Anon Vitn 3VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 3’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 742.
Rieð ‘ruled’
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ráða (verb): advise, rule, interpret, decide
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
ríki ‘realm’
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ríki (noun n.; °-s; -): kingdom, power
góðu ‘a good’
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góðr (adj.): good
ritning ‘writing’
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ritning (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ar): writing, scripture
notes
[2] ritning ‘writing’: The poet’s source was likely a written text about Mary’s miracles (see Introduction above).
berr ‘bears’
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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry
svá ‘to that’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
vitni ‘witness’
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2. vitni (noun n.; °-s; -): witness
átti ‘had’
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2. eiga (verb; °á/eigr (præs. pl. 3. pers. eigu/eiga); átti, áttu; átt): own, have
unga ‘a young’
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ungr (adj.): young
óttlauss ‘A fearless’
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óttlauss (adj.): fearless
frama ‘outstanding’
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frami (noun m.): success < framadóttir (noun f.)
Fæðiz ‘grows’
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2. fœða (verb): to feed, give food to, bring up, bear, give birth to
[5] Fæðiz: fæddisk 713, 721
notes
[5] fæðiz ‘grows [up]’: Both mss read fæddiz (3rd pers. sg. pret. indic.) ‘grew up’, but the pres. tense of the verb (fæðiz) is required by the internal rhyme (-æð- : -íð-).
upp ‘up’
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upp (adv.): up
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
kennings
Fríði falds‘the Fríðr of the head-dress ’
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the Fríðr of the head-dress → WOMAN
falds ‘of the head-dress’
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faldr (noun m.; °; -ar): headdress
kennings
Fríði falds‘the Fríðr of the head-dress ’
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the Fríðr of the head-dress → WOMAN
á ‘in ’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
bernsku ‘child’
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bernska (noun f.; °-u): child, childhood < bernskualdr (noun m.): °childhood
aldri ‘hood’
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aldr (noun m.; °aldrs, dat. aldri; aldrar): life, age < bernskualdr (noun m.): °childhood
svinnr ‘A clever’
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2. svinnr (adj.): wise
notes
[7]: The l. lacks internal rhyme. Wrightson tentatively reads ríki ‘realm’ in 721 as ranni ‘house’ (so also Sperber, but, although it is smudged, the abbreviation stands for <ik> (and 713 has ríki without abbreviation). Furthermore, there is no mention of a house in the preceding text.
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[7]: The l. lacks internal rhyme. Wrightson tentatively reads ríki ‘realm’ in 721 as ranni ‘house’ (so also Sperber, but, although it is smudged, the abbreviation stands for <ik> (and 713 has ríki without abbreviation). Furthermore, there is no mention of a house in the preceding text.
sögðu ‘the said’
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segja (verb): say, tell
notes
[7]: The l. lacks internal rhyme. Wrightson tentatively reads ríki ‘realm’ in 721 as ranni ‘house’ (so also Sperber, but, although it is smudged, the abbreviation stands for <ik> (and 713 has ríki without abbreviation). Furthermore, there is no mention of a house in the preceding text.
ríki ‘realm’
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ríki (noun n.; °-s; -): kingdom, power
notes
[7]: The l. lacks internal rhyme. Wrightson tentatively reads ríki ‘realm’ in 721 as ranni ‘house’ (so also Sperber, but, although it is smudged, the abbreviation stands for <ik> (and 713 has ríki without abbreviation). Furthermore, there is no mention of a house in the preceding text.
sveinn ‘boy’
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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant
kynslóð ‘lineage’
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kynslóð (noun f.): [lineage]
hreinni ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
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