Anon Vitn 1VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 1’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 740-1.
Heyrðu ‘Listen’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
til ‘to’
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til (prep.): to
upphafs ‘opening’
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upphaf (noun n.): beginning < upphafsorð (noun n.)
orða ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word < upphafsorð (noun n.)
alls ‘of everything’
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allr (adj.): all
kennings
vinnandi alls,‘maker of everything, ’
= God
maker of everything, → God
notes
[2] vinnandi alls ‘maker of everything [= God]’: For alls ‘of everything’ in religious poetry, see LP: allr 2.
vinnandi ‘maker’
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vinnandi (noun m.; °; vinnendr): worker, winner
kennings
vinnandi alls,‘maker of everything, ’
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maker of everything, → God
notes
[2] vinnandi alls ‘maker of everything [= God]’: For alls ‘of everything’ in religious poetry, see LP: allr 2.
minna ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
þrennr ‘threefold’
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þrennr (adj.): three(fold)
notes
[3] þrennr ‘threefold’: The l. has three rhyming syllables in stressed positions, perhaps signalling its threefold subject, and Sperber (1911) emends to þreðr ‘three’ (see ANG §459). For the concept ‘threefold and one in your Trinity’ (trinitas in unitate) see Schottmann (1973, 118-19).
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
einn ‘one’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
þinni ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
þrenning ‘Trinity’
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þrenning (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-): the Trinity
er ‘who’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
guð ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kenniz ‘is acknowledged’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
Láttu ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
líknar ‘of mercy’
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líkn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): grace, mercy
[5] líknar: liknað 713, 721
kennings
Dróttinn líknar,‘Lord of mercy, ’
= God
Lord of mercy, → God
notes
[5] líknar ‘of mercy’: Líknað (so 713, 721) is a scribal error.
dróttinn ‘Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
kennings
Dróttinn líknar,‘Lord of mercy, ’
= God
Lord of mercy, → God
lausnari ‘redeemer’
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lausnari (noun m.; °-a;): saviour, redeemer
minn ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
af ‘about’
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af (prep.): from
þinni ‘your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
greiðaz ‘be produced’
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greiða (verb): alleviate
göfgað ‘a glorious’
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gǫfugr (adj.; °gǫfgan/gǫfugan; compar. gǫfgari/gǫfugri, superl. gǫfgastr/gǫfugstr/gǫfugastr): noble, glorious
kvæði ‘poem’
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kvæði (noun n.; °-s; -): poem
góðr ‘good’
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góðr (adj.): good
háleitri ‘exalted’
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háleitr (adj.): glorious, sublime
móður ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
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