Anon Vitn 20VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 20’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 753-4.
Tók ‘began’
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2. taka (verb): take
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
mjúkust ‘Gentlest’
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mjúkr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, humble
mæla ‘to speak’
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1. mæla (verb): speak, say
vörrum ‘lips’
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2. vǫrr (noun f.): lip
sælum ‘with blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
orð ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
allir ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
heyrðu ‘heard’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
lýðir ‘people’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
Riett ‘correctly’
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3. réttr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): right, straight, direct
hermir ‘repeat’
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1. herma (verb): [repeat]
þú ‘You’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
hattar ‘of the hat’
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hattr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): hat
kennings
skorða vita hattar;‘prop of the beacon of the hat; ’
= WOMAN
the beacon of the hat; → GOLD
prop of the GOLD → WOMAN
notes
[5-6] skorða vita hattar ‘prop of the beacon of the hat [GOLD > WOMAN]’: So Sperber and Wrightson. A comparable kenning is unattested. Skj B and Skald emend hattar to handar ‘of the hand’ which is construed as a determinant in a woman-kenning: skorða vita handar ‘the prop of the beacon of the hand [GOLD > WOMAN]’. However, handar ‘of the hand’ leaves the l. without an internal rhyme. Sperber (1911, 72) suggests that vita hattar ‘beacon of the hat’ refers to golden adornment on a hat. Skorða ‘prop’ was a wooden post used to support beached ships. Mar (1871, 302) reads as follows: Þat er minn vitnisbvrðr at þv segir satt hvert orð af þessv efni ‘It is my testimony, that you tell the complete truth [lit. every word true] concerning this matter’.
hattar ‘of the hat’
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hattr (noun m.; °dat. -i; -ar): hat
kennings
skorða vita hattar;‘prop of the beacon of the hat; ’
= WOMAN
the beacon of the hat; → GOLD
prop of the GOLD → WOMAN
notes
[5-6] skorða vita hattar ‘prop of the beacon of the hat [GOLD > WOMAN]’: So Sperber and Wrightson. A comparable kenning is unattested. Skj B and Skald emend hattar to handar ‘of the hand’ which is construed as a determinant in a woman-kenning: skorða vita handar ‘the prop of the beacon of the hand [GOLD > WOMAN]’. However, handar ‘of the hand’ leaves the l. without an internal rhyme. Sperber (1911, 72) suggests that vita hattar ‘beacon of the hat’ refers to golden adornment on a hat. Skorða ‘prop’ was a wooden post used to support beached ships. Mar (1871, 302) reads as follows: Þat er minn vitnisbvrðr at þv segir satt hvert orð af þessv efni ‘It is my testimony, that you tell the complete truth [lit. every word true] concerning this matter’.
hvert ‘each’
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2. hverr (pron.): who, whom, each, every
orð ‘word’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
vita ‘of the beacon’
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viti (noun m.; °-a; -ar): beacon, marker
kennings
skorða vita hattar;‘prop of the beacon of the hat; ’
= WOMAN
the beacon of the hat; → GOLD
prop of the GOLD → WOMAN
notes
[5-6] skorða vita hattar ‘prop of the beacon of the hat [GOLD > WOMAN]’: So Sperber and Wrightson. A comparable kenning is unattested. Skj B and Skald emend hattar to handar ‘of the hand’ which is construed as a determinant in a woman-kenning: skorða vita handar ‘the prop of the beacon of the hand [GOLD > WOMAN]’. However, handar ‘of the hand’ leaves the l. without an internal rhyme. Sperber (1911, 72) suggests that vita hattar ‘beacon of the hat’ refers to golden adornment on a hat. Skorða ‘prop’ was a wooden post used to support beached ships. Mar (1871, 302) reads as follows: Þat er minn vitnisbvrðr at þv segir satt hvert orð af þessv efni ‘It is my testimony, that you tell the complete truth [lit. every word true] concerning this matter’.
vita ‘of the beacon’
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viti (noun m.; °-a; -ar): beacon, marker
kennings
skorða vita hattar;‘prop of the beacon of the hat; ’
= WOMAN
the beacon of the hat; → GOLD
prop of the GOLD → WOMAN
notes
[5-6] skorða vita hattar ‘prop of the beacon of the hat [GOLD > WOMAN]’: So Sperber and Wrightson. A comparable kenning is unattested. Skj B and Skald emend hattar to handar ‘of the hand’ which is construed as a determinant in a woman-kenning: skorða vita handar ‘the prop of the beacon of the hand [GOLD > WOMAN]’. However, handar ‘of the hand’ leaves the l. without an internal rhyme. Sperber (1911, 72) suggests that vita hattar ‘beacon of the hat’ refers to golden adornment on a hat. Skorða ‘prop’ was a wooden post used to support beached ships. Mar (1871, 302) reads as follows: Þat er minn vitnisbvrðr at þv segir satt hvert orð af þessv efni ‘It is my testimony, that you tell the complete truth [lit. every word true] concerning this matter’.
skorða ‘prop’
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1. skorða (noun f.; °-u; -ur): prop
kennings
skorða vita hattar;‘prop of the beacon of the hat; ’
= WOMAN
the beacon of the hat; → GOLD
prop of the GOLD → WOMAN
notes
[5-6] skorða vita hattar ‘prop of the beacon of the hat [GOLD > WOMAN]’: So Sperber and Wrightson. A comparable kenning is unattested. Skj B and Skald emend hattar to handar ‘of the hand’ which is construed as a determinant in a woman-kenning: skorða vita handar ‘the prop of the beacon of the hand [GOLD > WOMAN]’. However, handar ‘of the hand’ leaves the l. without an internal rhyme. Sperber (1911, 72) suggests that vita hattar ‘beacon of the hat’ refers to golden adornment on a hat. Skorða ‘prop’ was a wooden post used to support beached ships. Mar (1871, 302) reads as follows: Þat er minn vitnisbvrðr at þv segir satt hvert orð af þessv efni ‘It is my testimony, that you tell the complete truth [lit. every word true] concerning this matter’.
ósannindum ‘untruths’
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ósannendi (noun n.): [untruths]
undan ‘by means of’
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undan (adv.): away, away from
jungkærinn ‘the young man’
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jungkæri (noun m.): [young man]
notes
[8] jungkærinn ‘the young man’: This is a loanword from MLG junkher ‘young man, novice’ (see AEW: jungherra). The poet uses the Norw. form jungkæri rather than the Icel. jungkeri to preserve the metre (a long second syllable).
vill ‘wants’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
færaz ‘to escape’
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2. fœra (verb): bring
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