Anon Mv III 22VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 22’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 733.
Árar ‘The messengers’
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1. árr (noun m.; °dat. ár; ǽrir/árar, acc. áru): messenger
stukku ‘ran away’
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1. støkkva (verb): (str.) leap, spring; scatter
þegar ‘as soon as’
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1. þegar (conj.): as soon as, when
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
gietið ‘mentioned’
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2. geta (verb): to beget, give birth to, mention, speak of; to think well of, like, love
vess ‘verse’
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2. vers (noun n.; °vers; -): [verse]
síðan ‘then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
yrðir ‘addresses’
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yrða (verb): [addresses]
sæl ‘the blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
brúðr ‘bride’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
sveitir ‘troops’
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sveit (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): host, company
þeira ‘their’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
háleit ‘exalted’
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háleitr (adj.): glorious, sublime
hvessu ‘How’
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hvat (pron.): what
notes
[5]: After máttu ‘can you’, the scribe of 721 mistakenly continued to complete the l. with the words from st. 14/1-2 above, which had the same onset. He accordingly wrote í hendr oss himiríkis, lit. ‘against us of the heavenly kingdom’, which was then crossed out. The next words, which form the conclusion of l. 1, are no longer legible. They must have alliterated and carried internal rhyme. Skald supplies the form of address helskass ‘hell-troll’ (hap. leg.) (see NN §3368). Wrightson reads hjer ‘here’, which is unmetrical (two words are missing, not one).
notes
[5]: After máttu ‘can you’, the scribe of 721 mistakenly continued to complete the l. with the words from st. 14/1-2 above, which had the same onset. He accordingly wrote í hendr oss himiríkis, lit. ‘against us of the heavenly kingdom’, which was then crossed out. The next words, which form the conclusion of l. 1, are no longer legible. They must have alliterated and carried internal rhyme. Skald supplies the form of address helskass ‘hell-troll’ (hap. leg.) (see NN §3368). Wrightson reads hjer ‘here’, which is unmetrical (two words are missing, not one).
notes
[5]: After máttu ‘can you’, the scribe of 721 mistakenly continued to complete the l. with the words from st. 14/1-2 above, which had the same onset. He accordingly wrote í hendr oss himiríkis, lit. ‘against us of the heavenly kingdom’, which was then crossed out. The next words, which form the conclusion of l. 1, are no longer legible. They must have alliterated and carried internal rhyme. Skald supplies the form of address helskass ‘hell-troll’ (hap. leg.) (see NN §3368). Wrightson reads hjer ‘here’, which is unmetrical (two words are missing, not one).
hælaz ‘boast’
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hæla (verb): [boast]
kvað ‘said’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
meyin ‘Virgin’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
sæl ‘the blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
kalla ‘claim’
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kalla (verb): call
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
mier ‘for myself’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
[7] mier mann: mann mier 721
notes
[7] mier mann ‘for myself the man’: The words occur in the reverse order in the ms., but the second internal rhyme always falls in the ultimate position.
notes
[7] mier mann ‘for myself the man’: The words occur in the reverse order in the ms., but the second internal rhyme always falls in the ultimate position.
minna ‘less’
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3. minni (adj. comp.; °superl. minnstr): less, least
sie ‘see’
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2. sjá (verb): see
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
þier ‘for you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
vinnz ‘is achieved’
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2. vinna (verb): perform, work
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