Anon Heil 26VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra manna drápa 26’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 890.
text and translation
Völdugir norðr í Valland hieldu;
vilja þeir með keisarann skilja;
Díocleciánus dauða nýjan
dæmir þeim, er trúna sæma.
Maurícíus og menn hans færa
meingið hjó, sem skipaði þeingill.
Völdugir hieldu norðr í Valland; þeir vilja skilja með keisarann; Díocleciánus dæmir þeim, er sæma trúna, nýjan dauða. Meingið hjó Maurícíus og hans færa menn, sem þeingill skipaði.
‘The powerful ones headed north into Gaul; they want to part company with the emperor; Diocletian condemns those who honour the faith to a new death. The crowd slew Maurice and his able men, as the ruler commanded.’
notes and context
Line 6 of st. 26 is the last l. of fol. 2v and it is uncertain how much longer the poem was.
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 720 a VI 4° (720a VI) — 2v - 2v
imagesVöldugir norðr í Valland hieldu;
vilja þeir með keisarann skilja;
Díocleciánus dauða nýjan
dæmir þeim, er trúna sæma.
Maurícíus og menn hans færa
meingið hjó, sem †skip⸜t⸝i† þeingill.Wolldugír | nordr j ualland hielldu uilía þeir med keisaran skilia. dí oclecianus dauda nyiann dæmir þeim er trvna sæma; | mauricíus ok menn hanꜱ færa meíngit híó ꜱem skipatí þeíngíll
(KW)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Völdugir norðr í Valland hieldu;
vilja þeir með keisarann skilja;
Díocleciánus dauða nýjan
dæmir þeim, er trúna sæma.
Maurícíus og menn hans færa
meingið hjó, sem †skip⸜t⸝i† þeingill.
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 10]. Af et digt om hellige mænd 26: AII, 516, BII, 569, Skald II, 312; Kahle 1898, 96, 113.
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