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Anon Brúðv 16^VII

Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Brúðkaupsvísur 16’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 540.

Anonymous Poems Brúðkaupsvísur

Skuldar ‘of Skuld’

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Skuld (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): Skuld

kennings

Skuldar ský-Baldr,
‘cloud-Baldr of Skuld’
= WARRIOR
the cloud of Skuld, → SHIELD
Baldr of the SHIELD → WARRIOR

Skuldar ‘of Skuld’

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Skuld (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): Skuld

kennings

Skuldar ský-Baldr,
‘cloud-Baldr of Skuld’
= WARRIOR
the cloud of Skuld, → SHIELD
Baldr of the SHIELD → WARRIOR

máttu ‘You ’

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mega (verb): may, might

ský ‘of the cloud’

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ský (noun n.; °-s; -): cloud < Skýbaldr (noun m.)

kennings

Skuldar ský-Baldr,
‘cloud-Baldr of Skuld’
= WARRIOR
the cloud of Skuld, → SHIELD
Baldr of the SHIELD → WARRIOR

ský ‘of the cloud’

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ský (noun n.; °-s; -): cloud < Skýbaldr (noun m.)

kennings

Skuldar ský-Baldr,
‘cloud-Baldr of Skuld’
= WARRIOR
the cloud of Skuld, → SHIELD
Baldr of the SHIELD → WARRIOR

Baldr ‘Baldr’

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Baldr (noun m.): [Baldr, Baldur] < Skýbaldr (noun m.)

kennings

Skuldar ský-Baldr,
‘cloud-Baldr of Skuld’
= WARRIOR
the cloud of Skuld, → SHIELD
Baldr of the SHIELD → WARRIOR

skilja ‘can understand’

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1. skilja (verb): separate, understand

eru ‘are’

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

sakir ‘offences’

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sǫk (noun f.; °sakar; sakar/sakir): cause, offence

til ‘the cause’

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til (prep.): to

sárar ‘grievous’

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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded

þótt ‘seeing that’

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þó (adv.): though

sie ‘have’

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

mier ‘I’

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

sorgir ‘cares’

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sorg (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): sorrow, affliction

í ‘in’

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í (prep.): in, into

hugar ‘of the mind’

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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage

kennings

borg hugar;
‘the stronghold of the mind; ’
= BREAST
the stronghold of the mind; → BREAST

borg ‘the stronghold’

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borg (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -; -ir): city, stronghold

kennings

borg hugar;
‘the stronghold of the mind; ’
= BREAST
the stronghold of the mind; → BREAST

Væn ‘beautiful’

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vænn (adj.): beautiful, expected

hugðumz ‘I thought’

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2. hyggja (verb): think, consider

notes

[5] hugðumsk ‘I thought’: 721 has the m.v. ending –nzt as can be expected in a ms. written shortly after 1500. The paper copies of 721 all retain the ending.

vera ‘I was’

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

þín ‘your’

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þinn (pron.; °f. þín, n. þitt): your

mín ‘’

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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my

vin ‘beloved’

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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend < vinmær (noun f.)

[6] vin‑: so 2166ˣ, mín 721, 1032ˣ, mín with ‘vin’ in margin 399a‑bˣ

notes

[6] vinmær ‘beloved maiden’: Jón Sigurðsson suggested the reading vin- in the margin in 399a-bˣ. The scribe of 2166ˣ adopted that reading in the main text, but noted the original reading mín ‘my’ in the margin. Jón Helgason chose the emended reading vin- in his edn.

mær ‘maiden’

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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden < vinmær (noun f.)

notes

[6] vinmær ‘beloved maiden’: Jón Sigurðsson suggested the reading vin- in the margin in 399a-bˣ. The scribe of 2166ˣ adopted that reading in the main text, but noted the original reading mín ‘my’ in the margin. Jón Helgason chose the emended reading vin- in his edn.

all ‘very’

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all- ((prefix)): very < allkærr (adj.)

kær ‘dear’

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kærr (adj.; °superl. kǽrstr/kǽrastr): dear < allkærr (adj.)

báru ‘of the wave’

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1. bára (noun f.; °-u; -ur): wave

kennings

báru bálruðr,
‘flame-bush of the wave’
= MAN
the flame of the wave, → GOLD
bush of the GOLD → MAN

báru ‘of the wave’

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1. bára (noun f.; °-u; -ur): wave

kennings

báru bálruðr,
‘flame-bush of the wave’
= MAN
the flame of the wave, → GOLD
bush of the GOLD → MAN

en ‘but’

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2. en (conj.): but, and

þú ‘you’

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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you

bregðz ‘deceive’

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bregða (verb; °bregðr/brigðr; brá, brugðu; brugðinn/brogðinn): pull, jerk, break; change

mier ‘me’

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

bál ‘of the flame’

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bál (noun n.; °-s; -): fire < bálruðr (noun m.)

kennings

báru bálruðr,
‘flame-bush of the wave’
= MAN
the flame of the wave, → GOLD
bush of the GOLD → MAN

bál ‘of the flame’

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bál (noun n.; °-s; -): fire < bálruðr (noun m.)

kennings

báru bálruðr,
‘flame-bush of the wave’
= MAN
the flame of the wave, → GOLD
bush of the GOLD → MAN

ruðr ‘bush’

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runnr (noun m.; °dat. -i/-; -ar): bush, tree < bálruðr (noun m.)

kennings

báru bálruðr,
‘flame-bush of the wave’
= MAN
the flame of the wave, → GOLD
bush of the GOLD → MAN

notes

[8] -ruðr ‘bush’: This is the older form of runnr ‘bush’ m.

um ‘in’

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1. um (prep.): about, around

það ‘that’

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1. sá (pron.; °gen. þess, dat. þeim, acc. þann; f. sú, gen. þeirrar, acc. þá; n. þat, dat. því; pl. m. þeir, f. þǽ---): that (one), those

mál ‘matter’

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1. mál (noun n.; °-s; -): speech, matter

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Both in Mar and here Mary represents herself as the young man’s true betrothed.

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