ESk Geisl 33VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 33’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 33-4.
text and translation
Ǫld hefr opt inn mildi
unnar bliks frá miklum
— Krists mærik lim — leysta
litrauðs konungr nauðum.
Greitt má gumnum létta
guðs ríðari stríðum;
rǫskr þiggr allt, sem œskir,
Óláfr af gram sólar.
Konungr inn mildi {litrauðs bliks unnar} hefr opt leysta ǫld frá miklum nauðum; mærik {lim Krists}. {Guðs ríðari} má greitt létta stríðum gumnum; rǫskr Óláfr þiggr allt, sem œskir, af {gram sólar}.
‘The king, generous with the red-coloured light of the wave [GOLD], has often rescued men from great need; I praise the limb of Christ [SAINT = Óláfr]. God’s knight [SAINT = Óláfr] can easily alleviate afflictions for men; brave Óláfr gets all he desires from the king of the sun [= God].’
notes and context
readings
- [2] unnar: ‘aunnar’ Bb
- [2] miklum: miklu Bb
- [3] Krists: krist Bb
- [3] lim: ‘lin’ Bb
- [5-8] abbrev. as ‘Greitt m. g. l.’ Bb
sources
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.
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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 117vb/6 - 117vb/7
Ǫld hefr opt inn mildi
images
†aunnar† bliks frá miklu
— krist mærik †lin† — leysta
litrauðs konungr nauðum.
;
, ,
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editions and texts
Skj: Einarr Skúlason, 6. Geisli 33: AI, 465, BI, 435, Skald I, 215; Cederschiöld 1873, 5, Chase 2005, 83, 148-9.
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