Anon Heildr 3VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilags anda drápa 3’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 453-4.
text and translation
Hugfyldra, blést, hölda
heilagra guð fögrum
vitr, þeim er vísdóm betrir
vandan, spektaranda.
Sú hefr einkagjöf grænkat
geðfjöll liði snjöllu
(erat seggja trú) tryggva
(tóm) siðferðar blómi.
Vitr guð hugfyldra heilagra hölda, blést fögrum spektaranda, þeim er betrir vandan vísdóm. Sú tryggva einkagjöf hefr grænkat {geðfjöll} snjöllu liði blómi siðferðar; trú seggja erat tóm.
‘Wise God of courageous holy men, you inspired the beautiful spirit of understanding which improves hard-won wisdom. That true, unique gift has made green the mind-mountains [SOULS] for wise people with the bloom of moral conduct; the faith of men is not empty.’
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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/3 - 10r/6
imagesHugfyldra, blést, hölda
heilagra guð fagra
vitr, þeim er vísdóm betrir
vandan, spektaranda.
Sú hefr einkagjöf grænkat
geðfjöll liði snjöllu
(erat seggja trú) tryggva
(tóm) siðferðar blómi.Hug- | fylldra blestu haullda heilagra gud fagra vítr þeim er visdom betrer vandan spektar | annda. su hefur eínkagio᷎f grenkat liðe snío᷎llu erat seggia tru tryggua tom | sidferdar blome.
(EB)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Hugfyldra, blést, hölda
heilagra guð fagra
vitr, þeim er vísdóm betrir
vandan, spektaranda.
Sú hefr einkagjöf grænkat
geðfjöll liði snjöllu
(erat seggja trú) tryggva
(tóm) siðferðar blómi.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], C. [3]. Heilags anda vísur 3: AII, 160, BII, 175, Skald II, 92, NN §§1403, 2337, 2338B; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 52, Rydberg 1907, 1, 45, Attwood 1996a, 55, 151.
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