Anon Vitn 2VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 2’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 741.
text and translation
Stýrðu, Andréas, orðum
yfirskínandi, mínum,
ást, því að eg vil treysta
jafnan þínu nafni,
því að Máríu meyjar
móður guðs í óði
enn vilda eg inna
jartegn firum bjarta.
Andréas, yfirskínandi ást, stýrðu orðum mínum, því að eg vil jafnan treysta nafni þínu, því að eg vilda enn inna firum bjarta jartegn Máríu meyjar, {móður guðs}, í óði.
‘Andrew, radiant [lit. over-shining] love, guide my words, because I will always trust in your name, because I would like yet again to tell men about a bright miracle of the Virgin Mary, mother of God [= Mary], in poetry.’
notes and context
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 713 4° (713) — 83/15 - 83/17
imagesStýrðu, Andréas, orðum
yfirskínandi, mínum,
ást, því að eg vil treysta
jafnan þínu nafni,
því að Máríu meyjar
móður guðs í óði
enn vilda eg inna
jartegn fyrðum bjarta.Styrdu andreas ordum . yfir skinandí mínum . ast þuí at ek uil trey | sta . jafnnann þínu nafne . þviat maríu meyiar . modur guds odí . enn uill | da ek ínna jarteígnn fyrdum bíarta .// |
(TW)
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AM 721 4° (721) — 10v/26 - 10v/28
imagesStýrðu, Andréas, orðum
yfirskínandi, mínum,
ást, það vil treysta
jafnan þínu nafni,
því að Máríu meyjar
móður guðs í óði
enn vilda eg inna
jartegn firum bjarta.Styrdv andreas ȯrdum · yfir skínande mínum · ast þviat | ek víl treysta · iafnan þínv nafne · þat maríu meyiar · mȯdur guds i odí · enn villda ínna ia | rteígn · firum biarta ·//
(TW)
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AM 711 a 4°x (711ax) — 52/9 - 52/16
Styrdu Andreas ordum | yfer skinandi minum | ast þui at ek vil treysta | iafnan þinu nafne, | þuiat Mariu meyiar | modur guds i odi | enn villda ek inna | iarteign fyrdum biarta. |
(EB)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 3]. Vitnisvísur af Maríu 2: AII, 483, BII, 520, Skald II, 285, NN §1674; Kahle 1898, 50, Sperber 1911, 23, 69-70, Wrightson 2001, 27.
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