Anon Vitn 22VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Vitnisvísur af Máríu 22’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 754-5.
text and translation
Varð af vitnisburði
virkur lýðr í kirkju
kveiktr til mestrar mektar
móður guðs að bjóða.
Flokkr gjörði þá þakkir
þannveg allr með svanna:
lofsaung unnu þau ljúfan
list Máríu og Kristi.
Virkur lýðr í kirkju varð kveiktr af vitnisburði að bjóða {móður guðs} til mestrar mektar. Allr flokkr gjörði þá þakkir með svanna þannveg: þau unnu ljúfan lofsaung list Máríu og Kristi.
‘The caring people in the church were fired up by the testimony to offer the mother of God [= Mary] the mightiest worship [lit. splendour]. The entire crowd then gave thanks with the woman thus: they made a lovely song of praise artfully [lit. with skill] to Mary and Christ.’
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) — 85/8 - 85/9
imagesVarð af vitnisburði
virkur lýðr í kirkju
kveiktr til mestrar mektar
móður guðs að bjóða.
Flokkr gjörði þakkir
þannveg allr með svanna:
lofsaung unnu þau ljúfan
list Máríu og Kristi.Vard af uitnís burdí . uírkur lydur j kirkiu . kueiktur til mestrar mektar . ⸌⸌// modur gvds at bíoda . flockur gíordi þackir . | þann veg allur med svanna . lof saung unnu þau líufann . líst maríu ok kristi .// |
(TW)
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AM 721 4° (721) — 12r/33 - 12v/2
imagesVarð af vitnisburði
virkur lýðr í kirkju
†kvektur† til mestrar mektar
móður guðs að bjóða.
Flokkr gjörði þá þakkir
þannveg allr með svanna:
lofsaung unnu þau ljúfan
list Máríu og Kristi.Vard af vitnes bvrdi · || virkr lydr í kirkív · kvektur til mestrar mektar · modur guds at bíoda · flockur giordí | þa̋ þackir · þannveg allr med svanna · lofsavng vnnv þa̋v livfan · líst marív ok cristi |
(TW)
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AM 711 a 4°x (711ax) — 70/7 - 70/14
Vard af vitnisburdi | virkur lydur i kirkiu | kueiktur til mestrar mektar | modur guds at bioda | flockur giordi þacker | þannveg allur med suanna | lofsaung unnu þau liufann | list Mariu ok Kristi. |
(EB)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 3]. Vitnisvísur af Maríu 22: AII, 486, BII, 524-5, Skald II, 288; NN §§1674, 1677B; Kahle 1898, 54, Sperber 1911, 28, 72, Wrightson 2001, 37.
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