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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, 230-2

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2 — Anon Líkn 2^VII

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Cite as: George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 2’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 230-2.

Víst má ek hræddr, ins hæsta
heiðs algöfugr, beiða,
mér at munnshöfn dýra
mærðteitr jöfurr veiti,
ár því at ek má stórum
ungr hógsettrar tungu
frá afgerðum orða
ofsjaldan vel halda.

Víst má ek hræddr beiða, at {algöfugr mærðteitr jöfurr ins hæsta heiðs} veiti mér {dýra munnshöfn}, því at ungr má ek ofsjaldan halda {ár orða} vel frá stórum afgerðum hógsettrar tungu.

Surely I must, fearful, entreat that {the completely noble, fame-glad prince of the highest clear-heaven} [= God (= Christ)] grant me {precious mouth-content} [SPEECH], for, [being] young, I can all too seldom keep my {oar of words} [TONGUE] well from great offences of an easily-employed tongue.

editions: Skj Anonyme digte og vers [XIII]: C. 1. Líknarbraut 2 (AII, 150-1; BII, 160); Skald II, 85, NN §§1385, 1853B, 2584; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 35, Rydberg 1907, 11, 47, Tate 1974, 47.

sources

AM 757 a 4° (B)	11r, 41 - 11r, 44	(Leið)
JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)	-

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