Anon Mv III 26VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 26’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 735-6.
Þerfiliga ‘humbly’
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þerfiliga (adv.): [humbly]
notes
[1] þerfiliga ‘humbly’: This word is otherwise attested only as an adj. þerfiligr ‘necessary, useful’. For the meaning ‘humbly’, see LP: þerfiliga. The l. lacks internal rhyme, and Sperber emends to þrifliga ‘capably’.
þaðan ‘From then’
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þaðan (adv.): from there
af ‘on’
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af (prep.): from
þakkir ‘thanks’
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þǫkk (noun f.; °þakkar; þakkar/þakkir): thanks
gjörði ‘gave’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
hug ‘the brave’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage < hugrakkr (adj.): brave-minded
rakkr ‘minded one’
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rakkr (adj.; °compar. -ari): bold < hugrakkr (adj.): brave-minded
meðan ‘while’
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meðan (conj.): while
endiz ‘lasted’
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1. enda (verb; °-að-): end, last
líf ‘the life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
lunds ‘of the tree’
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1. lundr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar): grove, tree
kennings
lunds linna‘of the tree of snakes ’
= MAN
the tree of snakes → MAN
notes
[3-4] lunds linna ‘of the tree of snakes’: This kenning is incomplete. Linna ‘of snakes’ needs another determinant, either a defensive weapon (e.g. ‘snakes of the shield’ i.e. ‘swords’) or a word for ‘land, bed, lair’ (e.g. ‘land of the snake’ i.e. ‘gold’). Skj B accordingly emends linna ‘of snakes’ to linnbóls ‘of the snake-lair’. Skald retains the reading linna ‘of snakes’, which is construed as a synonym for ‘gold’ (see NN §2800 and Note to Mv I 10/3). Kálf Kátr 14/3-4, 15/8, 33/2 and 45/7 also have defective gold-kennings.
linna ‘of snakes’
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linnr (noun m.): snake
kennings
lunds linna‘of the tree of snakes ’
= MAN
the tree of snakes → MAN
notes
[3-4] lunds linna ‘of the tree of snakes’: This kenning is incomplete. Linna ‘of snakes’ needs another determinant, either a defensive weapon (e.g. ‘snakes of the shield’ i.e. ‘swords’) or a word for ‘land, bed, lair’ (e.g. ‘land of the snake’ i.e. ‘gold’). Skj B accordingly emends linna ‘of snakes’ to linnbóls ‘of the snake-lair’. Skald retains the reading linna ‘of snakes’, which is construed as a synonym for ‘gold’ (see NN §2800 and Note to Mv I 10/3). Kálf Kátr 14/3-4, 15/8, 33/2 and 45/7 also have defective gold-kennings.
við ‘to’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
sinn ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
Og ‘And’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
af ‘of’
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af (prep.): from
mönnum ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
mest ‘the most’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
ann ‘loves’
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1. unna (verb): love
maðr ‘man’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
fyrir ‘for’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
dugnað ‘help’
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dugnaðr (noun m.): assistance
Máríu ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
vón ‘expected’
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ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
verkin ‘his ways’
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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed
bætti ‘mended’
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bœta (verb; °-tt-): better, emend, compensate
klerkr ‘cleric’
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klerkr (noun m.; °-s dat. -/-i; -ar, acc. -a/-u): cleric
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