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Anonymous Poems (Anon)

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

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Líknarbraut (‘The Way of Grace’) — Anon LíknVII

George S. Tate 2007, ‘(Introduction to) Anonymous, Líknarbraut’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 228-86.

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Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII]: C. 1. Líknarbraut (AII, 150-9, BII, 160-74)

SkP info: VII, 245

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14 — Anon Líkn 14VII

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Cite as: George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 14’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 245.

Veittu menn, sem máttu,
marga lund á grundu,
grimmúðgastir gumnar,
guði sælum harmkvæli.		 Lét fyr ljóna sveitum
limu sína guð pína,
framar en flestir gumnar,
fjöldyggr, megi hyggja.

Grimmúðgastir gumnar — menn sem máttu — veittu sælum guði harmkvæli marga lund á grundu. Fjöldyggr guð lét sína limu pína fyr sveitum ljóna, framar en flestir gumnar megi hyggja.

The most grim-minded men — men who were able — gave blessed God sorrowful torments in many ways on earth. Very faithful God let his limbs be tortured for the hosts of men more than most men might imagine.

Mss: B(11v), 399a-bˣ

Readings: [2] marga lund: ‘mar[...]a [...]unnd’ B, ‘maṛg̣a ḷund’ 399a‑bˣ

Editions: Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], C. 1. Líknarbraut 14: AII, 153, BII, 164, Skald II, 87, NN §§1353H, 1956; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 39, Rydberg 1907, 14, 49, Tate 1974, 59.

Notes: [8] fjöldyggr ‘very faithful’: Sveinbjörn Egilsson, following 399a-bˣ, expands the abbreviation above <g> as pl. -ir, construing the adj. to modify gumnar ‘men’. But the er/ir abbreviation can also be expanded simply as <r> (Hreinn Benediktsson 1965, 92).

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