Anon Vitn 5VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 5’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 743.
Síðan ‘Then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
notes
[1]: The l. lacks internal rhyme.
nam ‘began’
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1. nema (verb): to take
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[1]: The l. lacks internal rhyme.
sætar ‘sweet’
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sœtr (adj.): sweet
notes
[1]: The l. lacks internal rhyme.
ástir ‘love [lit. loves]’
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ást (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): love
notes
[1]: The l. lacks internal rhyme.
seggr ‘the man’
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seggr (noun m.; °; -ir): man
við ‘for’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
sprund ‘the woman’
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sprund (noun f.): woman
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
leggja ‘develop’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
Hlín ‘Hlín’
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Hlín (noun f.): Hlín
kennings
hvítust Hlín hrings‘the fairest Hlín of the ring ’
= WOMAN
the fairest Hlín of the ring → WOMAN
má ‘can’
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mega (verb): may, might
hrings ‘of the ring’
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1. hringr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ar): ring; sword
kennings
hvítust Hlín hrings‘the fairest Hlín of the ring ’
= WOMAN
the fairest Hlín of the ring → WOMAN
af ‘away from’
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af (prep.): from
sveini ‘the boy’
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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant
hvítust ‘the fairest’
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hvítr (adj.; °-an; -ari, -astr): white
[4] hvítust sjaldan: hvít varliga 721
kennings
hvítust Hlín hrings‘the fairest Hlín of the ring ’
= WOMAN
the fairest Hlín of the ring → WOMAN
líta ‘look’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
Eina ‘One’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
yndi ‘delight’
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ynði (noun n.; °-s): pleasure
notes
[6] enn ‘again’: The ms. reading hann ‘he’ is a lectio facilior and leaves the l. without alliteration and aðalhending.
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
staddr ‘standing’
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2. steðja (verb): stop, place
hjá ‘next to’
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hjá (prep.): beside, with
henni ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
talaði ‘spoke’
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3. tala (verb): speak, talk
svinnr ‘the clever’
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2. svinnr (adj.): wise
við ‘to’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
svanna ‘the girl’
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svanni (noun m.): lady, woman
sveinn ‘boy’
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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant
í ‘inside’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[8] í einni kirkju ‘inside a church’: This prepositional phrase could also go with the following cl. (so Sperber), but see Mar (1871, 298): einn dag ero þꜹ stødd bęði saman i Mario kirkiu … talandiz þar við ‘one day they were both standing together in the Church of Mary … while speaking to each other’.
kirkju ‘church’
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kirkja (noun f.): church
notes
[8] í einni kirkju ‘inside a church’: This prepositional phrase could also go with the following cl. (so Sperber), but see Mar (1871, 298): einn dag ero þꜹ stødd bęði saman i Mario kirkiu … talandiz þar við ‘one day they were both standing together in the Church of Mary … while speaking to each other’.
einni ‘a’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
notes
[8] í einni kirkju ‘inside a church’: This prepositional phrase could also go with the following cl. (so Sperber), but see Mar (1871, 298): einn dag ero þꜹ stødd bęði saman i Mario kirkiu … talandiz þar við ‘one day they were both standing together in the Church of Mary … while speaking to each other’.
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