[8] gimsteinn ‘jewel’: On the use of jewel imagery for the Virgin Mary, see Schottmann 1973, 60; cf. gimsteinn brúða ‘jewel among brides’ Lil 89/4, also used of the reformed Mary Magdalene in Anon Mey 11/8; gimsteinn vífa ‘jewel among women’ in Lil 27/8 and Mgr 39/4; gimsteinn sprunda ‘jewel among women’ Árni Gd 10/6IV. Árni also describes Bishop Guðmundur as gimsteinn lærðra manna ‘jewel among educated men’ in 69/4.
References
- Bibliography
- Schottmann, Hans. 1973. Die isländische Mariendichtung. Untersuchungen zur volkssprachigen Mariendichtung des Mittelalters. Münchner germanistische Beiträge 9. Munich: Fink.
- Internal references
- Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 11’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 898-9.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 39’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 786-7.
- Not published: do not cite (Árni Gd 10IV)
- Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 27’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 593-4.
- Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 89’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 662-3.