Anon Mv III 24VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 24’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 734.
Flatir ‘The shame-faced’
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flatr (adj.): level, shame-faced
hurfu ‘turned’
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1. hverfa (verb): turn, disappear
frá ‘from’
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frá (prep.): from
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
braut ‘away’
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1. braut (noun f.; °dat. -/-u; -ir): path, way; away
fjandr ‘fiends’
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fjándi (noun m.; °-a; fjándr/fjándar/fjándir): enemy, devil
notes
[2] sviftir hans önd ‘deprived of his spirit’: This is conjectural, because very little can be read of the last three words of the l. (‘s[…]ir […]avd’; 721). Finnur supplies sviftir hans ‘deprived of his’ and reads the last word as ‘avnd’ (i.e. önd ‘spirit’). The nasal stroke above <v> is no longer visible, but it is supported by the internal rhyme. Note the irregular rhyme -and- : -önd.
hans ‘of his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
[2] hans: ‘[...]’ 721, ‘. . .’ 1032ˣ
notes
[2] sviftir hans önd ‘deprived of his spirit’: This is conjectural, because very little can be read of the last three words of the l. (‘s[…]ir […]avd’; 721). Finnur supplies sviftir hans ‘deprived of his’ and reads the last word as ‘avnd’ (i.e. önd ‘spirit’). The nasal stroke above <v> is no longer visible, but it is supported by the internal rhyme. Note the irregular rhyme -and- : -önd.
önd ‘spirit’
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2. ǫnd (noun f.; °andar, dat. ǫnd/ǫndu; andir): soul, breath
[2] önd: ‘avd’ 721
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[2] sviftir hans önd ‘deprived of his spirit’: This is conjectural, because very little can be read of the last three words of the l. (‘s[…]ir […]avd’; 721). Finnur supplies sviftir hans ‘deprived of his’ and reads the last word as ‘avnd’ (i.e. önd ‘spirit’). The nasal stroke above <v> is no longer visible, but it is supported by the internal rhyme. Note the irregular rhyme -and- : -önd.
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
mistu ‘lost’
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2. missa (verb): lose, lack
nýtt ‘the new’
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nýtr (adj.; °compar. -ri, superl. nýztr/nýtastr): useful, able
nest ‘provisions’
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nest (noun n.; °-s): provisions
nauðigir ‘reluctant’
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nauðigr (adj.; °nauðgan; superl. nauðgastr): reluctant(ly), under duress
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
bauð ‘commanded’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
Sína ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
Sátán ‘Satan’
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Satan (noun m.): Satan
sveina ‘servants’
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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant
fá ‘should receive’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
stór ‘great’
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stórr (adj.): large, great < stórmein (noun n.)
mein ‘harm’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury < stórmein (noun n.)
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
þeir ‘they’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
kómu ‘came’
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koma (verb; kem, kom/kvam, kominn): come
í ‘into’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[7] í kvalir ‘into torments’: Skj B takes this as a pl. n. ‘the place of torments’, i.e. ‘hell’. Wrightson reads ‘into torments’. It is also possible that í kvalir might mean ‘in agony’ (lit. ‘in agonies’). For the prep. í ‘in’ with the acc. in the meaning ‘in a condition, state’, see Fritzner: í 3.
kvalir ‘torments’
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kvǫl (noun f.; °-ar; -ar/-ir): torment, torture
notes
[7] í kvalir ‘into torments’: Skj B takes this as a pl. n. ‘the place of torments’, i.e. ‘hell’. Wrightson reads ‘into torments’. It is also possible that í kvalir might mean ‘in agony’ (lit. ‘in agonies’). For the prep. í ‘in’ with the acc. in the meaning ‘in a condition, state’, see Fritzner: í 3.
heim ‘home’
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heim (adv.): home, back
kvað ‘said’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
vera ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
skylt ‘deserving’
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2. skyldr (adj.): obliged
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