Anon Mv III 19VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 19’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 729-30.
Árum ‘to the messengers’
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1. árr (noun m.; °dat. ár; ǽrir/árar, acc. áru): messenger
veitti ‘gave’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
annsvör ‘answers’
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andsvar (noun n.; °-s; *-): answer, defence
unnandi ‘Loving’
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1. unna (verb): love
notes
[2] unnandi miskunn ‘loving mercy’: A reference to the Virgin Mary
miskunn ‘mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
notes
[2] unnandi miskunn ‘loving mercy’: A reference to the Virgin Mary
heldr ‘quite’
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halda (verb): hold, keep
verndar ‘defends’
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1. vernda (verb): defend, protect
meyin ‘Virgin’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
mild ‘the gentle’
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mildr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): mild, gentle, gracious, generous
merkiliga ‘remarkably’
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merkiliga (adv.): remarkably, notably
sinn ‘her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
klerk ‘cleric’
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klerkr (noun m.; °-s dat. -/-i; -ar, acc. -a/-u): cleric
svá ‘thus’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
rík ‘The mighty’
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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich
brúðr ‘bride’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
Rietta ‘the right’
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3. réttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): right, straight, direct
hefir ‘has’
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hafa (verb): have
yðr ‘for you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
stiett ‘path’
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stétt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): path
dáðum ‘with accomplishments’
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dáð (noun f.; °; -ir): feat, deed
prýddr ‘adorned’
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prýða (verb): adorn
Dávíð ‘David’
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Davíð (noun m.): David
diktað ‘prepared’
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dikta (verb; °-að-): devise, deliberate
notes
[8] diktað ‘prepared’: Dikta can mean ‘put together, write, describe, compose, prescribe, think up, consider, deliberate, provide’ (see Fritzner: dikta). Note the irregular rhyme -ikt- : -íkt-.
er ‘when’
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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...
saung ‘sang’
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syngja (verb): sing
slíkt ‘like this’
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2. slíkr (adj.): such
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