Anon Leið 43VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 43’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 176-7.
text and translation
Réð með oss, at óði
— es fróðr, sás vensk góðu —
greitt, hvé grundvǫll settak,
gǫfugr prestr at hlut mestum.
Orð* mun allra verða
auðsætt, bragar þætti,
ramligt hús þars reistum,
Rúnolfr, hvé fekk snúnat.
Gǫfugr prestr réð greitt með oss at mestum hlut, hvé settak grundvǫll at óði; es fróðr, sás vensk góðu. Orð* allra mun verða auðsætt, þars reistum ramligt hús, Rúnolfr, hvé fekk snúnat þætti bragar.
‘A noble priest readily gave us [me] advice, for the most part, about how I should establish the foundation of the poem; he is wise who accustoms himself to what is good. The words of all will become readily apparent, where we [I] raised a strong building, Rúnolfr, how I was able to compose the poem [lit. weave together the strand of the poem].’
notes and context
readings
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/31 - 11r/33
imagesRéð með oss, at óði
— es fróðr, sás vensk góðu —
greitt, hvé grundvǫll settak,
gǫfugr prestr at hlut †[...]estum†.
Yðr mun allra verða
auðsætt, bragar þætti,
ramligs hús þars reistum,
Rúnolfr, hvé ferr snúnat.Red med oss ad oðe er frodr sa er venzt godu greítt hue ek | grunnduo᷎ll settag go᷎fugr prestr at hlut …estum ýdr mun allra verda audsętt bragar | þętte rammlegs hus þar er reistum runolfr hue ferr snunat.
(TW)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Réð með oss, at óði
— es fróðr, sás vensk góðu —
greitt, hvé grundvǫll settak,
gǫfugr prestr at hlut mestum.
Orð* mun allra verða
auðsætt, bragar þætti,
ramligt hús þars reistum,
Rúnolfr, hvé fekk snúnat. -
Lbs 444 4°x (444x)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [2]. Leiðarvísan 43: AI, 626, BI, 633, Skald I, 307; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 69-70, Rydberg 1907, 11, Attwood 1996a, 70, 181.
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