Anon Heildr 14VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilags anda drápa 14’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 464.
text and translation
Tendra ljós í leyndum,
lundgóðr, vitum þjóðar,
böls hirtir (vek björtum)
björt (elskuga hjörtu).
Hagr, efl, hallar fegrir,
— hverr er leystr, er þér treystisk —
várn líkama veykan,
vagns, eilífu magni.
Lundgóðr hirtir böls, tendra björt ljós í leyndum vitum þjóðar; vek hjörtu björtum elskuga. Hagr fegrir {hallar vagns}, efl várn veykan líkama eilífu magni; hverr er leystr, er treystisk þér.
‘Benevolent chastiser of sin, kindle bright lights in the secret consciousnesses of people; rouse hearts with bright love. Skilful beautifier of the hall of the wagon [SKY/HEAVEN], strengthen our weak body with everlasting strength; everyone is redeemed who trusts himself to you.’
notes and context
The Lat. text on which this st. is based is as follows: Accende lumen sensibus / infunde amorem cordibus / infirma nostri corporis / virtute firmans perpeti ‘Kindle a flame in [our] senses, pour out love into [our] hearts, fortifying the weaknesses of our body, strengthening [it] with everlasting strength [or virtue]’.
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 757 a 4° (B) — 10r/27 - 10r/30
imagesTendra ljós í leyndum,
lundgóðr, vitum þjóðar,
böls hirtir (vek †bi[...]rtum†)
björt (elskuga hjörtu).
Hagr, efl, hallar fegrir,
— hverr er leystr, þér treystisk —
várn líkama veykan,
vagns, †eilíf[...]† magni.Tendra þu | líos í leyndum lunndgodr vitum þíodar bo᷎ls herter uek bi…rtum bio᷎rt elskuga hio᷎rtu. | hagl efl hallar fegrer huerr er leystr er þer treystiz varn likama veykan vagns eilíf…magne.
(EB)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Tendra ljós í leyndum,
lundgóðr, vitum þjóðar,
böls hirtir (vek björtum)
björt (elskuga hjörtu).
Hagr, efl, hallar fegrir,
— hverr er leystr, þér treystisk —
várn líkama veykan,
vagns, †eilíf[...]† magni.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], C. [3]. Heilags anda vísur 14: AII, 162, BII, 178-9, Skald II, 93; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 55; Rydberg 1907, 46; Attwood 1996a, 154.
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