Anon Leið 32VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 32’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 169.
text and translation
Vôru ǫðlings ærir
alkunnan dag sunnu
heiðar bœs í húsi
hreins luktaðir einu.
Þá gaf skjǫldungr skýja
skríns postolum sínum
— ítr firri goð gotna
grandi — helgan anda.
{Ærir {ǫðlings {hreins bœs heiðar}}} vôru luktaðir í einu húsi alkunnan sunnudag. Þá gaf {skjǫldungr {skríns skýja}} postolum sínum helgan anda; ítr goð firri gotna grandi.
‘The envoys of the prince of the pure dwelling of the heath [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ) > APOSTLES] were shut up in a certain house on a well-known Sunday. Then the king of the shrine of the clouds [HEAVEN > = God] gave his Apostles the Holy Spirit; may glorious God save men from harm.’
notes and context
The granting of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles at Pentecost is recounted in Acts II.1-4, and occurs in Sunday Letters from all three recensions.
readings
- [1] ǫðlings: egg þings BRydberg, B, af þingi 624, ‘ạf̣ þings’ 399a‑bˣ
- [2] ‑kunnan: ‘kvna’ 624
- [3] húsi: so 624, 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...]’ B
- [4] hreins: hrein B, hreinn 624
- [4] einu: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘ein[...]’ B, einni 624
- [7] firri: fyrir 624
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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AM 757 a 4° (B) — 11r/8 - 11r/10
imagesVôru egg þings ærir
alkunnan dag sunnu
heiðar bœs í †[...]†
hrein luktaðir †ein[...]†.
Þá gaf skjǫldungr skýja
skríns postolum sínum
— ítr firri goð gotna
grandi — helgan anda.Vo᷎ru egg þíngs ęrer alkunnan dag sunnu heí- | dar bęss i…hreín lucktader eín… þa gaf skío᷎ldungr skýia skrins postolum sínum ítr firrí | gud gotna grande helgan annda.
(TW)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 90/9 - 90/12
Vôru af þingi ærir
images
al†kvna† dag sunnu
heiðar bœs í húsi
hreinn luktaðir einni.
Þá gaf skjǫldungr skýja
skríns postolum sínum
— ítr fyrir goð gotna
grandi — helgan anda. -
JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Vôru †ạf̣ þings† ærir
alkunnan dag sunnu
heiðar bœs í húsi
hreins luktaðir einu.
Þá gaf skjǫldungr skýja
skríns postolum sínum
— ítr firri goð gotna
grandi — helgan anda. -
Lbs 444 4°x (444x)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [2]. Leiðarvísan 32: AI, 624, BI, 630, Skald I, 306, NN §2144; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 66, Rydberg 1907, 9, Attwood 1996a, 68, 178.
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