Anon Mv III 25VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 25’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 734-5.
Göfugligt ‘The glorious’
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gǫfugligr (adj.): glorious
kennings
Göfugligt víf guðs‘The glorious wife of God ’
= Mary
The glorious wife of God → Mary
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kennings
Göfugligt víf guðs‘The glorious wife of God ’
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The glorious wife of God → Mary
notes
[1] víf guðs ‘wife of God’: For an analysis of such references to the Virgin Mary, see Schottmann 1973, 92-4.
víf ‘wife’
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víf (noun n.): woman, wife
kennings
Göfugligt víf guðs‘The glorious wife of God ’
= Mary
The glorious wife of God → Mary
notes
[1] víf guðs ‘wife of God’: For an analysis of such references to the Virgin Mary, see Schottmann 1973, 92-4.
giefr ‘grants’
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gefa (verb): give
fyrir ‘’
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fyrir (prep.): for, before, because of
utan ‘without’
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útan (prep.): outside, without
ef ‘doubt’
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1. ef (noun n.; °-s): [doubt]
notes
[3] að hófi ‘according to his [the cleric’s] ability’: The prep. að ‘with’ (‘ạṭ’ in 1032ˣ) is conjectural, and the phrase is difficult to translate in this context (see NN §1706). Skj B and Skald both supply af ‘from’ rather than að ‘according to’, and read med mådehold ‘with moderation’ (so Skj B) or av nåd ‘from mercy’ (so NN §1706). Wrightson translates it as ‘moderately’. The corresponding place in Mar (1871, 607-8) reads as follows: Nu huerf aptr til þins likama … ok hygg at uanduirkuliga, huersu þier hæfir að lifa ‘Now return to your body … and think about it carefully, how it behoves you to live’.
hófi ‘ability’
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2. hóf (noun n.; °-s; gen. -a): moderation, reason
notes
[3] að hófi ‘according to his [the cleric’s] ability’: The prep. að ‘with’ (‘ạṭ’ in 1032ˣ) is conjectural, and the phrase is difficult to translate in this context (see NN §1706). Skj B and Skald both supply af ‘from’ rather than að ‘according to’, and read med mådehold ‘with moderation’ (so Skj B) or av nåd ‘from mercy’ (so NN §1706). Wrightson translates it as ‘moderately’. The corresponding place in Mar (1871, 607-8) reads as follows: Nu huerf aptr til þins likama … ok hygg at uanduirkuliga, huersu þier hæfir að lifa ‘Now return to your body … and think about it carefully, how it behoves you to live’.
hægt ‘a pleasant’
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1. hœgr (adj.; °acc. -an/-jan; comp. hǿgri, superl. hǿgstr/hǿgastr): convenient, calm, pleasant
líf ‘life’
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líf (noun n.; °-s; -): life
heimar ‘worlds’
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heimr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i/-; -ar): home, abode; world
skiftuz ‘were exchanged’
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skipta (verb): share, divide, exchange
klerk ‘cleric’
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klerkr (noun m.; °-s dat. -/-i; -ar, acc. -a/-u): cleric
Síðan ‘Then’
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síðan (adv.): later, then
undir ‘in accordance with’
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undir (prep.): under
sátt ‘the reconciliation’
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sátt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): settlement
bauð ‘stipulated’
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bjóða (verb; °býðr; bauð, buðu; boðinn (buð- Thom¹ 5²n.)): offer, order, invite
sættandi ‘reconciling’
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sættandi (noun m.): reconciler
notes
[6] fljóð* ‘lady’: So Skald. The ms. reading (fljóðið ‘the lady’) is unmetrical, because the word in penultimate position must be monosyllabic or consist of two short syllables.
mætt ‘the splendid’
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mega (verb): may, might
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
hann ‘he’
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
rietti ‘should mend’
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4. rétta (verb): set right
ráð ‘ways’
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ráð (noun n.; °-s; -): advice, plan, control, power
sitt ‘his’
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3. sinn (pron.; °f. sín, n. sitt): (refl. poss. pron.)
rausnar ‘of esteem’
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1. rausn (noun f.): magnificence
var ‘was’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
fögr ‘a fine’
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fagr (adj.; °fagran; compar. fegri, superl. fegrstr): fair, beautiful
lausn ‘redemption’
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lausn (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar (RbHM (*1315)³ 113²)): liberation, redemption
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