Anon Óldr 28I
Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar 28’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1059.
text and translation
Veit, þess’s víða bœtti
várt eðli, stað bjartan,
heilagr Kristr, ok hæsta
hlíf þjóðkonungs lífi,
þvít skýranna* skreytir
skíðs Ôleifi fríðri
vǫgnu láðs und víðu
verðr aldrigi tjaldi.
Heilagr Kristr, veit bjartan stað ok hæsta hlíf lífi þjóðkonungs, þess’s bœtti víða eðli várt, þvít verðr aldrigi {skreytir {skíðs {láðs vǫgnu}}} fríðri Ôleifi und {víðu tjaldi skýranna*}.
‘Holy Christ, give an illustrious place and the highest protection to the life of this mighty king, who reformed our nature far and wide, because there will never be an adorner of the ski of the land of the orca [SEA > SHIP > SEAFARER] finer than Óláfr under the wide awning of cloud-halls [SKY].’
notes and context
Prayers for the soul of the dedicatee are common in the closing verses of Christian encomia (Fidjestøl 1982, 186-90; Edwards 1982-3, 38-40; Fidjestøl 1993b, 105).
readings
- [3] hæsta: ‘hesti’ Bb
- [4] ‑konungs: ‑konungr Bb
- [5] skýranna*: ‘skyr(ru)nar’(?) Bb
- [5] skreytir: ‘skrytir’ 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) — 113rb/6 - 113rb/9
imagesVeit, þess’s víða bœtti
várt eðli, stað bjartan,
heilagr Kristr, ok †hesti†
hlíf þjóð-konungr lífi,
þvít †skyr(ru)nar skrytir†
skíðs Ôleifi fríðri
vǫgnu láðs und víðu
verðr aldrigi tjaldi.Veittv þess er vida bętti vart edli stad biartan | heilagr kristr ok hęsti hlif þiod konungr lifi þvi at | skyr⸌rv⸍nar skrytir skids olafi fridri vogno | lads vnd vido verdr alldregi tialdi |
(DW)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XII], [1]. Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar 28: AI, 578, BI, 574, Skald I, 278, NN §2118; Munch and Unger 1847, 123, 142, Gullberg 1875, 20, 41-2.
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