Anon Mv II 7VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur II 7’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 706-7.
Ríkust ‘The most powerful’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
tala ‘to speak’
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3. tala (verb): speak, talk
tók ‘began’
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2. taka (verb): take
trega ‘sorrow’
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tregi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): sorrow < tregafullr (adj.)
full ‘ful’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < tregafullr (adj.)
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
veg ‘manner’
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side
oftast ‘most often’
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opt (adv.): often
þar ‘’
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þar (adv.): there
er ‘where’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
skorin ‘a carved’
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skera (verb): cut
skrift ‘image’
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1. skrift (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): image
skærar ‘of the pure’
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1. skærr (adj.): pure, bright
meyjar ‘Virgin’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
stóð ‘stood’
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standa (verb): stand
nær ‘nearby’
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nær (adv.): near, almost; when
Sælust ‘Most blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
heyr ‘hear’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
þú ‘’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
mitt ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
mál ‘plea’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter
notes
[5] mál ‘plea’: Mál can also mean ‘speech, words’, but the word is taken here in a legal sense (the woman is pleading her case to the Virgin Mary).
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
tár ‘tears’
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tár (noun n.; °; -): tear
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
sætan ‘woman’
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sœtr (adj.): sweet
sízt ‘least’
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2. síðr (adv.): less, hardly
kát ‘cheerful’
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kátr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): cheerful, glad
súta ‘’
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1. sút (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sorrow < sútafullr (adj.)
fullust ‘the most wretched’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < sútafullr (adj.)
giefr ‘sheds [lit. gives out]’
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gefa (verb): give
út ‘’
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út (adv.): out(side)
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For prose parallels to this st., see Schottmann (1973, 380).
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