Anon Mdr 10VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 10’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 486-7.
text and translation
Búið ástum ker kosta
konungs ertu glæst ið hæsta
smíðað bezt og bæði
byrstalls með list allri.
Þaðan flaut ilmr að ýtum
allr guðs og vel fallinn
brunnr, sá er beztr að sönnu
boðaz, eilífrar heilsu.
Ertu ið hæsta ker kosta {konungs {byrstalls}}, búið ástum, bæði smíðað bezt og glæst með allri list. Þaðan flaut allr ilmr guðs að ýtum og vel fallinn brunnr eilífrar heilsu, sá er boðaz beztr að sönnu.
‘You are the highest vessel of virtues of the king of the fair wind-pedestal [SKY/HEAVEN > GOD], equipped with love, both the best crafted and embellished with all artistry. Through you [lit. from there] flowed all the sweet perfume of God to men and the well-suited fountain of eternal salvation, the one which declares itself truly to be the best.’
notes and context
readings
- [6] guðs: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘gu[...]s’ B
- [6] vel: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...]el’ B
- [7] sá: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...]a’ B
- [7] beztr: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘b[...]tr’ B
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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AM 757 a 4° (B) — 13v/37 - 13v/39
imagesBúið ástum ker kosta
konungs ertu glæst ið hæsta
smíðað bezt og bæði
byrstalls með list allri.
Þaðan flaut ilmr að ýtum
allr †gu[...]s† og †[...]el† fallinn
brunnr, †[...]a† er †b[...]tr† að sönnu
boðaz, eilífrar heilsu.Buid astum ker kosta konungs ertu glęst eð hęsta smídat bezt ok bede býr– | stallz med list allre þadan flaut ilmr at ýtum allr gu…s ok …el fallenn brunn…a er b… | tr at so᷎nnu bodaz eilífrar heilsu.
(EB)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Búið ástum ker kosta
konungs ertu glæst ið hæsta
smíðað bezt og bæði
byrstalls með list allri.
Þaðan flaut ilmr að ýtum
allr guðs og vel fallinn
brunnr, sá er beztr að sönnu
boðaz, eilífrar heilsu. -
Lbs 444 4°x (444x)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 1]. En drape om jomfru Maria (Máríudrápa) 10: AII, 466, BII, 498-9, Skald II, 272, NN §2673; Rydberg 1907, 33-4, 54, Attwood 1996a, 104, 305.
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