Anon Brúðv 1VII
Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Brúðkaupsvísur 1’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 529-30.
text and translation
Jöfurr giefi upphaf
óðar, sá er skóp þjóð,
ella verðr orðfall
aldar; er hans traust vald.
Æsta vil eg yðr, Krist
(einn stýrðu gramr hreinn
sólar) um satt mál
(salar, hvað eg kveða skal).
{Jöfurr aldar}, sá er skóp þjóð, giefi upphaf óðar, ella verðr orðfall; hans vald er traust. Eg vil æsta yðr, Krist, um satt mál; {hreinn gramr {sólar salar}}, stýrðu einn hvað eg skal kveða.
‘May the prince of men [= God], who created people, provide the beginning of the poem, else there will be a lack of words; his power is firm. I want to ask you, Christ, for true speech; pure king of the sun’s hall [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)], govern alone what I shall compose.’
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 721 4° (721) — 14r/18 - 14r/19
imagesJöfurr giefi upphaf
óðar, sá er skóp þjóð,
ella verðr orðfall
aldar; er hans traust vald.
Ásta vil eg yðr, Krist
(einn stýrðu gramr hreinn
sólar) um satt mál
(salar, hvað eg kveða skal).Jofur gefi vpp haf · odar sa er skopþíod · ella verdr ordfall · alldar er | hans travst valld · asta víl ek ydr crist · eínn styrdv gramur hreinn · solar vm satt mal · salar hvad ⸝⸝ek kveda skal |
(VEÞ)
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AM 1032 4°x (1032x) — 97v/1 - 97v/8
Jofvr gefi vpphaf | odar sa er skop þíod | ella verdr ordfall | alldar er hans travst valld | asta víl ek ydr crist | eínn styrdv gramvr hreinn | solar vm satt mal | salar hvad ek kveda skal. |
(VEÞ)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx) — 1/1 - 1/8
Jo᷎fur gefi upphaf | óðar sá er skóp þjóð, | ella verðr orðfall, | aldar, er hans traust vald; | asta vil ek yðr Crist, | einn stýrðu, gramr hreinn, | sólar, um satt mál, | salar, hvat ek kveða skal. |
(VEÞ)
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Lbs 2166 4°x (2166x) — 1/5 - 1/12
Jo᷎fur gefi upphaf | óðar, sá er skóp þjóð, | ella
veðverðr orðfall, | aldar, er hans traust vald; | ásta vil eg⸌k⸍ yðr Crist, | einn stýrðu, gramr hreinn | sólar, um satt mál, | salar, hvað eg⸌k⸍ kveða skal.(VEÞ)
editions and texts
ÍM II, 129; Jón Þorkelsson 1888, 98.
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