Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2007, ‘Kolbeinn Tumason, Jónsvísur 3’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 225-6.
Sjalfr kallaði sællar
sólknarrar þik harri
son Máríe særir
sundhyrs, í kvǫl bundinn.
Ráð fal ræsir lýða
risnu kendr á hendi,
díks, áðr dauðann tœki,
dagrennir, þér hennar.
{Sjalfr harri {sólknarrar}} bundinn í kvǫl, kallaði þik son sællar Máríe, {særir {sundhyrs}}. {Ræsir lýða}, risnu kendr, fal hennar ráð á hendi þér, áðr dauðann tœki, {{díks dag}rennir}.
‘The lord of the sun-ship [SKY/HEAVEN] himself [= God (= Christ)], bound in torment, called you the son of the blessed Mary, wounder of strait-fire [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]. The impeller of peoples [= God (= Christ)], known for his munificence, placed her wellbeing in your hands before he took death, mover of the day of the ditch [(lit. ‘day-mover of the ditch’) GOLD > GENEROUS MAN].’
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Sjalfr kallaði sællar
sólknarri þik harri
son Máríe †sęrar†
sundhyrs, í kvǫl bundinn.
Ráð fal ræsir lýða
risnu kendr á hendi,
díks, áðr dauðann tœki,
dagrennir, þér hennar.
Síalfr kallaði sęllar · sólknáʀi þik háʀi · son ma | rie sęrar · sundhýrs i kvol bundinn · ráð fal | ręsir lýða · risnu-kendr ahendi · diks áðr dꜹ́ð | ann tęki · dagrennir þer hennar · |
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