Anon Mv II 6VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur II 6’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 706.
notes
[1] sótti (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) ‘went’: The subject is in the sg. and sóttu ‘went’ (so both mss) is in the pl.
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
saungs ‘mass’
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sǫngr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -vi/-; -var): song
þrátt ‘constantly’
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þrátt (adv.): incessantly
sorguð ‘The grieving’
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sorga (verb): [grieving, sorrows]
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
höfuð ‘the capital’
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hǫfuð (noun n.; °-s; -): head < hǫfuðborg (noun f.)
borg ‘city’
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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold < hǫfuðborg (noun f.)
kvinna ‘woman’
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kvenna (noun f.; °-u): woman, wife
þar ‘where’
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þar (adv.): there
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
klient ‘a magnificent’
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klénn (adj.): [a magnificent]
notes
[3] klient ‘magnificent’: This is a loanword from MLG klēn ‘beautiful, pure, fine’ (see AEW: klénn).
rann ‘house’
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rann (noun n.): house, hall
kirkja ‘a church’
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kirkja (noun f.): church
stóð ‘stood’
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standa (verb): stand
guði ‘to God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
virk ‘dear’
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virkr (adj.): considerate
musterið ‘the minster’
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musteri (noun n.; °-s; -): church, temple
notes
[5] musterið ‘the minster’: For this word, see Note to Vitn 14/7.
af ‘out of’
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af (prep.): from
múr ‘stone’
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múrr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): [wall, stone]
gjört ‘made’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
notes
[5] gjört ‘made’: The l. lacks internal rhyme, and Skald emends to reist ‘erected’ (p.p. of reisa ‘erect’).
Máríu ‘for Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
stöpull ‘tower’
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stǫpull (noun m.; °-s; stǫplar): [tower]
hár ‘a high’
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3. hár (adj.; °-van; compar. hǽrri, superl. hǽstr): high
þar ‘where’
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þar (adv.): there
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
að ‘for’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
barni ‘a child’
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barn (noun n.; °-s; bǫrn/barn(JKr 345³), dat. bǫrnum/barnum): child
baug ‘ring’
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baugr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): ring < baugnorn (noun f.)
kennings
baugnorn‘ring-norn ’
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ring-norn → WOMAN
norn ‘norn’
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norn (noun f.; °; -ir): norn < baugnorn (noun f.)
kennings
baugnorn‘ring-norn ’
= WOMAN
ring-norn → WOMAN
bænum ‘with prayers’
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bœn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): request, prayer
syrgði ‘mourned’
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syrgja (verb): [mourned]
oft ‘often’
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opt (adv.): often
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