Anon Vitn 13VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 13’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 749.
Brátt ‘at once’
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bráðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): quick(ly)
nam ‘’
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1. nema (verb): to take
byskup ‘a bishop’
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1. byskup (noun m.; °-s/-(cf. [$489$]), dat. -i/-; -ar): bishop
hitta ‘sought’
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hitta (verb): meet, encounter
brúðr ‘The woman’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
er ‘whom’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
sorgin ‘sorrow’
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sorg (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sorrow, affliction
knúði ‘oppressed’
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knýja (verb): press forward, urge, drive
satt ‘the truth’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
segir ‘tells’
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segja (verb): say, tell
til ‘about’
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til (prep.): to
vátta ‘the witnesses’
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váttr (noun m.; °váttar; dat. vátt/vǽtti; váttar/vǽttir, acc. vátta/váttu/vǽtta): witness
sár ‘the bitter’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
í ‘with’
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í (prep.): in, into
tárum ‘tears’
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tár (noun n.; °; -): tear
Mettu ‘Assess’
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2. meta (verb): measure, value, assess
mikil ‘great’
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mikill (adj.; °mikinn): great, large
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
hætta ‘the danger’
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1. hætta (noun f.; °-u): [danger]
mann ‘husband’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
fæ* ‘should take’
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2. fá (verb; °fǽr; fekk, fengu; fenginn): get, receive
[6] fæ*: fær 713, 721
notes
[6] fæ* (3rd pers. sg. pres. subj.) ‘should take’: The subj. form of the verb (rather than the indic. fær) is warranted by the syntax; see festi (3rd pers. sg. pres. subj.) ‘should marry’, l. 7.
annan ‘another’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
fastúðigr ‘the firm-minded’
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fastúðigr (adj.): [firm-minded]
festi ‘should be engaged to’
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2. festa (verb): fasten, betrothe, promise
for ‘previous’
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for- ((prefix)): exceedingly < formaðr (noun m.)
konu ‘woman’
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kona (noun f.; °-u; -ur/-r(KlmA1980 116¹¹), gen. pl. kvenna/kvinna): woman
aðra ‘another’
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1. annarr (pron.; °f. ǫnnur, n. annat; pl. aðrir): (an)other, second
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[5-8]: The admonition to the bishop could refer to the C13-14th debate about the status of a betrothal (see Brundage 1987, 435-6; Wrightson 1997, 128 and n. 24). Cf. Mar (1871, 301): þviat hon serr, hverr haski þar ma af standa, ef minn eiginbonde fęrr ser aþra konv, enn ek hans eiginkona fęrr mer annan mann til bonda ‘because she [Mary] sees, what danger can result from it, if my husband takes another wife, and I, his wife, take another man for a husband’.
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