Anon Vitn 18VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 18’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 752.
text and translation
‘Veit eg, að mjög er í móti,
minn guð, skipan þinni
með sambandi synda
sett jáyrði þetta.
Verð eg bert fyrir borði,
blessuð hjálp, í þessu,
enn sem ykkr er kunnigt
áðr mæðginum báðum.
‘Eg veit, guð minn, að þetta jáyrði, sett með sambandi synda, er mjög í móti skipan þinni. Eg verð bert fyrir borði í þessu, blessuð hjálp; enn sem áðr er kunnigt ykkr báðum mæðginum.
‘‘I know, my God, that this consent, given with the union of sins, is much against your decree. I am clearly wronged in this, blessed help; now as before it is known to you both, mother and son.’
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 713 4° (713) — 84/29 - 84/31
imagesVeít eg at miog er mote . mínn gud skipan þínne . med sambandí | synda . sett jayrde þetta . verd ek bertt fyrir bordí . blezud hia | lp þessv . enn sem yckur er kunnígt . adur mædgínum badum .// |
(TW)
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AM 721 4° (721) — 12r/25 - 12r/26
imagesVeít ek at míog er í motí · mínn gud skípan þínní · med sambandí synda · sett íayrdi þetta | verd ek bertt fyrir bordí · bleżvt híalp i þessv · enn sem yckur er kvnnigt · adur mædgenum badum ·
(TW)
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AM 711 a 4°x (711ax) — 66/11 - 66/18
Veit eg at miog er i mote | minn gud skipan þinne | med sambandi synda | sett iayrde þetta: | verd ek bert fyrer bordi | blezud hialp i þessu | enn sem yckur er kunnigt | adur mædginum badum. ||
(EB)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 3]. Vitnisvísur af Maríu 18: AII, 486, BII, 523-4, Skald II, 287; Kahle 1898, 53, 103, Sperber 1911, 27, 72, Wrightson 2001, 35.
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