Anon Mv III 23VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 23’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 733-4.
Ginni ‘entice’
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ginna (verb): [entice]
þier ‘You’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
frá ‘from’
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frá (prep.): from
guði ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
gjöra ‘do’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
notes
[2] gjöra ... er: The internal rhyme is skothending rather than aðalhending (-ör- : but the poet could have used the form giera ‘do’.
eð ‘which’
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eð (conj.): who, which
notes
[2] eð ‘which’: For this conjunction, see Fritzner: eð.
ilt ‘evil’
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illr (adj.): bad, evil, unwell
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[2] gjöra ... er: The internal rhyme is skothending rather than aðalhending (-ör- : but the poet could have used the form giera ‘do’.
sárar ‘bitter’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
fyrir ‘because of’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
sakir ‘offences’
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sǫk (noun f.; °sakar; sakar/sakir): cause, offence
notes
[4] síðan ‘later’: The ms. reading siðir (m. nom. pl.) ‘morals’ makes no sense in this context and the long <í> is ensured by the internal rhyme (-íð- : -íð). Earlier eds (except Kahle 1898) read síðan ‘later’ in 721.
að ‘so that’
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4. at (conj.): that
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
fái ‘suffer’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
stríð ‘torment’
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2. stríð (noun n.; °-s; -): affliction
Einatt ‘Always’
skal ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
yðr ‘for you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
pín ‘torture’
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pín (noun f.; °; -ir): torture
aktaz ‘be devised’
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akta (verb; °-að-): devise, present
notes
[6] aktaz ... sagt: Note the internal rhyme -akt- : -agt.
þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
frá ‘’
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frá (prep.): from
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
sagt ‘is told’
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segja (verb): say, tell
notes
[6] aktaz ... sagt: Note the internal rhyme -akt- : -agt.
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
þier ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
freistið ‘tempt’
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freista (verb): attempt, tempt
fira ‘people’
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firar (noun m.): men
mest ‘the most’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fáið ‘able’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
eigi ‘not’
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3. eigi (adv.): not
svikið ‘to deceive’
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1. svik (noun n.; °-s; -): deceit, treachery; poison
þá ‘them’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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