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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Vitn 8VII/6 — innilig ‘beloved’

Þá tók hann í hennar
hand með elskubandi,
framgreiðandi fríðust
festarorð á lesti:
‘Þú skalt, mektug meyja,
mín innilig kvinna;
virðiz okkr að verða
vóttr Máría og dróttinn.’

Þá tók hann í hand hennar með elskubandi, framgreiðandi fríðust festarorð á lesti: ‘Þú skalt, mektug meyja, mín innilig kvinna; virðiz Máría og dróttinn að verða vóttr okkr.’

Then he took her hand with the bond of love, speaking forth the fairest words of betrothal at last: ‘You shall, mighty maiden, [be] my beloved wife; may Mary and the Lord deign to become [lit. see themselves as becoming] a witness for us two.’

readings

[6] innilig: so 721, ynnilig 713

notes

[6] innilig ‘beloved’: The 713 reading ynnilig ‘beloved’ appears to be a lectio facilior. The form innilig is supported by the internal rhyme ([y] did not unround to [i] until C16th; see ANG §144), and the rhymes -ín : -inn- form skothending rather than aðalhending.

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