Anon Mv II 14VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur II 14’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 710-11.
Hreina ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
vildu ‘wanted’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
huggan ‘consolation’
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huggun (noun f.; °hugganar/huggunar; hugganir): comfort
henni ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
veita ‘to offer’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
staðar ‘The towns’
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1. staðr (noun m.; °-ar/-s; -ir): place < staðarmaðr (noun m.)
menn ‘people’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person < staðarmaðr (noun m.)
notes
[3] eingi ‘nobody’: The 721 variant provides the internal rhyme with spaung ‘clasp’. For spaung ‘clasp’ as a base-word in kennings for ‘woman’ see Note to 5/2 above.
mátti ‘could’
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mega (verb): may, might
auð ‘for the wealth’
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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth < auðspǫng (noun f.)
kennings
auðspaung‘for the wealth-clasp. ’
= WOMAN
for the wealth-clasp. → WOMAN
spaung ‘clasp’
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spǫng (noun f.; °spangar/spengr; spengr): clasp < auðspǫng (noun f.)
kennings
auðspaung‘for the wealth-clasp. ’
= WOMAN
for the wealth-clasp. → WOMAN
eina ‘one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
finna ‘find’
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2. finna (verb): find, meet
fegins ‘for joy’
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2. feginn (adj.; °compar. fegnari, superl. fegnastr): glad, happy < feginsgrein (noun f.)
grein ‘reason’
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grein (noun f.): reason, period, branch < feginsgrein (noun f.)
Sat ‘sat’
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sitja (verb): sit
hun ‘She’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
upp ‘upright’
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upp (adv.): up
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
sárt ‘bitterly’
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sárt (adv.): [bitterly]
griet ‘wept for’
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2. gráta (verb): weep
sonar ‘of her son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
þess ‘which’
[6] þess: það 721
notes
[6] þess er mikil vón ‘which is certainly to be expected’: Lit. ‘there is great expectation of that’. Vón ‘expectation’ takes the gen. For the rhyme -on- : -ón-, see Note to 8/2 above.
notes
[6] þess er mikil vón ‘which is certainly to be expected’: Lit. ‘there is great expectation of that’. Vón ‘expectation’ takes the gen. For the rhyme -on- : -ón-, see Note to 8/2 above.
mikil ‘certainly’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
notes
[6] þess er mikil vón ‘which is certainly to be expected’: Lit. ‘there is great expectation of that’. Vón ‘expectation’ takes the gen. For the rhyme -on- : -ón-, see Note to 8/2 above.
vón ‘to be expected’
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ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation
notes
[6] þess er mikil vón ‘which is certainly to be expected’: Lit. ‘there is great expectation of that’. Vón ‘expectation’ takes the gen. For the rhyme -on- : -ón-, see Note to 8/2 above.
dauða ‘the death’
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1. dauðr (noun m.; °-s): death
unz ‘until’
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2. unz (conj.): until
dagr ‘the day’
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dagr (noun m.; °-s, dat. degi/dag/dagi(Thom¹ 332¹n.); -ar): day
leið ‘wore on’
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2. leiða (verb; -dd): lead; (-sk) grow tired
dróttum ‘for people’
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1. drótt (noun f.): troop
en ‘and ’
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4. en (conj.): than
nótt ‘night’
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nótt (noun f.): night
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