Anon Mv II 8VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur II 8’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 707.
Sie ‘see’
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2. sjá (verb): see
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
sæl ‘blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
frú ‘lady’
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frú (noun f.): lady
sonu ‘sons’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
notes
[2] sonu ... kvón ‘sons ... woman’: The rhyme is imperfect (-on- : -ón). See Note to 1/2 above.
elr ‘bears’
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ala (verb; °elr; ól, ólu; alinn): to beget, produce, procreate
hver ‘every’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
kvón ‘woman’
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kván (noun f.; °-ar): wife
notes
[2] sonu ... kvón ‘sons ... woman’: The rhyme is imperfect (-on- : -ón). See Note to 1/2 above.
frjóvaz ‘multiply’
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frjóva (verb): [multiply, ripen]
notes
[3] frjóvaz ... víf ‘multiply ... women’: For this rhyme, see Note to 4/5 above. For the meaning ‘multiply’ see Fritzner: frjóa or frjóva 3.
af ‘because of’
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af (prep.): from
notes
[3, 4] fegin af því ‘happy because of that’: The sense is that most women are happy because they bear children. Skj B takes the prepositional phrase af því ‘because of that’ as the conj. ‘because’, which is not possible. Skald construes fegin ‘happy’ with hver kvón ‘every woman’ (l. 2), and treats flest víf frjóvaz af því (l. 3) as one cl. (‘most women become fertile from that’ (?); see NN §1694), which is unclear. Wrightson translates the cl. as ‘most wives are joyfully fruitful because of that’, with the alternative translations ‘because most joyful women conceive’ or ‘most joyful women conceive as a result of that (i.e. of being married)’.
því ‘that’
notes
[3, 4] fegin af því ‘happy because of that’: The sense is that most women are happy because they bear children. Skj B takes the prepositional phrase af því ‘because of that’ as the conj. ‘because’, which is not possible. Skald construes fegin ‘happy’ with hver kvón ‘every woman’ (l. 2), and treats flest víf frjóvaz af því (l. 3) as one cl. (‘most women become fertile from that’ (?); see NN §1694), which is unclear. Wrightson translates the cl. as ‘most wives are joyfully fruitful because of that’, with the alternative translations ‘because most joyful women conceive’ or ‘most joyful women conceive as a result of that (i.e. of being married)’.
flest ‘most’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
víf ‘women’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
notes
[3] frjóvaz ... víf ‘multiply ... women’: For this rhyme, see Note to 4/5 above. For the meaning ‘multiply’ see Fritzner: frjóa or frjóva 3.
fegin ‘happy’
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2. feginn (adj.; °compar. fegnari, superl. fegnastr): glad, happy
notes
[3, 4] fegin af því ‘happy because of that’: The sense is that most women are happy because they bear children. Skj B takes the prepositional phrase af því ‘because of that’ as the conj. ‘because’, which is not possible. Skald construes fegin ‘happy’ with hver kvón ‘every woman’ (l. 2), and treats flest víf frjóvaz af því (l. 3) as one cl. (‘most women become fertile from that’ (?); see NN §1694), which is unclear. Wrightson translates the cl. as ‘most wives are joyfully fruitful because of that’, with the alternative translations ‘because most joyful women conceive’ or ‘most joyful women conceive as a result of that (i.e. of being married)’.
nema ‘except’
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2. nema (conj.): unless
sjálf ‘myself’
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sjalfr (adj.): self
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
Gleði ‘a joy’
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gleði (noun f.): joy < gleðifullr (adj.)
fullan ‘ful’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < gleðifullr (adj.)
gietnað ‘conception’
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getnaðr (noun m.): [conception]
gjaltu ‘grant’
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1. gjalda (verb): pay, repay
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
víf ‘lady’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
snjalt ‘Wise’
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snjallr (adj.): quick, resourceful, bold
meyjan ‘Virgin’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
að ‘so that’
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4. at (conj.): that
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
mega ‘may’
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mega (verb): may, might
fá ‘receive’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
móður ‘of mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother < móðurnafn (noun n.)
nafn ‘the name’
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nafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): name < móðurnafn (noun n.)
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
bera ‘bear’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
jóð ‘offspring’
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jóð (noun n.): child, offspring
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