Anon Mv III 17VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 17’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 728-9.
Koma ‘come’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
fyrir ‘before’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
Krist ‘of Christ’
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Kristr (noun m.; °-s/-, dat. -i; -ar): Christ
dóm ‘the judgement’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix)
kvalarar ‘The tormentors’
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kvǫl (noun f.; °-ar; -ar/-ir): torment, torture
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
gieta ‘be told’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
skal ‘will’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
akta ‘present’
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akta (verb; °-að-): devise, present
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
uppkveikt ‘an inflamed’
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uppkveikja (verb): [an inflamed]
ógurliga ‘frighteningly’
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ógurliga (adv.): [frighteningly]
nýtt ‘new’
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nýtr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. nýztr/nýtastr): useful, able
róg ‘accusation’
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róg (noun n.; °-s): strife, slander
Árar ‘The messengers’
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1. árr (noun m.; °dat. ár; ǽrir/árar, acc. áru): messenger
notes
[5] árar ‘messengers’: In religious literature, this pl. form (sg. árr) can refer to angels as well as to devils, but it usually occurs in combination with a determinant (árar fjandins ‘messengers of the devil’). See Fritzner: árr 1-2.
kváðu ‘said’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
alm ‘the elm-bow’
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almr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): bow, elm-bow < almbǫrr (noun m.)
kennings
almbör‘the elm-bow tree ’
= WARRIOR
the elm-bow tree → WARRIOR
bör ‘tree’
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bǫrr (noun m.): tree < almbǫrr (noun m.)
kennings
almbör‘the elm-bow tree ’
= WARRIOR
the elm-bow tree → WARRIOR
jafnan ‘always’
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jafnan (adv.): always
styggja ‘offended’
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styggja (verb): offend
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
nafn ‘the name’
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nafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): name
sárar ‘the bitter’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
geingu ‘cut’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
sakir ‘charges’
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sǫk (noun f.; °sakar; sakar/sakir): cause, offence
nær ‘deeply’
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nær (adv.): near, almost; when
sögðu ‘told’
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segja (verb): say, tell
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hans ‘of his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
brögð ‘actions’
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bragð (noun n.; °-s; *-): action, movement, trick
notes
[8] brögð ‘actions’: This could also be taken in the meaning ‘tricks’.
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The corresponding passage in Mar (1871, 606) reads as follows: Nu sem þau framm koma fyrir hinn eilifa domara, taka þegar dioflarnir ath asaka klerkinn ok bera framm marghattadar hans illgiordir ‘Now as they arrive before the eternal judge, the devils at once begin to accuse the cleric and present a great variety of his evil deeds’.
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