Ekúl Kristdr 3III
Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Eilífr kúlnasveinn, Kristsdrápa 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 132.
text and translation
Môttrs, an menn of hyggi,
mætr goðs sonar betri;
þós engla gramr ǫllu
ǫrr helgari ok dýrri.
Mætr môttr {sonar goðs} [e]s betri, an menn of hyggi; þós {ǫrr gramr engla} helgari ok dýrri ǫllu.
‘The splendid power of the son of God [= Christ] is better than men can imagine; moreover the generous prince of angels [= God (= Christ)] is holier and more glorious than everything.’
notes and context
This helmingr follows straight after st. 2, with the introductory words Engla konungr, enn sem Eilífr kvað ‘King of angels, as Eilífr said further’.
As with sts 1 and 2, there is deliberate repetition of the key words môtt/môttr (2/3, 3/1) between sts 2 and 3 and ǫll/ǫllu (1/3, 3/3) between sts 1 and 3. — Both this stanza and st. 4 are in the verse-form munnvǫrp ‘mouth-throwings’, in which there are no rhymes in the odd lines and skothending rather than aðalhending in the even lines, as in SnSt Ht 66 (cf. SnE 2007, 28, 83).
readings
- [1] Môttr‑: Minni U
- [2] goðs: goð U
- [2] sonar: vinar Tˣ, W, A, vinum U
- [3] þós engla gramr (‘þoer engla gramr’): ‘þ[…]amr’ W
- [4] helgari: ‘helgar[…]’ W
- [4] ok dýrri: ‘[…]yrr[…]’ W
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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GKS 2367 4° (R) — 35v/16 - 35v/18
imagesMáttr er enn | menn ofhyɢi mætr gvðs sonar betri þoer engla gramr ollv avʀ hel | gari ok dyʀi.
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Traj 1374x (Tx) — 37r/11 - 37r/11
Môttrs, an menn of hyggi,
images
mætr goðs vinar betri;
þós engla gramr ǫllu
ǫrr helgari ok dýrri. -
AM 242 fol (W) — 81/1 - 81/2
Môttrs, an menn of hyggi,
images
mætr goðs vinar betri;
†þ[…]amr† ǫllu
ǫrr †helgar[…] […]yrr[…]† . -
DG 11 (U) — 34v/8 - 34v/9
Minnis, an menn of hyggi,
images
mætr goð vinum betri;
þós engla gramr ǫllu
ǫrr helgari ok dýrri. -
AM 748 I b 4° (A) — 12r/35 - 12v/1
imagesMôttrs, an menn of hyggi,
mætr goðs vinar betri;
þós engla gramr ǫllu
ǫrr helgari ok dýrri.Máttr ær ænn menn of hyggi mǽtr gvðs vinar || bætri þo ær ængla gramr ǫllv óʀr hælgari ok dýʀi .
(VEÞ)
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AM 761 a 4°x (761ax) — 85r/12 - 85r/15
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