Anon Mv II 17VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur II 17’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 713.
notes
[1] vænni (f. dat. sg.) ‘good’: The word is no longer legible in 721 (‘Væ[…]’). Finnur believed he could read vænust (f. nom. sg.) ‘the best one’, in which case this would be a form of address to Mary.
muntu ‘You will’
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munu (verb): will, must
várkunn ‘forgiveness’
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várkunn (noun f.): compassion
veita ‘grant’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
fyrir ‘for’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
tár ‘tears’
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tár (noun n.; °; -): tear
heit ‘her hot’
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heitr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): hot, ardent
brúði ‘woman’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
barns ‘of the child’
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barn (noun n.; °-s; bǫrn/barn(JKr 345³), dat. bǫrnum/barnum): child
nauð ‘the plight’
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neyð (noun f.; °dat. -): need, distress
bera ‘convey’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
kunni ‘she could’
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kunna (verb): know, can, be able
sorg ‘sorrow’
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sorg (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sorrow, affliction
hier ‘here’
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hér (adv.): here
Líða ‘pass’
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1. líða (verb): move, glide
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
lífs ‘the mortal’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life < lífsnauð (noun f.)
notes
[5] lífsnauð ‘mortal plight’: Lífstíð ‘lifetime’ (so 713) is syntactically possible but leaves the l. with illicit aðalhending, and the cpd appears to be a lectio facilior.
nauð ‘plight’
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neyð (noun f.; °dat. -): need, distress < lífsnauð (noun f.)
[5] ‑nauð: so 721, tíð 713
notes
[5] lífsnauð ‘mortal plight’: Lífstíð ‘lifetime’ (so 713) is syntactically possible but leaves the l. with illicit aðalhending, and the cpd appears to be a lectio facilior.
láttu ‘Let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
deyi ‘may die’
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1. deyja (verb; °deyr; dó, dó(u); dá(i)nn): die
brátt ‘at once’
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bráðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): quick(ly)
ella ‘or’
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ella (adv.): otherwise
græði ‘heal’
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grœða (verb): heal
friðar ‘the peace’
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friðr (noun m.): peace < friðarfullr (adj.)
kennings
friðarfull hjálpin fljóða‘the peaceful help of women ’
= Mary
the peaceful help of women → Mary
full ‘ful’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < friðarfullr (adj.)
kennings
friðarfull hjálpin fljóða‘the peaceful help of women ’
= Mary
the peaceful help of women → Mary
fljóða ‘of women’
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fljóð (noun n.): woman
kennings
friðarfull hjálpin fljóða‘the peaceful help of women ’
= Mary
the peaceful help of women → Mary
hjálpin ‘help’
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hjǫlp (noun f.; °hjalpar; hjalpir/hjalpar): help, salvation
kennings
friðarfull hjálpin fljóða‘the peaceful help of women ’
= Mary
the peaceful help of women → Mary
mitt ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
jóð ‘child’
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jóð (noun n.): child, offspring
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