Anon Mv III 28VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 28’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 736-7.
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
ertu ‘you are’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
sköpuð ‘created’
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2. skapa (verb): form
skær ‘luminous’
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1. skærr (adj.): pure, bright
skærust ‘Luminous’
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1. skærr (adj.): pure, bright
og ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
guði ‘to God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kær ‘dear’
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kærr (adj.; °superl. kǽrstr/kǽrastr): dear
kæran ‘darling’
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1. kæra (noun f.; °-u; -ur): wife, woman
muntu ‘you will’
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munu (verb): will, must
duga ‘help’
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duga (verb; °dugir; dugði; dugat): help, befit
dýr ‘precious’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
dýru ‘precious’
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dýrr (adj.; °compar. -ri/-ari, superl. -str/-astr): precious
fólki ‘people’
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folk (noun n.): people
lof ‘praise’
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lof (noun n.; °-s; -): praise, leave, permission < lofskýrr (adj.)
skýr ‘bright’
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skýrr (adj.): clear < lofskýrr (adj.)
Skýrust ‘The brightest one’
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skýrr (adj.): clear
má ‘is powerful’
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mega (verb): may, might
sekt ‘guilt’
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sekð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): guilt < sekðsárr (adj.)
sár ‘sore’
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sárr (adj.; °compar. -ari, superl. -astr): sore, painful; wounded < sekðsárr (adj.)
sárin ‘sores’
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2. sár (noun n.; °-s; -): wound
láttu ‘let’
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láta (verb): let, have sth done
gróa ‘heal’
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2. gróa (verb): grow
vár ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
vára ‘our’
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várr (pron.; °f. ór/vár; pl. órir/várir): our
kenni ‘feel’
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kenna (verb): know, teach
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
nauð ‘distress’
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neyð (noun f.; °dat. -): need, distress
nær ‘near’
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nær (adv.): near, almost; when
næri ‘nearby’
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næri (adv.): near
vertu ‘be’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
guðs ‘of God’
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1. guð (noun m.; °***guðrs, guðis, gus): (Christian) God
kennings
mær guðs.‘Virgin of God.’
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Virgin of God. → Mary
mær ‘Virgin’
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mær (noun f.; °meyjar, dat. meyju; meyjar): maiden
kennings
mær guðs.‘Virgin of God.’
= Mary
Virgin of God. → Mary
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Throughout this st., the poet is availing himself of end-rhymes as well as internal rhymes, thus linking the end of one l. to the beginning of the next. For this poetic device, see Ht 47 (iðurmælt ‘repeatedly spoken’; SnE 1999, 22). 1032ˣ (155v-156v) reverses the order of sts 28 and 29.
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