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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

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

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

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III. 3. Stríðkeravísur (Stríðk) - 1

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IV. Hafgerðingadrápa (Hafg) - 2

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

V. Darraðarljóð (Darr) - 11

V. Grettisfærsla (Grf) - 1

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VII. Andréasdrápa (Andr) - 4

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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

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VII. Vitnisvísur af Máríu (Vitn) - 26

VIII. Krákumál (Krm) - 29

VIII. Sǫrlastikki (Sǫrl) - 1

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Lausavísa on Lawgiving — Anon LawVII

Jonathan Grove 2007, ‘(Introduction to) Anonymous, Lausavísa on Lawgiving’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 965-6.

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SkP info: VII, 966

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1 — Anon Law 1VII

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Cite as: Jonathan Grove (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lausavísa on Lawgiving 1’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 966.

Lögmaðr skyldi röskr og riettr,
riettligr er það lögmanns stiettr;
sá mun þykkja lýðnum liettr,
er lögin segir, þá er hann er friettr.
Móyses kunni lögmáls list,
leingi talaði hann við Krist;
trautt fær mannfólk laganna mist;
minn guð fái oss himna vist.

Lögmaðr skyldi röskr og riettr, það er lögmanns riettligr stiettr; sá mun þykkja liettr lýðnum, er segir lögin, þá er hann er friettr. Móyses kunni list lögmáls, hann talaði leingi við Krist; trautt fær mannfólk mist laganna; minn guð fái oss vist himna.

The lawman should be brave and true, that is the lawman’s proper way; he will appear gracious to the people, who speaks the law, when he is asked. Moses was skilled in the art of law-giving, he spoke for a long time with Christ; unwillingly does mankind lose the laws; may my God give us an abode in the heavens.

editions: Skj [Anonyme digte og vers XIV]: A. 10. Løse vers 3 (norsk? - AII, 463; BII, 496); Skald II, 271, NN §1632; NGL IV, 400.

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GKS 3260 4° (3260) 58rb, 27 - 58rb, 34 (Bl)  transcr.  image  

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