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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Brúðv 14VII

[6] oflík ‘unique’: Lit. ‘too much like’. The meaning of this adj. is unclear. Mary is not being compared directly to anyone or anything, so the question remains: Who or what is she like? Possibly this is some kind of pun or litotes, ‘too like’ implying ‘not like’, that is, ‘unlike, unique, outstanding’, which seems a fitting way to describe the Virgin Mary. The prefix of- is needed to supply the correct number of syllables in the l.

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