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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages
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Anonymous Poems (Anon)

Kviðuháttr verses in praise of a Norwegian ruler (TGT 3) - 0

Málaháttr verses in praise of a Christian ruler (TGT 4) - 0

Stanzas from TGT put together by FJ (1) (TGT FJ 1) - 0

Verses about a battle (?Stiklarstaðir) (TGT 1) - 0

Verses about a woman (TGT 2) - 0

I. Flokkr about Sveinn Álfífuson (Sveinfl) - 1

I. Oddmjór (Oddm) - 1

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I. 4. Poem about Óláfr Tryggvason (Ól) - 7

II. 1. Haraldsstikki (Harst) - 1

II. 2. Nóregs konungatal (Nkt) - 85

II. 3. Poem about Magnús lagabœtir (Mlag) - 3

III. Málsháttakvæði (Mhkv) - 30

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IV. ​Stanzas possibly attributable to Snorri Sturluson (SnSt) - 2

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VII. Heilagra manna drápa (Heil) - 26

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VII. Lausavísa on Lawgiving (Law) - 1

VII. Leiðarvísan (Leið) - 45

VII. Lilja (Lil) - 100

VII. Líknarbraut (Líkn) - 52

VII. Máríudrápa (Mdr) - 43

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VII. Pétrsdrápa (Pét) - 54

VII. Plácitusdrápa (Pl) - 59

VII. Sólarljóð (Sól) - 83

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VIII. Krákumál (Krm) - 29

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Lilja (‘Lily’) — Anon LilVII

Martin Chase 2007, ‘(Introduction to) Anonymous, Lilja’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 544-677.

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Skj: Eysteinn Ásgrímsson: Lilja (AII, 363-95, BII, 390-416)

SkP info: VII, 593-4

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27 — Anon Lil 27VII

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Cite as: Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 27’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 593-4.

Leið sigrandi páfugls prýði
pentað innan firmamentum
Gabriél sem geisli sólar
gleðiligur í loft in neðri.
Sendiboði kom sjaufalds anda
— svá er greinanda — að húsi einu;
sannr meydómrinn sat þar inni
sjálft hreinlífið gimsteinn vífa.

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Gabriel, excelling the peacock’s beauty, moved like a joyful ray of the sun through the ornamented firmament into the lower air. {The messenger of the sevenfold Spirit} [ANGEL = Gabriel] came to a house; therein sat the true maidenhood, purity itself, the jewel of women; so it is to be told.

notes: Gabriel’s willing descent at God’s command recapitulates Lucifer’s unhappy fall in st. 7. Schottmann (1973, 202) cites as a parallel a pseudo-Augustinian Christmas homily: Moxque uolatu rapido secat axem astriferum, nubesque profundas celer adiit, perculsitque lumine noctem. Ipse per medios caeli sinus flammeos artus vibrans, ignito aere fertur; et, ueluti cum pavo uersicolor obiectus radiis multifluos colores pinnis creptitantibus fundit, nunc aureo, nunc roseo nunc uiridi, nunc purpureo mixtus honori décor diem mutat picturis infectum et coloribus uariis ‘And soon, with rapid flight, he flew through the star-bearing heavens, and rapidly approached the dense clouds, and cast light through the night. He moved swiftly through the middle heaven, aflame with burning air, and just as a multicolored peacock displays many changing colors with its rustling wings, splendor mingled with honor transformed the day, coloring it with various hues’ (Barré 1963, 66). — [4]: The alliteration of the l. is on -ligr and lopt.

editions: Skj Eysteinn Ásgrímsson: Lilja 27 (AII, 372; BII, 397); Skald II, 216, NN §2629 D.

sources

Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) 114rb, 20 - 114rb, 24  transcr.  image  image  
AM 720 a VIII 4° (720a VIII) 2v, 14 - 2v, 17  transcr.  image  image  
AM 99 a 8° (99a) 6r, 12 - 6r, 18  transcr.  image  image  
AM 622 4° (622) 28, 1 - 28, 4  transcr.  image  
AM 713 4° (713) 8, 11 - 8, 13  transcr.  image  image  image  
Vísnabók (Vb) 249 - 249  
DKNVSB 41 8°x (41 8°x) 113, 9 - 113, 14  transcr.  image  
AM 705 4°x (705x) 8r - 8r  transcr.  
BLAdd 4892 (4892) 28v - 28v  transcr.  image  

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