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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Mv II 7VII/1 — Ríkust ‘The most powerful’

Ríkust frúin tala tók
tregafull á þann veg
oftast, þar er skorin skrift
skærar meyjar stóð nær:
‘Sælust, heyr þú mitt mál,
Máría, og þau tár,
er sætan sízt kát
sútafullust giefr út.

Ríkust frúin tók tala, tregafull, á þann veg, oftast, þar er skorin skrift skærar meyjar stóð nær: ‘Sælust Máría, heyr þú mitt mál og þau tár, er sútafullust sætan, sízt kát, giefr út.

The most powerful lady began to speak, sorrowful, in this manner, most often where a carved image of the pure Virgin stood nearby: ‘Most blessed Mary, hear my plea and those tears which the most wretched woman, least cheerful, sheds [lit. gives out].

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