or son-in-law
sinn ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
manna ‘of all men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
mest ‘most’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
álygi ‘slander’
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álygi (noun f.): [slander]
vestrar ‘for the worst’
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verri (adj. comp.): worse, worst
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