George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 48’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 283.
Bæn heyr, bragningr, mína,
bila muntat þú vilja
veita vægð at móti,
veðrskríns, lofi þínu.
Sjálfr eggjar þú seggja
sveit á þik at heita
(þat viðr), gumna gætir,
(gerbænan mik) hverja.
{Bragningr {veðrskríns}}, heyr mína bæn; þú muntat vilja bila veita vægð at móti lofi þínu. Sjálfr eggjar þú hverja seggja sveit at heita á þik, {gumna gætir}; þat viðr mik gerbænan.
‘King of the storm-shrine [HEAVEN > = God], hear my prayer; you will not desire to fail to grant mercy in return for praise of you [lit. your praise]. You yourself urge each host of men to call upon you, guardian of men [= God]; that makes me prayer-eager.’
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Bæn heyr, bragningr, mína,
bila munat þú vilja
veita vægð at móti,
vegskríns, lofi þínu.
Sjálfr eggjar þú seggja
†su[...]† á þik at heita
(þat viðr), gumna gætir,
(gerbænan mik) hverja.
Be᷎n heýrdu bragningr mína bila munat þu vilia veita ve᷎gð at moti | vegskrins lofi þínu síalfr eggíar þu seggia su[...] a þik at heita þat vidr gumna | ge᷎ter gio᷎r be᷎nan mik huería.
(GST)
Bæn heyr, bragningr, mína,
bila munat þú vilja
veita vægð at móti,
vegskríns, lofi þínu.
Sjálfr eggjar þú seggja
sveit á þik at heita
(þat viðr), gumna gætir,
(gerbænan mik) hverja.
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], C. 1. Líknarbraut 48: AII, 159, BII, 173, Skald II, 91, NN §§ 1401, 2333; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 49-50, Rydberg 1907, 19, 53, Tate 1974, 93.
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