Anon Mv II 16VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur II 16’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 712.
Líknarinnar ‘of compassion’
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líkn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): grace, mercy
kennings
‘Lofað tákn líknarinnar,‘‘Praised sign of compassion, ’
= Mary
‘Praised sign of compassion, → Mary
notes
[1] tákn líknarinnar ‘sign of compassion [= Mary]’: For terms of this type, see Schottmann (1973, 66-7).
kennings
‘Lofað tákn líknarinnar,‘‘Praised sign of compassion, ’
= Mary
‘Praised sign of compassion, → Mary
notes
[1] lofað ‘praised’: The adj. modifies tákn (n. nom. sg.) ‘sign’ and lofuð (so 713) is n. pl.
tákn ‘sign’
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tákn (noun n.; °-s; -): token
kennings
‘Lofað tákn líknarinnar,‘‘Praised sign of compassion, ’
= Mary
‘Praised sign of compassion, → Mary
notes
[1] tákn líknarinnar ‘sign of compassion [= Mary]’: For terms of this type, see Schottmann (1973, 66-7).
líttu ‘look’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
hier ‘here’
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hér (adv.): here
á ‘at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
barn ‘child’
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barn (noun n.; °-s; bǫrn/barn(JKr 345³), dat. bǫrnum/barnum): child
frítt ‘the beautiful’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
það ‘that’
notes
[3] það er minning ‘that is a remembrance’: The syntax of ll. 3-4 is difficult. In the present edn, það er minning ‘that is a remembrance’ is taken as a separate cl., followed by another main cl. Skj B treats ll. 3-4 as one cl., which is translated as det som din nåde skænkede mit legeme som minde (?) ‘that which your mercy gave my body as a memory (?)’. The syntax of that cl. is unclear. Presumably minning ‘memory’ is taken as a dat. (though one would expect a -u ending), but it is difficult to see what type of construction that could be. Wrightson gives the translation ‘which is a remembrance your mercy gave to my flesh’. Her reading presupposes a relative cl. without rel. particle and dem. (‘a remembrance which your mercy gave to my flesh’). Because the l. starts with an unstressed syllable, Skald reverses the initial w.o. (see Introduction above), but reads minnig er þat, where the adj. minnig (f. nom. sg.) ‘of good memory’ replaces the noun minning ‘remembrance, memory’ (so also Sperber), modifying miskunn (f. nom. sg.) ‘mercy’: ‘which your mercy of good memory gave to my flesh’.
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[3] það er minning ‘that is a remembrance’: The syntax of ll. 3-4 is difficult. In the present edn, það er minning ‘that is a remembrance’ is taken as a separate cl., followed by another main cl. Skj B treats ll. 3-4 as one cl., which is translated as det som din nåde skænkede mit legeme som minde (?) ‘that which your mercy gave my body as a memory (?)’. The syntax of that cl. is unclear. Presumably minning ‘memory’ is taken as a dat. (though one would expect a -u ending), but it is difficult to see what type of construction that could be. Wrightson gives the translation ‘which is a remembrance your mercy gave to my flesh’. Her reading presupposes a relative cl. without rel. particle and dem. (‘a remembrance which your mercy gave to my flesh’). Because the l. starts with an unstressed syllable, Skald reverses the initial w.o. (see Introduction above), but reads minnig er þat, where the adj. minnig (f. nom. sg.) ‘of good memory’ replaces the noun minning ‘remembrance, memory’ (so also Sperber), modifying miskunn (f. nom. sg.) ‘mercy’: ‘which your mercy of good memory gave to my flesh’.
minning ‘a remembrance’
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minning (noun f.): commemoration, remembrance
notes
[3] það er minning ‘that is a remembrance’: The syntax of ll. 3-4 is difficult. In the present edn, það er minning ‘that is a remembrance’ is taken as a separate cl., followed by another main cl. Skj B treats ll. 3-4 as one cl., which is translated as det som din nåde skænkede mit legeme som minde (?) ‘that which your mercy gave my body as a memory (?)’. The syntax of that cl. is unclear. Presumably minning ‘memory’ is taken as a dat. (though one would expect a -u ending), but it is difficult to see what type of construction that could be. Wrightson gives the translation ‘which is a remembrance your mercy gave to my flesh’. Her reading presupposes a relative cl. without rel. particle and dem. (‘a remembrance which your mercy gave to my flesh’). Because the l. starts with an unstressed syllable, Skald reverses the initial w.o. (see Introduction above), but reads minnig er þat, where the adj. minnig (f. nom. sg.) ‘of good memory’ replaces the noun minning ‘remembrance, memory’ (so also Sperber), modifying miskunn (f. nom. sg.) ‘mercy’: ‘which your mercy of good memory gave to my flesh’.
miskunn ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
mínu ‘to my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
holdi ‘flesh’
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hold (noun n.; °-s; -): flesh
gaf ‘gave’
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gefa (verb): give
þín ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
Móður ‘of mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother < móðurnafn (noun n.)
nafn ‘The name’
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nafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): name < móðurnafn (noun n.)
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
heiðr ‘honour’
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1. heiðr (noun m.; °heiðrs/heiðar, dat. heiðri/heiðr): honour - gen. -rs
[5] minn heiðr: ‘[...]ieðr’ 721
mist ‘lost’
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2. missa (verb): lose, lack
hefi ‘have’
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hafa (verb): have
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
tvist ‘mournful’
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2. tvistr (adj.): repentant, muted
vel ‘easily’
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vel (adv.): well, very
máttu ‘you can’
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mega (verb): may, might
björt ‘bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
[7] björt: borið 721
böl ‘the misfortune’
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bǫl (noun n.; °-s, dat. bǫlvi): evil
bæta ‘put right’
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bœta (verb; °-tt-): better, emend, compensate
mier ‘for me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[8] frúin ‘the lady’: Meyjan ‘the Virgin’ (so 713) is syntactically possible, but unmetrical, because the word in penultimate position must be monosyllabic or consist of two short syllables.
sæt ‘sweet’
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sœtr (adj.): sweet
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