Anon Mv II 11VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur II 11’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 709.
Vænan ‘the promising’
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vænn (adj.): beautiful, expected
leggr ‘places’
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leggja (verb): put, lay
víf ‘The woman’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
svein ‘boy’
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sveinn (noun m.; °sveins; sveinar): boy, servant, attendant
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
vöggu ‘a cradle’
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vagga (noun f.; °*-u; dat. *-um): [a cradle]
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
búin ‘embroidered’
notes
[2] búin ‘embroidered’: Búin can also mean ‘readied, prepared’ (see Fritzner: búinn 1, 3), i.e. referring to the bedclothes in the cradle prepared for the baby. It is unclear whether plögg ‘clothes’ refers to the bedclothes in the cradle or to the clothes worn by the child.
plögg ‘clothes’
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plagg (noun n.; °; *-): [clothes]
fríðan ‘her beautiful’
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fríðr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): beautiful, fair
elskar ‘loves’
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2. elska (verb; °-að-): love
frúin ‘the lady’
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frú (noun f.): lady
nið ‘son’
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1. niðr (noun m.; °-s; niðjar/niðir, acc. niði): son, kinsman, relative
faðir ‘father’
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faðir (noun m.): father
hans ‘his’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
og ‘also’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
liek ‘plays’
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3. leika (verb): play
að ‘with’
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3. at (prep.): at, to
Móðir ‘mother’
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móðir (noun f.): mother
unni ‘loved’
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1. unna (verb): love
megi ‘the son’
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mǫgr (noun m.; °; megir, acc. mǫgu): son, boy
blíð ‘The gentle’
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blíðr (adj.; °n. sg. nom. & acc. blítt/blíðt; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): gentle, happy
má ‘can’
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mega (verb): may, might
hún ‘she’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
varla ‘hardly’
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varla (adv.): hardly
af ‘away’
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af (prep.): from
sjá ‘look’
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2. sjá (verb): see
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
brúðar ‘to the bride’
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brúðr (noun f.; °brúðar, dat. & acc. brúði; brúðir): woman, bride
[7] brúðar: brúðr 721
kennings
brúðar guðs,‘to the bride of God ’
= Mary
to the bride of God → Mary
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kennings
brúðar guðs,‘to the bride of God ’
= Mary
to the bride of God → Mary
góð ‘the good one’
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góðr (adj.): good
gáði ‘to pay the same attention’
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4. gá (verb): to heed
trautt ‘was slow’
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trauðr (adj.): reluctant
sem ‘as’
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sem (conj.): as, which
hefir ‘she has’
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hafa (verb): have
áðr ‘before’
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áðr (adv.; °//): before
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Vænan leggr víf svein |
The woman places the promising boy in a cradle with embroidered clothes; the lady loves her beautiful son; his father also plays with [him]. The gentle mother loved the son; she can hardly look away, so that the good one was slow to pay the same attention to the bride of God [= Mary] as she has before.
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