Anon Heil 12VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra manna drápa 12’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 881.
text and translation
Sætur guð nam sínum vitraz
sessunaut, er hann flutti messu,
græðari várr og gaf honum síðan
guðs líkama sjálfr hinn ríki.
Párísborgar píndr var stýrir
prestr og djákn við grimleik mestan;
tálguöxum hálsar helgir
höggnir váru af greifans brögnum.
Sætur guð nam vitraz sínum sessunaut, er hann flutti messu, og síðan gaf hinn ríki græðari várr honum sjálfr guðs líkama. {Stýrir Párísborgar} var píndr, prestr og djákn við grimleik mestan; helgir hálsar váru höggnir tálguöxum af greifans brögnum.
‘Sweet God revealed himself to his bench-mate, as he was celebrating mass, and later our mighty Saviour himself gave him the Eucharist [lit. God’s body]. The ruler of Paris [BISHOP = Dionysius] was tormented, the priest and the deacon [were tormented] with the greatest cruelty; their holy necks were cut with adzes by the count’s men.’
notes and context
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 720 a VI 4° (720a VI) — 1v - 1v
imagesSætr gud nam sinum uitrazt sessunaut er hann flutti messu | grædare uor gaf honum sidan guds likama sialfr enn ríki | páris borgar pindr uar styrir prestr ok diakn uit grimleik mestan | talgu auxum halꜱar helgir ho᷎gnir woru af greifans braugnum |
(KW)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 10]. Af et digt om hellige mænd 12: AII, 513-4, BII, 565, Skald II, 310, NN §2983, Kahle 1898, 93, 112-13.
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