Anon Gyð 4VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Gyðingsvísur 4’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 520-1.
text and translation
Ófs fekk orðstír hæfan
auðar mildr, sem vildi,
gráns fyr gjöfli sína
grafþveings boði veingis.
Átti vin, því að veitti
vell …dr ímu svellir,
hann und hverjum runni
Hamdis bríkr af slíku.
{Boði {veingis {gráns grafþveings}}}, mildr auðar, fekk hæfan orðstír, sem vildi, fyr sína ófs gjöfli. Hann átti vin und hverjum {runni {Hamdis bríkr}} af slíku, því að {…dr svellir ímu} veitti vell.
‘The offerer of the land of the grey grave-thong [SNAKE > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN], generous with wealth, secured a fitting reputation, as he wanted, for his excessive munificence. He had a friend in every bush of Hamðir’s <hero> board [SHIELD > MAN] on account of such [generosity], because the … sweller of battle [WARRIOR] gave out gold.’
notes and context
readings
- [2] sem vildi: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘s[...]llde’ B, ‘s[...]illde’ BRydberg, BFJ
- [4] veingis: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘v[...]ngiss’ B
- [6] vell: ‘ve[...]’ all
- [6] …dr: ‘[...]dr’ B, 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, ‘[...]ndr’ BFJ
- [8] Hamdis: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘hamd[...]ss’ B
- [8] bríkr: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘brik[...]’ B
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) — 14v/18 - 14v/20
imagesÓfs fekk orðstír hæfan
auðar mildr, †s[...]llde† ,
gráns fyr gjöfli sína
grafþveings boði †v[...]ngiss†.
Átti vin, því að veitti
†ve[...] [...]dr† ímu svellir,
hann und hverjum runni
†hamd[...]ss brik[...]† af slíku.Ófs feck ordztir hefan audar milldr s…llde | grans fyrer gio᷎fle sina grafþueíngs bodí v…ngiss attí vín þuiat veítti ve… | dr ímo sueller hann vnnd huerium runne hamd…ss brik af sliku.
(EB)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Ófs fekk orðstír hæfan
auðar mildr, sem vildi,
gráns fyr gjöfli sína
grafþveings boði veingis.
Átti vin, því að veitti
†ve[...] [...]dr† ímu svellir,
hann und hverjum runni
Hamdis bríkr af slíku. -
Lbs 444 4°x (444x)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 13]. Af et digt om en rig mand, der gav alt sit bort 4: AII, 540, BII, 598, Skald II, 331, NN §§1850, 2980; Rydberg 1907, 42, 59; Attwood 1996a, 347.
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