Anon Mv II 4VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur II 4’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 704.
Sýnaz ‘seem’
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sýna (verb): show, seem
máttu ‘could’
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mega (verb): may, might
sögð ‘The said’
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segja (verb): say, tell
hjón ‘couple’
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hjón (noun n.; °; -): one of the household, married couple, domestic servant
notes
[1] hjón (n. nom. pl.) ‘couple’: The noun is always used in the pl. in this sense, which accounts for the pl. forms of the verb and adjectives.
sjúku ‘to sick’
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sjúkr (adj.): ill, sick
fólki ‘people’
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folk (noun n.): people
föðurliga ‘in a fatherly fashion’
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fǫðurliga (adv.): in a fatherly fashion
fagr ‘fair’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful < fagrráð (noun n.)
[3] fagr‑: so 721, fögr 713
notes
[3] fagrráð (n. nom. pl.) ‘fair-counselling’: Fögr (n. nom. or acc. pl.) ‘fair’ (so 713) must stem from the reanalysis of the adj. -ráð (n. nom. sg.) ‘counselling’ as the noun ráð (n. nom. or acc. pl.) ‘counsels’.
ráð ‘-counselling’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power < fagrráð (noun n.)
notes
[3] fagrráð (n. nom. pl.) ‘fair-counselling’: Fögr (n. nom. or acc. pl.) ‘fair’ (so 713) must stem from the reanalysis of the adj. -ráð (n. nom. sg.) ‘counselling’ as the noun ráð (n. nom. or acc. pl.) ‘counsels’.
fátækum ‘to the poor’
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fátœkr (adj.; °***-an/-jan; compar. -ari/-ri, superl. -astr): poor
örlát ‘generous’
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ǫrlátr (adj.): [generous]
Hævesk ‘courteous’
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hœverskr (adj.; °comp. -ari, superl. -astr): courteous, courtly
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hug ‘’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage < hugljúfr (adj.)
ljúf ‘kind’
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ljúfr (adj.): beloved < hugljúfr (adj.)
hverjum ‘to anyone’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
nánd ‘near’
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nánd (noun f.; °; -ir): proximity
er ‘is’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
þau ‘They’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
velferð ‘prosperity’
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velferð (noun f.): [prosperity]
veldi ‘power’
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veldi (noun n.): realm
tók ‘began’
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2. taka (verb): take
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
þróaz ‘increase’
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þróa (verb): increase, flourish, grow
heldr ‘greatly’
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heldr (adv.): rather
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