Anon Vitn 2VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 2’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 741.
Stýrðu ‘guide’
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stýra (verb): steer, control
Andréas ‘Andrew’
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Andreas (noun m.): [Andrew]
orðum ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
yfirskínandi ‘radiant [lit. over-shining]’
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yfirskínandi (adj./verb p.p.): radiant
notes
[2, 3] yfirskínandi ást (f. nom. sg.) ‘radiant [lit. over-shining] love’: This is a form of address to S. Andrew (so Sperber 1911, 56; NN §1674; Schottmann 1973, 68 n. 10; Wrightson). Skj B interprets the phrase as a dat. instr. (‘with radiant love’), which is awkward, because stýra ‘guide’ already has a dat. object (orðum mínum ‘my words’). See also Mv I 2/1: inn æsti ástvin guðs ‘noblest bosom friend of God’, i.e. ‘S. Andrew’. For the invocation to Andrew, see Introduction above.
mínum ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
ást ‘love’
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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love
notes
[2, 3] yfirskínandi ást (f. nom. sg.) ‘radiant [lit. over-shining] love’: This is a form of address to S. Andrew (so Sperber 1911, 56; NN §1674; Schottmann 1973, 68 n. 10; Wrightson). Skj B interprets the phrase as a dat. instr. (‘with radiant love’), which is awkward, because stýra ‘guide’ already has a dat. object (orðum mínum ‘my words’). See also Mv I 2/1: inn æsti ástvin guðs ‘noblest bosom friend of God’, i.e. ‘S. Andrew’. For the invocation to Andrew, see Introduction above.
vil ‘will’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
treysta ‘trust’
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treysta (verb): trust, believe in
jafnan ‘always’
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jafnan (adv.): always
þínu ‘in your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
nafni ‘name’
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nafn (noun n.; °-s; *-): name
því ‘because’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
að ‘’
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4. at (conj.): that
Máríu ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
meyjar ‘of the Virgin’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
móður ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
kennings
móður guðs,‘mother of God, ’
= Mary
mother of God, → Mary
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kennings
móður guðs,‘mother of God, ’
= Mary
mother of God, → Mary
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
óði ‘poetry’
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1. óðr (noun m.): poem
enn ‘yet again’
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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again
notes
[7] enn (adv.) ‘yet again’: This implies that the poet has previously composed poetry about Mary’s miracles (see Introduction above).
vilda ‘would like’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
inna ‘to tell’
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inna (verb): to pay, discharge, relate, tell; to announce, confirm
jartegn ‘miracle’
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jarteign (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): miracle
notes
[8] firum (m. dat. pl.) ‘men’: Fyrðum ‘men’ (so 713) is unmetrical because the first syllable in metrical position three should be short (fir- rather than fyrð-; see Kuhn 1983, 174-5; Gade 1995, 118-23).
bjarta ‘a bright’
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bjartr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): bright
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