Anon Mv II 3VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur II 3’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 703-4.
Herra ‘lord’
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1. herra (noun m.; °herra; herrar): lord
nökkurr ‘A certain’
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nøkkurr (pron.): some, a certain
hug ‘splendid’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage < hugdýrr (adj.)
dýrr ‘minded’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious < hugdýrr (adj.)
hreinn ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
bygði ‘lived in’
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2. byggja (verb; °byggir/byggvir; byggði; byggðr): inhabit, dwell; build, found
stað ‘city’
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1. staðr (noun m.; °-ar/-s; -ir): place
einn ‘a’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
kæra ‘wife’
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1. kæra (noun f.; °-u; -ur): wife, woman
hans ‘his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
af ‘’
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af (prep.): from
konum ‘women’
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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman
bar ‘surpassed’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
kurteis ‘courteous’
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kurteiss (adj.): [courteous]
notes
[4] kurteis ‘courteous’: This is a loanword from OFr. corteis or from ME curteis (see AEW: kurteiss).
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
frá ‘’
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frá (prep.): from
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
spurt ‘told’
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spyrja (verb; spurði): ask; hear, find out
Unnuz ‘loved each other’
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1. unna (verb): love
þau ‘They’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[5] þau: svá 721
notes
[5] þau (n. nom. pl.) ‘they’: The n. gender is used because the pron. refers back to a male and a female.
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hjartaliga ‘dearly’
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hjartaliga (adv.): [dearly, sincerely]
vili ‘accord’
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vili (noun m.; °-ja): will, wish
bjartr ‘the shining’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
láta ‘do anything’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
ekki ‘not’
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2. ekki (adv.): not
má ‘can’
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mega (verb): may, might
í ‘against’
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í (prep.): in, into
mót ‘’
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3. mót (prep.): against
milli ‘between’
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milli (prep.): between
notes
[8] milli þess ‘between them’: The phrase is difficult to interpret (see Sperber). We might have expected the pron. to be in the pl. (milli þeira ‘between them’). Þess (n. gen. sg.) lit. ‘of it’ could refer to each member of the couple (cf. hvárt n. nom. sg. ‘the other’, l. 8), and n. is used because of the ‘mixed gender’ (see above). The sense of this last cl. is that there was such affection between them that they never opposed one another’s wishes. For láta í mot lit. ‘oppose’ (l. 7) see Fritzner: láta í mót.
þess ‘them’
[8] þess: so 721, ‘þ̄’ 713
notes
[8] milli þess ‘between them’: The phrase is difficult to interpret (see Sperber). We might have expected the pron. to be in the pl. (milli þeira ‘between them’). Þess (n. gen. sg.) lit. ‘of it’ could refer to each member of the couple (cf. hvárt n. nom. sg. ‘the other’, l. 8), and n. is used because of the ‘mixed gender’ (see above). The sense of this last cl. is that there was such affection between them that they never opposed one another’s wishes. For láta í mot lit. ‘oppose’ (l. 7) see Fritzner: láta í mót.
er ‘that which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
hvárt ‘the other’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
vill ‘wants’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
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