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Anon Vitn 7^VII

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 7’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 744-5.

Anonymous Poems Vitnisvísur af Máríu

Dreingr ‘The man’

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drengr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir, gen. -ja): man, warrior

anzaði ‘answered’

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andsvara (verb; °-að-): answer

[1] anzaði: ‘amadí’ 713, ‘[...]adi’ 721

ungri ‘the young one’

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ungr (adj.): young

Eg ‘I’

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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me

notes

[2-3] eg þori enn að segja slíkt fyrir aungum manni ‘I do not yet dare to say such a thing before any person’: Lit. this translates as: ‘I dare yet to say such a thing before no person’.

þori ‘dare’

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þora (verb): dare

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[2-3] eg þori enn að segja slíkt fyrir aungum manni ‘I do not yet dare to say such a thing before any person’: Lit. this translates as: ‘I dare yet to say such a thing before no person’.

slíkt ‘such a thing’

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2. slíkr (adj.): such

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[2-3] eg þori enn að segja slíkt fyrir aungum manni ‘I do not yet dare to say such a thing before any person’: Lit. this translates as: ‘I dare yet to say such a thing before no person’.

að ‘to’

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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)

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[2-3] eg þori enn að segja slíkt fyrir aungum manni ‘I do not yet dare to say such a thing before any person’: Lit. this translates as: ‘I dare yet to say such a thing before no person’.

segja ‘say’

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segja (verb): say, tell

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[2-3] eg þori enn að segja slíkt fyrir aungum manni ‘I do not yet dare to say such a thing before any person’: Lit. this translates as: ‘I dare yet to say such a thing before no person’.

enn ‘yet’

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2. enn (adv.): still, yet, again

notes

[2-3] eg þori enn að segja slíkt fyrir aungum manni ‘I do not yet dare to say such a thing before any person’: Lit. this translates as: ‘I dare yet to say such a thing before no person’.

fyrir ‘before’

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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of

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[2-3] eg þori enn að segja slíkt fyrir aungum manni ‘I do not yet dare to say such a thing before any person’: Lit. this translates as: ‘I dare yet to say such a thing before no person’.

aungum ‘any’

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2. engi (pron.): no, none

[3] aungum: ‘o᷎gum’ 721

notes

[2-3] eg þori enn að segja slíkt fyrir aungum manni ‘I do not yet dare to say such a thing before any person’: Lit. this translates as: ‘I dare yet to say such a thing before no person’.

manni ‘person’

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maðr (noun m.): man, person

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[2-3] eg þori enn að segja slíkt fyrir aungum manni ‘I do not yet dare to say such a thing before any person’: Lit. this translates as: ‘I dare yet to say such a thing before no person’.

auð ‘wealth’

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1. auðr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-): wealth < auðbrík (noun f.)

kennings

ríkust auðbrík
‘the noblest wealth-plank ’
= WOMAN
the noblest wealth-plank → WOMAN

brík ‘plank’

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brík (noun f.; °-ar; -r): plank < auðbrík (noun f.)

kennings

ríkust auðbrík
‘the noblest wealth-plank ’
= WOMAN
the noblest wealth-plank → WOMAN

svarar ‘replies’

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svara (verb): answer

ríkust ‘the noblest’

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ríkr (adj.): mighty, powerful, rich

kennings

ríkust auðbrík
‘the noblest wealth-plank ’
= WOMAN
the noblest wealth-plank → WOMAN

Víst ‘certainly’

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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)

eru ‘are’

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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am

váttar ‘witnesses’

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váttr (noun m.; °váttar; dat. vátt/vǽtti; váttar/vǽttir, acc. vátta/váttu/vǽtta): witness

traustir ‘trusty’

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traustr (adj.): trusty

vel ‘very’

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vel (adv.): well, very

nær ‘near’

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nær (adv.): near, almost; when

ef ‘if’

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3. ef (conj.): if

notes

[6] ef þau bæri ‘if they would testify’: Lit. ‘if they would bear [witness]’.

þau ‘they’

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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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[6] ef þau bæri ‘if they would testify’: Lit. ‘if they would bear [witness]’.

bæri ‘would testify’

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3. bera (verb; °berr; bar, báru; borinn): bear, carry

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[6] ef þau bæri ‘if they would testify’: Lit. ‘if they would bear [witness]’.

sitr ‘is sitting’

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sitja (verb): sit

hier ‘here’

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hér (adv.): here

móður ‘mother’

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móðir (noun f.): mother

mætrar ‘glorious’

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mætr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -astr): honoured, respected

minn ‘my’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

guð ‘God’

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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God

í ‘on’

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í (prep.): in, into

knjám ‘the lap’

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kné (noun n.; °-s; -, gen. knjá): knee, lap

sinnar ‘of his’

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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)

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[5-8]: Cf. the corresponding passage in Mar (1871, 303): þi at likneski varrar fru sancte Marie guds modur horfir i moti ockr, ok hennar blezadi son i kneam henni ‘because the effigy of Our Lady S. Mary, mother of God, is turned towards us, and her blessed son [is sitting] in her lap’.

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