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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

I. 1. Eiríksmál (Eirm) - 9

I. 2. Liðsmannaflokkr (Liðs) - 10

I. 3. Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar (Óldr) - 28

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

III. Máríuflokkr (Mfl) - 2

III. Poem about the Phoenix (Phoenix) - 1

III. 1. Bjarkamál in fornu (Bjark) - 7

III. 1. Bjúgar vísur (Bjúgvís) - 1

III. 1. Gnóðar-Ásmundar drápa (GnóðÁsm) - 1

III. 1. Nikulásdrápa (Nikdr) - 3

III. 2. Gátur (Gát) - 4

III. 2. Hafliðamál (Hafl) - 1

III. 2. Morginsól (Morg) - 1

III. 3. Kúgadrápa (Kúgdr) - 1

III. 3. Stríðkeravísur (Stríðk) - 1

IV. Bárðardrápa (Bárðdr) - 1

IV. Hafgerðingadrápa (Hafg) - 2

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

V. Darraðarljóð (Darr) - 11

V. Grettisfærsla (Grf) - 1

VII. Allra postula minnisvísur (Alpost) - 13

VII. Andréasdrápa (Andr) - 4

VII. Brúðkaupsvísur (Brúðv) - 33

VII. Drápa af Máríugrát (Mgr) - 52

VII. Gyðingsvísur (Gyð) - 10

VII. Heilagra manna drápa (Heil) - 26

VII. Heilagra meyja drápa (Mey) - 60

VII. Heilags anda drápa (Heildr) - 18

VII. Hugsvinnsmál (Hsv) - 151

VII. Lausavísa on Lawgiving (Law) - 1

VII. Leiðarvísan (Leið) - 45

VII. Lilja (Lil) - 100

VII. Líknarbraut (Líkn) - 52

VII. Máríudrápa (Mdr) - 43

VII. Máríuvísur I (Mv I) - 29

VII. Máríuvísur II (Mv II) - 24

VII. Máríuvísur III (Mv III) - 30

VII. Pétrsdrápa (Pét) - 54

VII. Plácitusdrápa (Pl) - 59

VII. Sólarljóð (Sól) - 83

VII. Stanzas Addressed to Fellow Ecclesiastics (Eccl) - 2

VII. Vitnisvísur af Máríu (Vitn) - 26

VIII. Krákumál (Krm) - 29

VIII. Sǫrlastikki (Sǫrl) - 1

Heilagra meyja drápa (‘Drápa about Holy Maidens’) — Anon Mey^VII

Kirsten Wolf 2007, ‘(Introduction to) Anonymous, Heilagra meyja drápa’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 891-930.

stanzas: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV]: [B. 12]. Af heilogum meyjum, Heilagra meyja drápa. (AII, 526-39, BII, 582-97)

SkP info: VII, 900

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13 — Anon Mey 13^VII

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Cite as: Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 13’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 900.

Hennar önd í sælu sanna
sannur leiddi hjálpari manna;
páskadag með sætum sigri
sæta guðs fekk virðing mæta.

Magðaléna meiri frægðir
Máría þiggr af drottni várum
nær og firr en neinn megi skýra;
nafn hennar sie blessað jafnan.

{Sannur hjálpari manna} leiddi hennar önd í sanna sælu; páskadag fekk {sæta guðs} mæta virðing með sætum sigri. Máría Magðaléna þiggr meiri frægðir af várum drottni nær og firr en neinn megi skýra; hennar nafn sie jafnan blessað.

{The true helper of men} [= God (= Christ)] led her soul to true bliss; on Easter Day {the woman of God} [HOLY WOMAN = Mary Magdalene] got precious honour with a sweet victory. Mary Magdalene receives more fame from our Lord near and far than anyone could explain; may her name always be blessed.

Mss: 721(11r), 713(24)

Readings: [2] hjálpari: skapari 713 [3] sætum: added in left margin, sign of omission above 'með' 721 [5] Magðaléna: ‘magdalena’ 721, 713 [7] neinn: ‘nein’ added in right margin, sign of omission above 'n' of 'en' 713

Editions: Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 12]. Af heilogum meyjum 13: AII, 529, BII, 585, Skald II, 323.

Notes: [1-4]: The poet again uses rhetorical colours to embellish the high points of his verse, with the artful repetition of sannr ‘true’ (ll. 1 and 2) and the use of sætum (l. 3) and sæta (l. 4), homonyms but from different roots. Cf. similar word-play in sts 5, 7/1-2, 14/1-4, 16/3-4, 22/5-6, 36 and 44/5-6.

Runic data from Samnordisk runtextdatabas, Uppsala universitet, unless otherwise stated