Anon Vitn 6VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 6’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 744.
Ann ‘love’
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1. unna (verb): love
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
fyrir ‘above’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
allar ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
kvinnur ‘women’
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kvenna (noun f.; °-u): woman, wife
ágætust ‘most magnificent’
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ágætr (adj.; °compar. ágǽtari/ágǽtri, superl. ágǽtastr/ágǽztr): excellent
þier ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
notes
[2, 4] þier ... yðr (2nd pers. dat. sg., 2nd. pers. acc. pl.) ‘you ... you’: Note the interchange between the informal and formal forms of address.
sæta ‘lady’
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1. sæta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): woman, lady
notes
[2] sæta ‘lady’: This lit. means ‘grass-widow’, but it is used here and elsewhere in the generic sense ‘lady, woman’.
várr ‘our [my]’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
víst ‘certainly’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
fjarri ‘far’
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fjarri (adv.): far, far from it, unlikely
vili ‘wish’
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vilja (verb): want, intend
við ‘from’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
yðr ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
notes
[2, 4] þier ... yðr (2nd pers. dat. sg., 2nd. pers. acc. pl.) ‘you ... you’: Note the interchange between the informal and formal forms of address.
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
notes
[4] að skiljaz ‘to part’: The m.v. is required in the construction skiljask við e-n ‘to part from somebody.’ (see Fritzner: skiljask við).
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[4] að skiljaz ‘to part’: The m.v. is required in the construction skiljask við e-n ‘to part from somebody.’ (see Fritzner: skiljask við).
Hun ‘She’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
kvað ‘said’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
sjálfrátt ‘himself’
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sjalfráðr (adj.): [himself]
sveini ‘the boy’
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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant
sett ‘entirely’
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setja (verb): place, set, establish
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
styrkja ‘confirm’
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styrkja (verb): strengthen, assist
trú ‘her trust’
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trú (noun f.; °-ar): faith, belief
gaf ‘gave’
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gefa (verb): give
tígnar ‘the honourable’
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tígn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): honour < tígnarmeyja (noun f.)
meyja ‘maiden’
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meyja (noun f.; °-u): maiden, virgin < tígnarmeyja (noun f.)
[7] ‑meyja: ‘[...]ía’ 721
festar ‘of betrothal’
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festr (noun f.; °dat. & acc. -i; -ar/-ir): mooring, betrothal < festarmál (noun n.)
málum ‘with words’
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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter < festarmál (noun n.)
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