Anon Mv III 12VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 12’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 725-6.
Hrópar ‘shouts’
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hrópa (verb): [shouts]
notes
[1] hrópar ‘shouts’: Hrópa can also mean ‘slander’ and it is not clear in which meaning the verb is used here.
hinn ‘The one’
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2. inn (art.): the
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
gaf ‘gave’
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gefa (verb): give
glæp ‘sin’
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glœpr (noun m.): sin, misdeed
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
greinir ‘explains’
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greina (verb): explain, divide
þegar ‘at once’
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þegar (adv.): at once, then
klerks ‘the cleric’s’
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klerkr (noun m.; °-s dat. -/-i; -ar, acc. -a/-u): cleric
mein ‘offences’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
löstu ‘the sins’
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lǫstr (noun m.; °lastar, dat. lesti/lǫst; lestir, acc. lǫstu/lasta(Mar655XXXII 462)): fault, sin
berr ‘he spreads’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
á ‘into’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
loft ‘the air’
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loft (noun n.): air, sky
fast ‘ardently’
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fastr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): firm, fast
ló ‘lied’
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ljúga (verb): lie
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
við ‘about’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
mart ‘much’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many
þó ‘though’
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þó (adv.): though
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
himins ‘of heaven’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
[5] himins: ‘hímes’ 721
kennings
björt brúðr himins‘the bright bride of heaven ’
= Mary
the bright bride of heaven → Mary
björt ‘the bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
kennings
björt brúðr himins‘the bright bride of heaven ’
= Mary
the bright bride of heaven → Mary
brúðr ‘bride’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
kennings
björt brúðr himins‘the bright bride of heaven ’
= Mary
the bright bride of heaven → Mary
borgið ‘mitigate’
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borga (verb; °-að-): [save, mitigate]
fekk ‘could’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
hans ‘the man’s’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
sorg ‘misery’
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sorg (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sorrow, affliction
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[7, 8] er runnin upp af rótum við miskunn ‘is infused from the roots with mercy’: Lit. ‘has shot up from the roots with mercy’. The sense is that Mary was filled with mercy from head to toe.
af ‘from’
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af (prep.): from
notes
[7, 8] er runnin upp af rótum við miskunn ‘is infused from the roots with mercy’: Lit. ‘has shot up from the roots with mercy’. The sense is that Mary was filled with mercy from head to toe.
rótum ‘the roots’
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1. rót (noun f.; °-ar; rǿtr): root
notes
[7, 8] er runnin upp af rótum við miskunn ‘is infused from the roots with mercy’: Lit. ‘has shot up from the roots with mercy’. The sense is that Mary was filled with mercy from head to toe.
riettlát ‘the just one’
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réttlátr (adj.): [just one]
runnin ‘infused’
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2. renna (verb): run (strong)
notes
[7, 8] er runnin upp af rótum við miskunn ‘is infused from the roots with mercy’: Lit. ‘has shot up from the roots with mercy’. The sense is that Mary was filled with mercy from head to toe.
upp ‘’
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upp (adv.): up
notes
[7, 8] er runnin upp af rótum við miskunn ‘is infused from the roots with mercy’: Lit. ‘has shot up from the roots with mercy’. The sense is that Mary was filled with mercy from head to toe.
við ‘with’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
notes
[7, 8] er runnin upp af rótum við miskunn ‘is infused from the roots with mercy’: Lit. ‘has shot up from the roots with mercy’. The sense is that Mary was filled with mercy from head to toe.
miskunn ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
notes
[7, 8] er runnin upp af rótum við miskunn ‘is infused from the roots with mercy’: Lit. ‘has shot up from the roots with mercy’. The sense is that Mary was filled with mercy from head to toe.
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