Anon Mv III 2VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 2’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 719-20.
Heyrðu ‘Hear’
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2. heyra (verb): hear
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
hrein ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
orð ‘words’
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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word
hitti ‘may find’
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hitta (verb): meet, encounter
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
gleði ‘may please’
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gleðja (verb): gladden, rejoice
mitt ‘my’
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minn (pron.; °f. mín, n. mitt): my
kennings
hugarland mitt‘my mind-land ’
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my mind-land → BREAST
æstr ‘most worthy’
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œðri (adj. comp.): nobler, higher
fyrir ‘by’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
unað ‘bliss’
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unað (noun n.; °-s): happiness
best ‘the best’
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betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best
Andréas ‘Andrew’
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Andreas (noun m.): [Andrew]
notes
[4] Andréas: S. Andrew is invoked in st. 2 of each of Mv I-III and Vitn, something that has prompted some scholars to postulate common authorship (see Wrightson 2001, xvi).
hugar ‘mind’
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hugr (noun m.): mind, thought, courage < hugarland (noun n.): [mind-land]
kennings
hugarland mitt‘my mind-land ’
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my mind-land → BREAST
land ‘land’
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land (noun n.; °-s; *-): land < hugarland (noun n.): [mind-land]
kennings
hugarland mitt‘my mind-land ’
= BREAST
my mind-land → BREAST
Minnumz ‘remember’
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1. minna (verb): remind, remember, recall
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
mey ‘Virgin’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
sönn ‘the true’
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2. sannr (adj.; °-an; compar. -ari, superl. -astr): true
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
líkn ‘mercy’
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líkn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): grace, mercy
vár ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
í ‘in’
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í (prep.): in, into
notes
[7, 8] í hreinum verkum ‘in pure deeds’: Skj B connects the prepositional phrase with sú er líkn vár ‘she is our mercy’ (l. 6).
hreinum ‘pure’
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2. hreinn (adj.; °compar. hreinari/hreinni, superl. hreinastr/hreinstr): pure
notes
[7, 8] í hreinum verkum ‘in pure deeds’: Skj B connects the prepositional phrase with sú er líkn vár ‘she is our mercy’ (l. 6).
vís ‘trusty’
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1. víss (adj.): wise, certain(ly)
vón ‘hope’
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ván (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): hope, expectation
verkum ‘deeds’
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verk (noun n.; °-s; -): deed
notes
[7, 8] í hreinum verkum ‘in pure deeds’: Skj B connects the prepositional phrase with sú er líkn vár ‘she is our mercy’ (l. 6).
leysti ‘redeemed’
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leysa (verb): release, loosen, redeem
einn ‘a’
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2. einn (pron.; °decl. cf. einn num.): one, alone
klerk ‘cleric’
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klerkr (noun m.; °-s dat. -/-i; -ar, acc. -a/-u): cleric
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