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Anon Mv III 14^VII

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 14’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 726-7.

Anonymous Poems Máríuvísur III

Hvessu ‘How’

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hvat (pron.): what

máttu ‘can you’

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mega (verb): may, might

í ‘’

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í (prep.): in, into

hendr ‘against’

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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand

oss ‘us’

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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our

himiríkis ‘of the heavenly kingdom’

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himinríki (noun n.): Heaven

kennings

slík frú himiríkis,
‘such a lady of the heavenly kingdom, ’
= Mary
such a lady of the heavenly kingdom, → Mary

frú ‘a lady’

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frú (noun f.): lady

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slík frú himiríkis,
‘such a lady of the heavenly kingdom, ’
= Mary
such a lady of the heavenly kingdom, → Mary

slík ‘such’

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2. slíkr (adj.): such

kennings

slík frú himiríkis,
‘such a lady of the heavenly kingdom, ’
= Mary
such a lady of the heavenly kingdom, → Mary

þennan ‘this’

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1. sjá (pron.; °gen. þessa dat. þessum/þeima, acc. þenna; f. sjá/þessi; n. þetta, dat. þessu/þvísa; pl. þessir): this

eigna ‘appropriate’

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eigna (verb; °-að-): acquire

þier ‘for yourself’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

mann ‘man’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

þverinn ‘the obstinate’

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þverinn (adj./verb p.p.): [obstinate]

kennings

þverinn kvalaherr.
‘the obstinate torment-army. ’
= DEVILS
the obstinate torment-army. → DEVILS

mælti ‘said’

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1. mæla (verb): speak, say

kvala ‘torment’

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kvǫl (noun f.; °-ar; -ar/-ir): torment, torture < kvalaherr (noun m.)

kennings

þverinn kvalaherr.
‘the obstinate torment-army. ’
= DEVILS
the obstinate torment-army. → DEVILS

herr ‘army’

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herr (noun m.; °-s/-jar, dat. -; -jar, gen. -ja/herra): army, host < kvalaherr (noun m.)

kennings

þverinn kvalaherr.
‘the obstinate torment-army. ’
= DEVILS
the obstinate torment-army. → DEVILS

Fleygir ‘The flinger’

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fleygir (noun m.): flinger

kennings

‘Fleygir fjarðlogs
‘‘The flinger of the fjord-flame ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fjord-flame → GOLD
‘The flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

gjörði ‘did’

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1. gera (verb): do, make

fjarð ‘of the fjord’

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fjǫrðr (noun m.): fjord < fjarðlog (noun n.)

kennings

‘Fleygir fjarðlogs
‘‘The flinger of the fjord-flame ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fjord-flame → GOLD
‘The flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

fjarð ‘of the fjord’

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fjǫrðr (noun m.): fjord < fjarðlog (noun n.)

kennings

‘Fleygir fjarðlogs
‘‘The flinger of the fjord-flame ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fjord-flame → GOLD
‘The flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

logs ‘flame’

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log (noun n.; °; -): flame < fjarðlog (noun n.)

kennings

‘Fleygir fjarðlogs
‘‘The flinger of the fjord-flame ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fjord-flame → GOLD
‘The flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

logs ‘flame’

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log (noun n.; °; -): flame < fjarðlog (noun n.)

kennings

‘Fleygir fjarðlogs
‘‘The flinger of the fjord-flame ’
= GENEROUS MAN
the fjord-flame → GOLD
‘The flinger of the GOLD → GENEROUS MAN

flest ‘the most’

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fleiri (adj. comp.; °superl. flestr): more, most

þar ‘’

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þar (adv.): there

notes

[6] þar er ‘where’: Skj A resolves the abbreviation as þat er ‘that which’ (so 1032ˣ), which renders the cl. as follows: ‘... did that the most which he could do the worst’ (so Skj B; Skald). Wrightson has ‘did most things the worst he could’.

er ‘where’

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2. er (conj.): who, which, when

notes

[6] þar er ‘where’: Skj A resolves the abbreviation as þat er ‘that which’ (so 1032ˣ), which renders the cl. as follows: ‘... did that the most which he could do the worst’ (so Skj B; Skald). Wrightson has ‘did most things the worst he could’.

hann ‘he’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

gat ‘could’

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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love

vest ‘the worst’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

svá ‘so’

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svá (adv.): so, thus

var ‘was’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

hann ‘he’

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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...

saurlífr ‘depraved’

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saurlífr (adj.): lecherous, depraved

synda ‘sin’

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synð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sin < synðafullr (adj.)

fullr ‘ful’

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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete < synðafullr (adj.)

og ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

harð ‘ruth’

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harðr (adj.; °comp. -ari; superl. -astr): hard, harsh < harðlyndr (adj.)

lyndr ‘less’

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lyndr (adj.; °superl. -astr): minded < harðlyndr (adj.)

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