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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Mdr 9VII

[7] drottning dýrðar ‘the queen of glory’: A kenning-like periphrasis for the Virgin Mary, parallel to Lat. rex gloriae ‘king of glory’ (Christ). Cf. 13/5-6 dáðvís drottning seggja ‘deed-wise queen of men’ (or dáðvís drottning paradísar ‘deed-wise queen of Paradise’). For discussion of periphrases for Mary employing the base-word ‘queen’, see Schottmann 1973, 95-6.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Schottmann, Hans. 1973. Die isländische Mariendichtung. Untersuchungen zur volkssprachigen Mariendichtung des Mittelalters. Münchner germanistische Beiträge 9. Munich: Fink.

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