Anon Mv III 13VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 13’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 726.
Máría ‘Mary’
(not checked:)
María (noun f.): Mary
kom ‘came’
(not checked:)
koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
til ‘to’
(not checked:)
til (prep.): to
móts ‘meet them [lit. to the meeting]’
(not checked:)
1. mót (noun n.; °; -): meeting
þar ‘there’
(not checked:)
þar (adv.): there
móðurliga ‘motherly’
(not checked:)
móðurliga (adv.): motherly
hun ‘she’
(not checked:)
hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hjá ‘by’
(not checked:)
hjá (prep.): beside, with
stóð ‘stood’
(not checked:)
standa (verb): stand
dökkr ‘the dark’
(not checked:)
døkkr (adj.; °-van; compar. -vari/-ari/-ri, superl. -vastr/-astr): dark
hafði ‘had’
(not checked:)
hafa (verb): have
djöfuls ‘devil’
(not checked:)
djǫfull (noun m.; °djǫfuls, dat. djǫfli; djǫflar/djaflar): devil < djǫfulsflokkr (noun m.)
flokkr ‘throng’
(not checked:)
flokkr (noun m.): group, flock < djǫfulsflokkr (noun m.)
dregið ‘dragged’
(not checked:)
2. draga (verb; °dregr; dró, drógu; dreginn/droget(Hirð NKS 1642 4° 146v²⁹; cf. [$962$])): drag, pull, draw
hann ‘him’
(not checked:)
hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
á ‘onto’
(not checked:)
3. á (prep.): on, at
kvala ‘of torments’
(not checked:)
kvǫl (noun f.; °-ar; -ar/-ir): torment, torture < kvalavegr (noun m.)
veg ‘the road’
(not checked:)
1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side < kvalavegr (noun m.)
Hrygðar ‘Mourn’
(not checked:)
hryggð (noun f.; °-ar): sorrow < hryggðarfullr (adj.)
full ‘ful’
(not checked:)
2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < hryggðarfullr (adj.)
Höfuð ‘Principal’
(not checked:)
hǫfuð (noun n.; °-s; -): head < hǫfuðslœgð (noun f.)
notes
[5] höfuðslægð (f. nom. sg.) ‘principal slyness’: This is taken as a form of address (communal) to the devils. Wrightson construes this a dat. instr. ‘with outstanding cunning’, a very strained interpretation from the point of view of w.o. (one would expect a form of address in this position). Skj B and Skald emend to höfuð slæg ‘sly heads’.
slægð ‘slyness’
(not checked:)
slœgð (noun f.; °-ar: -ir): trick, sleight, slyness < hǫfuðslœgð (noun f.)
notes
[5] höfuðslægð (f. nom. sg.) ‘principal slyness’: This is taken as a form of address (communal) to the devils. Wrightson construes this a dat. instr. ‘with outstanding cunning’, a very strained interpretation from the point of view of w.o. (one would expect a form of address in this position). Skj B and Skald emend to höfuð slæg ‘sly heads’.
hverju ‘by what’
(not checked:)
2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
notes
[6, 7] hverju valdi taki þier þjón minn ‘by what authority do you take my servant’: The comparable place in Mar reads as follows (1871, 606): fyrir þui þore þier at uannuirda minn klerk ‘how do you dare to disgrace my cleric’.
valdi ‘authority’
(not checked:)
valdr (noun m.): ruler
notes
[6, 7] hverju valdi taki þier þjón minn ‘by what authority do you take my servant’: The comparable place in Mar reads as follows (1871, 606): fyrir þui þore þier at uannuirda minn klerk ‘how do you dare to disgrace my cleric’.
taki ‘take’
(not checked:)
2. taka (verb): take
notes
[6, 7] hverju valdi taki þier þjón minn ‘by what authority do you take my servant’: The comparable place in Mar reads as follows (1871, 606): fyrir þui þore þier at uannuirda minn klerk ‘how do you dare to disgrace my cleric’.
þier ‘you’
(not checked:)
þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
notes
[6, 7] hverju valdi taki þier þjón minn ‘by what authority do you take my servant’: The comparable place in Mar reads as follows (1871, 606): fyrir þui þore þier at uannuirda minn klerk ‘how do you dare to disgrace my cleric’.
meina ‘of evil’
(not checked:)
mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury < meinafullr (adj.)
fullir ‘full’
(not checked:)
2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < meinafullr (adj.)
minn ‘my’
(not checked:)
minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
notes
[6, 7] hverju valdi taki þier þjón minn ‘by what authority do you take my servant’: The comparable place in Mar reads as follows (1871, 606): fyrir þui þore þier at uannuirda minn klerk ‘how do you dare to disgrace my cleric’.
þjón ‘servant’
(not checked:)
þjónn (noun m.; °þjóns, dat. þjón/þjóni; þjónar): servant
notes
[6, 7] hverju valdi taki þier þjón minn ‘by what authority do you take my servant’: The comparable place in Mar reads as follows (1871, 606): fyrir þui þore þier at uannuirda minn klerk ‘how do you dare to disgrace my cleric’.
mærin ‘the Virgin’
(not checked:)
mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
talar ‘speaks’
(not checked:)
3. tala (verb): speak, talk
guði ‘to God’
(not checked:)
1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kær ‘dear’
(not checked:)
kærr (adj.; °superl. kǽrstr/kǽrastr): dear
Interactive view: tap on words in the text for notes and glosses
Stanza/chapter/text segment
Use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate between stanzas in a poem.
Information tab
- text: if the stanza has been published, the edited text of the stanza and translation are here; if it hasn't been published an old edition (usually Skj) is given for reference
- sources: a list of the manuscripts or inscriptions containing this stanza, with page and line references and links (eye button) to images where available, and transcription where available
- readings: a list of variant manuscript readings of words in the main text
- editions and texts: a list of editions of the stanza with links to the bibliography; and a list of prose works in which the stanza occurs, allowing you to navigate within the prose context
- notes and context: notes not linked to individual words are given here, along with the account of the prose context for the stanza, where relevant
Interactive tab
The text and translation are given here, with buttons to toggle whether the text is shown in the verse order or prose word order. Clicking on indiviudal words gives dictionary links, variant readings, kennings and notes, where relevant.
Full text tab
This is the text of the edition in a similar format to how the edition appears in the printed volumes.
Chapter/text segment
This view is also used for chapters and other text segments. Not all the headings shown are relevant to such sections.