Anon Vitn 8VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 8’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 745.
Þá ‘Then’
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2. þá (adv.): then
tók ‘took’
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2. taka (verb): take
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
í ‘’
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í (prep.): in, into
hennar ‘her’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
hand ‘hand’
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hǫnd (noun f.; °handar, dat. hendi; hendr (hendir StatPáll³ 752¹²)): hand
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[2] hand (f. acc. sg.) ‘hand’: For the non-umlauted form, see Schottmann 1973, 351 n. 11.
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
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[2] með elskubandi ‘with the bond of love’: This is taken in a figurative sense (cf. Norw. elskovsbånd ‘ties of love’; see Fritzner: elskuband; Schottmann 1973, 376 and n. 6). Wrightson (2001; 1997c, 124, 133 n. 35) translates it as ‘ring of love’, but the later context shows that he cannot have given her a concrete token of their betrothal at this point.
elsku ‘of love’
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1. elska (noun f.; °-u): love < elskuband (noun n.): °bond of love
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[2] með elskubandi ‘with the bond of love’: This is taken in a figurative sense (cf. Norw. elskovsbånd ‘ties of love’; see Fritzner: elskuband; Schottmann 1973, 376 and n. 6). Wrightson (2001; 1997c, 124, 133 n. 35) translates it as ‘ring of love’, but the later context shows that he cannot have given her a concrete token of their betrothal at this point.
bandi ‘the bond’
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band (noun n.; °-s; *-): band, bond < elskuband (noun n.): °bond of love
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[2] með elskubandi ‘with the bond of love’: This is taken in a figurative sense (cf. Norw. elskovsbånd ‘ties of love’; see Fritzner: elskuband; Schottmann 1973, 376 and n. 6). Wrightson (2001; 1997c, 124, 133 n. 35) translates it as ‘ring of love’, but the later context shows that he cannot have given her a concrete token of their betrothal at this point.
framgreiðandi ‘speaking forth’
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[3-4]: Cf. Mar (1871, 299): ok hefir fram festar-orð ‘and speaks forth words of betrothal’.
fríðust ‘the fairest’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
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[3-4]: Cf. Mar (1871, 299): ok hefir fram festar-orð ‘and speaks forth words of betrothal’.
festar ‘of betrothal’
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festr (noun f.; °dat. & acc. -i; -ar/-ir): mooring, betrothal < festarorð (noun n.)
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[3-4]: Cf. Mar (1871, 299): ok hefir fram festar-orð ‘and speaks forth words of betrothal’.
orð ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word < festarorð (noun n.)
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[3-4]: Cf. Mar (1871, 299): ok hefir fram festar-orð ‘and speaks forth words of betrothal’.
á ‘at’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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[4] á lesti ‘at last’: Skj B construes this prepositional phrase with the verb tók ‘took’ (‘at last he took’) (l. 1), which is less satisfactory from the point of view of w.o.
lesti ‘last’
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lesti (noun n.): end, the last
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[4] á lesti ‘at last’: Skj B construes this prepositional phrase with the verb tók ‘took’ (‘at last he took’) (l. 1), which is less satisfactory from the point of view of w.o.
Þú ‘You’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
skalt ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
mektug ‘mighty’
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mektugr (adj.): mighty
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[5] mektug ‘mighty’: This is a late loanword from MLG mechtich ‘mighty’ (see AEW: mekt).
meyja ‘maiden’
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meyja (noun f.; °-u): maiden, virgin
mín ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
kvinna ‘wife’
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kvenna (noun f.; °-u): woman, wife
virðiz ‘deign’
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2. virða (verb): value, appraise
okkr ‘for us two’
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vér (pron.; °gen. vár, dat./acc. oss): we, us, our
að ‘to’
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5. at (nota): to (with infinitive)
verða ‘become’
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1. verða (verb): become, be
vóttr ‘a witness’
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váttr (noun m.; °váttar; dat. vátt/vǽtti; váttar/vǽttir, acc. vátta/váttu/vǽtta): witness
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
dróttinn ‘the Lord’
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dróttinn (noun m.; °dróttins, dat. dróttni (drottini [$1049$]); dróttnar): lord, master
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