Anon Mv III 10VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 10’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 724-5.
Síðan ‘After’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
er ‘’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sökk ‘sank’
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1. søkkva (verb): sink, strong intrans.
niðr ‘down’
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3. niðr (adv.): down
sektar ‘of guilt’
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sekð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): guilt < sekðarfullr (adj.)
[2] sektarfullr: syndafullr 721
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[2] sektarfullr ‘full of guilt’: The ms. reading, syndafullr ‘sinful’, leaves the l. without internal rhyme, and appears to be a lectio facilior.
fullr ‘full’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < sekðarfullr (adj.)
[2] sektarfullr: syndafullr 721
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[2] sektarfullr ‘full of guilt’: The ms. reading, syndafullr ‘sinful’, leaves the l. without internal rhyme, and appears to be a lectio facilior.
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
varð ‘was’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
drektr ‘drowned’
kraup ‘crept’
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krjúpa (verb): creep, kneel
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
kafa ‘the plunging’
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kaf (noun n.; °; *-): deep sea < kafadjúp (noun n.)
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[3] kafadjúp ‘the plunging depths’: This is an acc. of place. Finnur thought he could read an ‘i’ above the ‘k’ and adds the prep. í ‘into’ (‘he sank into the depth’; so also Skald). However, no ‘i’ can be discerned in 721.
djúp ‘depths’
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djúp (noun n.; °-s; dat. -um): depth, the deep < kafadjúp (noun n.)
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[3] kafadjúp ‘the plunging depths’: This is an acc. of place. Finnur thought he could read an ‘i’ above the ‘k’ and adds the prep. í ‘into’ (‘he sank into the depth’; so also Skald). However, no ‘i’ can be discerned in 721.
kaldr ‘cold’
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kaldr (adj.; °compar. -ari): cold
eftir ‘after’
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eptir (prep.): after, behind
liðinn ‘departed’
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liða (verb): travel
aldr ‘life’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age
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[5] lítr ‘sees’: Líðr ‘passes’ (so 721) must be a scribal error and leaves the l. without internal rhyme.
þegar ‘as soon as’
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þegar (adv.): at once, then
líf ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
þraut ‘ended’
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þrjóta (verb; str. 2; þrýtr, þraut, þrutu, þrotinn): end, fail
lokkandi ‘An enticing’
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1. lokka (verb): entice
djöfuls ‘devil’
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djǫfull (noun m.; °djǫfuls, dat. djǫfli; djǫflar/djaflar): devil < djǫfulsflokkr (noun m.)
flokkr ‘crowd’
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flokkr (noun m.): group, flock < djǫfulsflokkr (noun m.)
fjandr ‘fiends’
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fjándi (noun m.; °-a; fjándr/fjándar/fjándir): enemy, devil
gripu ‘gripped’
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grípa (verb): seize, grasp
fast ‘firmly’
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fastr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): firm, fast
önd ‘his spirit’
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2. ǫnd (noun f.; °andar, dat. ǫnd/ǫndu; andir): soul, breath
fleiri ‘more’
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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most
en ‘than’
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4. en (conj.): than
teliz ‘be counted’
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telja (verb): tell, count
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