Anon Brúðv 32VII
Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Brúðkaupsvísur 32’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 552.
Guðs ‘God’s’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
[1] Guðs: Guð 721
kennings
guðs móður‘God’s mother ’
= Mary
God’s mother → Mary
notes
[1] guðs ‘God’s’: Guð is the determinant of the kenning guðs móður ‘god’s mother’ [ = Mary] and therefore has to be in the gen. case. The emendation was suggested by the scribe in the margin of 2166ˣ and later Jón Helgason adopted it in his edn.
æsti ‘should ask’
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æsta (verb): ask, request
menn ‘Men’
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maðr (noun m.): man, person
mest ‘most’
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meiri (adj. comp.; °meiran; superl. mestr): more, most
móður ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
kennings
guðs móður‘God’s mother ’
= Mary
God’s mother → Mary
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
hun ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
dugi ‘will lend support’
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
þjóð ‘to people’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
notes
[3] fyrir ‘because of’: The first word in l. 3 is completely illegible in 721 and had already become so when the scribe of 1032ˣ copied the poem. All the paper mss put dots to indicate that something is missing. As Jón Helgason pointed out, there is only space for one letter (and abbreviation sign) and the rhyme demands a vowel + <r>. Based on this, he concluded that fyrir was the only possible word.
ljóða ‘of poems’
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ljóð (noun n.; °; -): poem
verka ‘’
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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed
líkn ‘the comfort’
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líkn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): grace, mercy
[3] líkn: verka 1032ˣ, 399a‑bˣ, 2166ˣ
kær ‘the beloved one’
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kærr (adj.; °superl. kǽrstr/kǽrastr): dear
[3] kær: ‘ko[...]’ 1032ˣ, ‘k[...]’ 399a‑bˣ, 2166ˣ
liðs ‘for aid’
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lið (noun n.; °-s; -): retinue, troop
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[4] liðs ‘help’: This is very unclear in 721.
hjálpar ‘helps’
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1. hjalpa (verb): help
mier ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
notes
[4] mier ‘me’: As Jón Helgason pointed out, the abbreviation sign above ‘mi-’ is faint and hard to read in 721. It is slightly clearer in a black and white photograph of the page and there the abbreviation sign seems to be –er. Therefore the reading mier has been adopted here, as the other mss also support it, rather than Jón’s suggested mjök.
við ‘’
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2. við (prep.): with, against
Jésús ‘Jesus’
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Jésús (noun m.): Jesus
veitir ‘grants’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
ágætr ‘Magnificent’
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ágætr (adj.; °compar. ágǽtari/ágǽtri, superl. ágǽtastr/ágǽztr): excellent
alt ‘all’
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allr (adj.): all
giengi ‘success’
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gengi (noun n.): support, following
[6] giengi: so 2166ˣ, giengr 721, 1032ˣ, 399a‑bˣ
því ‘therefore’
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því (adv.): therefore, because
ávalt ‘always’
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ávallt (adv.): always
heilög ‘holy’
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heilagr (adj.; °helgan; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): holy, sacred
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
snót ‘lady’
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snót (noun f.; °; -ir): woman
sæl ‘blessed’
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sæll (adj.): happy, blessed
[7] sæl: so 2166ˣ, ‘sæ[...]’ 721, ‘sæı’ 1032ˣ, ‘sæ’ 399a‑bˣ
sú ‘that’
[8] sú: so 1032ˣ, 399a‑bˣ, 2166ˣ, ‘[...]’ 721
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
vís ‘a certain’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
raun ‘fact’
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raun (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): ordeal, proof, experience
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The point of this st. is that Mary acts as an intercessor with Christ for sinful humankind. For that reason (því, l. 6) he always grants people success.
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