Anon Vitn 25VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 25’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 756-7.
Þú ‘You’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
ert ‘are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
marg ‘the most mani’
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2. margr (adj.; °-an): many < margfaldr (adj.): manifold
földust ‘fold’
[1] ‑földust: ‑faldrar 721
mildi ‘mercy’
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mildi (noun f.): generosity, mercy
mjúklætis ‘of humility’
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mjúklæti (noun n.): [humility]
kennings
hásæti mjúklætis,‘the high-seat of humility, ’
= Mary
the high-seat of humility, → Mary
notes
[2] hásæti mjúklætis ‘the high-seat of humility [= Mary]’: For designations of this type see Schottmann (1973, 54).
hásæti ‘the high-seat’
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hásæti (noun n.): high-seat
kennings
hásæti mjúklætis,‘the high-seat of humility, ’
= Mary
the high-seat of humility, → Mary
notes
[2] hásæti mjúklætis ‘the high-seat of humility [= Mary]’: For designations of this type see Schottmann (1973, 54).
grundin ‘land’
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
notes
[3] grundin anda guðdóms ‘land of the spirit of the Godhead’: For this term, Lat. terra Domini ‘land of the Lord’, see Schottmann (1973, 48).
guð ‘of the God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God < guðdómr (noun m.): God’s dominion
notes
[3] grundin anda guðdóms ‘land of the spirit of the Godhead’: For this term, Lat. terra Domini ‘land of the Lord’, see Schottmann (1973, 48).
dóms ‘head’
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dómr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): judgement; court; -dom, -ness (suffix) < guðdómr (noun m.): God’s dominion
[3] ‑dóms: ‘do[...]’ 721
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[3] grundin anda guðdóms ‘land of the spirit of the Godhead’: For this term, Lat. terra Domini ‘land of the Lord’, see Schottmann (1973, 48).
anda ‘of the spirit’
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andi (noun m.; °-a; -ar): spirit, soul
notes
[3] grundin anda guðdóms ‘land of the spirit of the Godhead’: For this term, Lat. terra Domini ‘land of the Lord’, see Schottmann (1973, 48).
góð ‘virtuous’
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góðr (adj.): good
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
kennings
móðir Jésús.‘mother of Jesus. ’
= Mary
mother of Jesus. → Mary
móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
kennings
móðir Jésús.‘mother of Jesus. ’
= Mary
mother of Jesus. → Mary
Brjóst ‘the breast’
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brjóst (noun n.; °-s; -): breast, chest
eilífrar ‘of eternal’
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eilífr (adj.): eternal
ástar ‘love’
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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love
óflekkuð ‘unblemished’
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óflekkaðr (adj.): unblemished, unstained
gaftu ‘You gave’
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gefa (verb): give
drekka ‘to drink’
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2. drekka (verb; °drekkr; drakk, drukku; drukkinn/drykkinn): drink
full ‘full’
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2. fullr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): full, complete
af ‘of’
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af (prep.): from
notes
[7] fögnuð ‘joy’: This is a m. dat. sg. u-stem, and we should have expected the form fagnaði rather than fögnuð. The dat. form must have been leveled in analogy with the acc. (see ANG §395.3). The 721 reading fagnað ‘joy’ is also possible as a dat. sg. form (see Iversen 1961, no. 70.1, Anm. 1).
öllum ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
frú ‘lady’
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frú (noun f.): lady
mín ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
syni ‘son’
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sonr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. syni; synir, acc. sonu, syni): son
þínum ‘to your’
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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your
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[5-8]: The interpretation of the second helmingr is ambiguous, because both brjóst (if n. acc. pl.) ‘breasts’ (l. 5) and frú (f. nom. sg.) ‘lady’ (l. 8) could technically be modified by the adjectives óflekkuð (n. acc. pl. or f. nom. sg.) ‘unblemished’ (l. 6) and full (n. acc. pl. or f. nom. sg.) ‘full’ (l. 7). In the present edn, brjóst (l. 5) is taken as the n. acc. sg. ‘breast’ and óflekkuð ‘unblemished’ (l. 6) modifies frú lady’ (l. 8) (= Virgo Immaculata). That is also the case with the phrase full af öllum fögnuð ‘full of all joy’. In Mar (1871, 27), for example, Mary is said to bear her son með fullum fagnaði ‘with full joy’. Skald lets all adjectives modify brjóst ‘breasts’ (l. 5) (see NN §2862), and Skj B construes them with Mary, including the phrase eilífrar ástar ‘of eternal love’ (l. 5): ‘My Lady, filled with all joy of eternal love’ (so also Wrightson). The latter reading produces a very complex w.o.
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