Anon Vitn 17VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 17’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 751-2.
text and translation
Griet in göfga sæta
gangandi nú þangað,
gjör er var skriftin skæra
skýrst Máríu dýrstrar.
Laut að ljúfum fótum
líkneski þar fesku;
miskunn bað hun manna
minnaz eymdar sinnar.
In göfga sæta griet, nú gangandi þangað, er skýrst skriftin skæra dýrstrar Máríu var gjör. Laut að ljúfum fótum fesku líkneski þar; hun bað {miskunn manna} minnaz eymdar sinnar.
‘The glorious woman wept, now walking to where the clearest, shining image of most precious Mary was fashioned. She knelt at the beloved feet of the beautiful effigy there; she asked the mercy of men [= Mary] to be mindful of her misery.’
notes and context
readings
- [1] Griet: giekk 713, 721
- [3] gjör er var skriftin: er skorin var skriftin 713, gjör var skrípinn 721
- [4] skýrst: so 721, ‘skyrstz’ 713
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 713 4° (713) — 84/26 - 84/28
imagesgiekk in göfga sæta
gangandi nú þangað,
er skorin var skriftin skæra
†skyrstz† Máríu dýrstrar.
Laut að ljúfum fótum
líkneski þar fesku;
miskunn bað hun manna
minnaz eymdar sinnar.Geck enn gaufga sæta . gangandí nu þangat . er skorínn // | var skriptenn skæra . skyrstz marív dyrstrar . laut at lívfum fotvm . | likneske þar fesku . myskunn bad hun manna . mínnazt eymdar sínnar .// |
(TW)
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AM 721 4° (721) — 12r/23 - 12r/24
imagesgiekk in göfga sæta
gangandi nú þangað,
gjör var skrípinn skæra
skýrst Máríu dýrstrar.
Laut að ljúfum fótum
líkneski þar fesku;
miskunn bað hun manna
minnaz eymdar sinnar.Geck en go᷎fga sæta · gangandi nv þangat · gior var skripínn skæra · skyrzt mariv dyr · | strar lavt at lívfum fotum · líkneskí þar feskv · myskvn bad hvn manna · minnazt eymdar sinnar// |
(TW)
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AM 711 a 4°x (711ax) — 66/3 - 66/10
Geck enn gaufga sæta | gangandi nu þangat | er skorinn var skriptenn skæra | skyrstz Mariu dyrstrar: | laut at liufum fotum | likneske þar fesku | myskunn bad hun manna | minnazt eymdar sinnar. |
(EB)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 3]. Vitnisvísur af Maríu 17: AII, 485, BII, 523, Skald II, 287, NN §§1678, 2860; Kahle 1898, 53, 103, Sperber 1911, 27, 71-2, Wrightson 2001, 35.
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