Anon Sól 59VII
Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 59’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 338.
Margan mann sá ek meiddan fara
á þeim glæddum götum;
andlit þeira sýnduz mér öll vera
rýgjar blóði roðin.
Ek sá margan meiddan mann fara á þeim glæddum götum; öll andlit þeira sýnduz mér vera roðin blóði rýgjar.
I saw many a maimed man journey on the glowing paths; all their faces seemed to me to be reddened with an ogress’s blood.
Mss: 166bˣ(47v), papp15ˣ(6r), 738ˣ(82v), 167b 6ˣ(3r), 214ˣ(151v), 1441ˣ(586), 10575ˣ(8v), 2797ˣ(236)
Readings: [3] glæddum: glæddu all [5] sýnduz: þótti papp15ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, þóttu 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 2797ˣ [6] blóði: blóð 10575ˣ
Editions: Skj AI, 637, Skj BI, 645, Skald I, 314; Bugge 1867, 366, Falk 1914, 38, Björn M. Ólsen 1915, 18, Fidjestøl 1979, 68, Njörður Njarðvík 1991, 90-1, Njörður Njarðvík 1993, 65, 137.
Notes: [3] á þeim glæddum götum: Cf. st. 31/6: þær inar glæddu götur. The adj. (f. dat. pl. weak) must be emended to glæddum to agree with götum, although both Skj B and Skald retain the ms. form.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Fidjestøl, Bjarne, ed. 1979a. Sólarljóð: Tydning og Tolkningsgrunnlag. Nordisk Instituts skrifteserie 4. Bergen, Oslo and Tromsø: Universitetsforlaget.
- Bugge, Sophus, ed. 1867. Norrœn fornkvæði. Islandsk samling af folkelige oldtidsdigte om nordens guder og heroer. Almindelig kaldet Sæmundar Edda hins frøda. Christiania (Oslo): Malling. Rpt. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget 1965.
- Falk, Hjalmar, ed. 1914a. Sólarljóð. Videnskapsselskapets skrifter II. Hist.-filos. kl. 7. 2 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Dybwad.
- Njörður P. Njarðvik, ed. 1991. Sólarljóð. Útgáfa og umfjöllun. Íslensk Rit 10. Reykjavík: Bókmenntafræðistofnun Háskóla Íslands og Menningarsjóður.
- Njörður P. Njarðvik. 1993. Solsången. Akademisk avhandling för filosofiedoktorsexamen i nordiska språk. Göteborgs universitet: Institutionen för svensk språket.
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