Anon Mv III 4VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 4’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 720-1.
kennings
Rennir rítar‘The speeder of the shield ’
= WARRIOR
The speeder of the shield → WARRIOR
notes
[1] rítar (f. gen. sg.) ‘of the shield’: The emendation is necessary to provide a determinant in the kenning for ‘man’ (rítr is nom. or acc. pl.). Wrightson suggests that rítr could be gen. sg. (the noun is a f. consonant stem; see ANG §413), but the gen. sg. ending -ar is ensured elsewhere by the metre (e.g. Mv I 21).
gjörðiz ‘became’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
ranglátr ‘unjust’
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ranglátr (adj.): [unjust]
rennir ‘The speeder’
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rennir (noun m.): impeller
kennings
Rennir rítar‘The speeder of the shield ’
= WARRIOR
The speeder of the shield → WARRIOR
við ‘to’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
yfirmenn ‘superiors’
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yfirmaðr (noun m.): superior
hjartað ‘the heart’
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hjarta (noun n.; °-; *-u): heart
[3] hjartað (‘hjarṭạð̣’): so 1032ˣ, ‘hjart[...]’ 721
varð ‘became’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
af ‘by’
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af (prep.): from
sökum ‘sins’
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sǫk (noun f.; °sakar; sakar/sakir): cause, offence
sárt ‘wounded’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
siðir ‘morals’
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siðr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/-i; -ir, acc. -u): faith, morals
spillaz ‘are destroyed’
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spilla (verb): destroy
þar ‘that’
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þar (adv.): there
við ‘by’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
Kvenna ‘of women’
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kvenna (noun f.; °-u): woman, wife < kvennaást (noun f.)
ástin ‘love’
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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love < kvennaást (noun f.)
kvelr ‘torments’
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kvelja (verb): torment, torture
hann ‘him’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
klerkum ‘to clerics’
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klerkr (noun m.; °-s dat. -/-i; -ar, acc. -a/-u): cleric
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
það ‘that’
[6] það: so 1032ˣ, þar 721
notes
[6] það ‘that’: The 721 reading þar ‘there’ makes no sense in this context. Other eds resolve the abbreviation in 721 as það ‘that’.
mein ‘a harm’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
sterk ‘The strong’
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sterkr (adj.): strong
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
ór ‘out of’
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3. ór (prep.): out of
viti ‘wits’
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1. vit (noun n.; °-s; -): wisdom, wit; visit
nær ‘almost’
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nær (adv.): near, almost; when
vífa ‘with women’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
fyrir ‘because of’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
gleði ‘of pleasure’
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gleði (noun f.): joy < gleðilíf (noun n.)
líf ‘a life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life < gleðilíf (noun n.)
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