Anon Vitn 17VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 17’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 751-2.
notes
[1] griet ‘wept’: Giekk ‘went’ (so both mss) leaves the l. without internal rhyme, and the emendation follows earlier eds.
in ‘The’
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2. inn (art.): the
göfga ‘glorious’
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gǫfugr (adj.; °gǫfgan/gǫfugan; compar. gǫfgari/gǫfugri, superl. gǫfgastr/gǫfugstr/gǫfugastr): noble, glorious
sæta ‘woman’
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1. sæta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): woman, lady
gangandi ‘walking’
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2. ganga (verb; geng, gekk, gengu, genginn): walk, go
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
þangað ‘to’
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þangat (adv.): there, thither
gjör ‘fashioned’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
[3] gjör er var skriftin: er skorin var skriftin 713, gjör var skrípinn 721
notes
[3] gjör er var ‘where was fashioned’: The present edn follows NN §1678 (so also Sperber 1911, 72). The 713 variant, er skorin var ‘where was carved’ is unmetrical, because it contains three alliterative staves and seven rather than six metrical positions (the 713 reading could have been caused by the similar wording in Mv II 7/3). The reading in 721, gjör var ‘fashioned was’, is metrical, but leaves a dangling adv. þangað lit. ‘thither’ (l. 2).
er ‘where’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
[3] gjör er var skriftin: er skorin var skriftin 713, gjör var skrípinn 721
notes
[3] gjör er var ‘where was fashioned’: The present edn follows NN §1678 (so also Sperber 1911, 72). The 713 variant, er skorin var ‘where was carved’ is unmetrical, because it contains three alliterative staves and seven rather than six metrical positions (the 713 reading could have been caused by the similar wording in Mv II 7/3). The reading in 721, gjör var ‘fashioned was’, is metrical, but leaves a dangling adv. þangað lit. ‘thither’ (l. 2).
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
[3] gjör er var skriftin: er skorin var skriftin 713, gjör var skrípinn 721
notes
[3] gjör er var ‘where was fashioned’: The present edn follows NN §1678 (so also Sperber 1911, 72). The 713 variant, er skorin var ‘where was carved’ is unmetrical, because it contains three alliterative staves and seven rather than six metrical positions (the 713 reading could have been caused by the similar wording in Mv II 7/3). The reading in 721, gjör var ‘fashioned was’, is metrical, but leaves a dangling adv. þangað lit. ‘thither’ (l. 2).
skriftin ‘image’
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1. skrift (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): image
[3] gjör er var skriftin: er skorin var skriftin 713, gjör var skrípinn 721
skæra ‘shining’
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1. skærr (adj.): pure, bright
Máríu ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
dýrstrar ‘of most precious’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
Laut ‘knelt’
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1. lúta (verb): (strong)
að ‘at’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
ljúfum ‘the beloved’
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ljúfr (adj.): beloved
fótum ‘feet’
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1. fótr (noun m.): foot, leg
líkneski ‘effigy’
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líkneski (noun n.; °-s; -): [effigy]
þar ‘there’
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þar (adv.): there
fesku ‘of the beautiful’
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ferskr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful
miskunn ‘the mercy’
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miskunn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): forgiveness, mercy, grace
kennings
miskunn manna‘the mercy of men ’
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the mercy of men → Mary
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
manna ‘of men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
kennings
miskunn manna‘the mercy of men ’
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the mercy of men → Mary
minnaz ‘to be mindful’
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1. minna (verb): remind, remember, recall
eymdar ‘misery’
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eymð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): misery
sinnar ‘of her’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
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