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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, 281

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45 — Anon Líkn 45^VII

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Cite as: George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 45’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 281.

‘Mín snúz þjóð ok þjóna
— þat er ráðuligt — dáðum
glæpum vön frá greypu
grandi mér til handa.
Því býð ek faðm, at feðmik
fúss ok glaðr með saðri
ást, hvern er iðraz lasta,
unninna, miskunnar.’

‘Þjóð mín, vön glæpum, snúz frá greypu grandi mér til handa ok þjóna dáðum; þat er ráðuligt. Því býð ek faðm miskunnar, at fúss ok glaðr feðmik með saðri ást, hvern er iðraz unninna lasta.’

‘My people, accustomed to sins, turn away from fierce injury to me and serve with deeds; that is advisable. Therefore I offer the embrace of mercy, because, willing and glad, I embrace with true love each one who repents of sins committed.’

editions: Skj Anonyme digte og vers [XIII]: C. 1. Líknarbraut 45 (AII, 158; BII, 172); Skald II, 90-1; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 49, Rydberg 1907, 19, 52, Tate 1974, 90.

sources

AM 757 a 4° (B)	12r, 26 - 12r, 27	(Has)
JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)	-

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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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45 — Anon Líkn 45^VII