Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 37’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 509.
Heil - vertu, - drottning - dýrðar,-
dýrðvís, - gief ljós …
böls … vegr …
sígrblóm trúar ljómi.
Styrkr …
… gata …
heilsa vald frægð og frelsi
friðr … er …
Heil vertu, drottning dýrðar, dýrðvís gief ljós … böls … vegr … sígrblóm, ljómi trúar. Styrkr … gata … heilsa, vald, frægð og frelsi, friðr …
‘Hail to you, queen of glory, glory-certain one, give light … of misfortune … path … victory-flower, beam of faith. Strong … road … health, power, renown and freedom, peace …’
With st. 37 begins a series of sts that hail the Virgin Mary, all beginning heil vertu, drottning dýrðar. They present a catalogue of kenning-like epithets for her. The general drift of the sts is clear, although sts 37-40 are fragmentary.
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Heil - ertu, - drottning - dýrðar,-
dýrðvís, - gief †[...] [...]†
†[...]† vegr …
sígr†[...]om† trúar ljómi.
Styrkr …
… †[...]ata† …
heilsa †v[...]d† frægð og frelsi
friðr … er …
Heil ertu drottning dýrdar dýrd | vis gef …y …vegr …ar sígr…om truar líome. | styrkr l…ata sa … heilsa v…d fręgd ok | frels…fridr f…er sý…
(EB)
Heil - vertu, - drottning - dýrðar,-
dýrðvís, - gief ljós †f[...]um (fyrdum?)†
böls †[...] sé[...] vegr [...]ar†
sígr†[...]m† trúar ljómi.
Styrkr …
… gata …
heilsa †v[...]ld† frægð og frelsi
friðr … er …
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 1]. En drape om jomfru Maria (Máríudrápa) 37: AII, 470, Rydberg 1907, 39-40, 58, Attwood 1996a, 112-13.
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