Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 38’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 509-10.
Heil - vertu, - drottning - dýrðar,-
dáð - lífs og vit ráða,
himins … og hjálp aumum,
…
höll guðs, frægðar fylling,
friðar gnótt og líkn ótta,
skuggsjó bjartra …
…
Heil vertu, drottning dýrðar, dáð lífs og vit ráða, himins … og hjálp aumum, … höll guðs, fylling frægðar, gnótt friðar og líkn ótta, skuggsjó bjartra …
‘Hail to you, queen of glory, courage of life and understanding of counsels, heaven’s … and help to the wretched; … hall of God, fulfilment of renown, abundance of peace and salve of fear, mirror of the bright … ’
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
†[...]† - †uer[...]g[...]dar†, - - ,-
dáð - lífs og vit ráða,
†hi[...]s [...]† og hjálp †aum[...]†,
…
†[...]† , †fre[...]dar [...]ýlling†,
friðar †gnot[...]† og líkn †[...]ta†,
†sk[...]gsío[...]† …
…
…uer…g…dar dað lífs ok vít rada hí | …s…ð ok hialp aum… fre…dar …ýlling fridar gnot… | ok líkn…ta sk…gsío…
(EB)
†Ḥẹịḷ† - vertu, - drottning - dýrðar,-
dáð - lífs og vit ráða,
himins †[...]id† og hjálp aumum,
…
†hǫḷḷ guðs† , frægðar fylling,
friðar gnótt og líkn †[...]tta†,
†skuggsió ḅjartra† …
…
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 1]. En drape om jomfru Maria (Máríudrápa) 38: AII, 470, Rydberg 1907, 40, 58, Attwood 1996a, 113.
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