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[5] óflekkuð miskun meyja ‘the unstained mercy of maidens [= Mary]’: Both Skj B and Skald emend meyja to meyjar ‘of the maiden’, but this is unnecessary if the phrase is understood as a kenning for the Virgin Mary.