Anon Vitn 24VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 24’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 756.
Hier ‘Here’
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hér (adv.): here
mátti ‘could’
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mega (verb): may, might
nú ‘now’
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nú (adv.): now
heyra ‘hear’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
hitnað ‘the heated’
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hitna (verb): heat, grow hot
elsku ‘of love’
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1. elska (noun f.; °-u): love < elskuvitni (noun n.)
vitni ‘testimony’
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2. vitni (noun n.; °-s; -): witness < elskuvitni (noun n.)
er ‘which’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
sannindin ‘truth’
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2. sannendi (noun n.): truth
sýndi ‘revealed’
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sýna (verb): show, seem
sönn ‘the real’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
fyrir ‘before’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
guði ‘God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
mönnum ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
Þá ‘’
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2. þá (adv.): then
mun ‘will’
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munu (verb): will, must
bjarga ‘save’
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1. bjarga (verb; °bergr (biærgr Alk619 77⁹; biargr ÓH619 119¹); barg, burgu; borginn): to save, preserve
beimum ‘people’
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beimi (noun m.; °; -ar): man
blíð ‘Gentle’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
tíðast ‘most often’
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2. tíðr (adj.; °compar. tíðari, superl. tíðastr): popular
mest ‘the most’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
[7] mest: so 721, mest eru 713
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
meinum ‘misery’
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mein (noun n.; °-s; -): harm, injury
menn ‘men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
er ‘when’
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2. er (conj.): who, which, when
þurfa ‘need’
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2. þurfa (verb): need, be necessary
hennar ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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