Anonymous Poems, Lilja 30

Martin Chase

Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Lil 30^VII

Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 30’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 597-8.

Anonymous Poems Lilja

29 30 31

text and translation

Friettir nú, með hverjum hætti
henni bæri til fögnuð þenna,
borgarmúrr svá að brysti hvergi
bygð geymandi hreinleiks dygða.
Eingill segir, að ei mun syngaz
jungfrú blíð, þá er sveinn er smíðaðr
haglig myndan heilags anda
hold og bein af líkam hreinum.

Friettir nú, með hverjum hætti þenna fögnuð bæri til henni, svá að borgarmúrr, geymandi bygð dygða hreinleiks, brysti hvergi. Eingill segir, að blíð jungfrú mun ei syngaz, þá er sveinn, {haglig myndan heilags anda}, er smíðaðr, hold og bein af hreinum líkam.

‘She asks now by what means this joy might befall her, so that the guarding wall, protecting the dwelling of the virtues of chastity, should nowhere break. The angel says that the gentle virgin will not commit sin, when the boy, the proper image of the Holy Spirit [= God (= Christ)], is formed, flesh and bone from the pure body.’

notes and context

The st. summarizes the story of the Annunciation from Luke I.34-5: dixit autem Maria ad angelum quomodo fiet istud quoniam virum non cognosco et respondens angelus dixit ei Spiritus Sanctus superveniet in te et virtus Altissimi obumbrabit tibi ideoque et quod nascetur sanctum vocabitur Filius Dei ‘And Mary said to the Angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man? And the Angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God’. — [8]: Cf. the Icel. homily for the Circumcision: likama tk haɴ af hoʟde móþor ſiɴar ‘[the] body he took from the flesh of his mother’ (HómÍsl 1993, 26v) Cf. also 83/6 and Note.

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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.

Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 114rb/36 - 114va/4
Friettir nú, með hverjum hætti
henni bæri til fögnuð þenna,
borgarmúrr svá að brysti hvergi
bygð geymandi hreinleiks dygða.
Eingill segir, að ei mun syngaz
jungfrú blíð, þá er sveinn smíðaðr
haglig myndan heilags anda
hold og bein af líkam hreinum.
Frettir nu med huerium hættí henní bærí til fo᷎gnud ⸌⸌ þenna borgar | mur sua ath brystí huergí bygd geymanndí || hrenleiks dygda eingill segir ath ei mun synnga | zt iungfru blid þa er sueín er smídadr hagligh | mynndan heilags anda ho᷎lld ok beín af likam | hreínum ჻ |
(VEÞ)
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AM 720 a VIII 4° (720a VIII) — 2v/22 - 2v/25
Frietti nú, með hverjum hætti
henni bæri til fögnuð þennan,
bœgar-múrr svá brysti hugi
bygð geymanda hreinleiks dygðar.
Eingill segir, ei muni syngaz
jungfrú blíð, þó sveininn smíði
hagleiks myndi hagleiks heilags anda
hold og bein af líkama hreinsum.
Fretti nu med huerium hætti henne bar til fognud þennan boegar murr suo brysti hugi bygd geymanda hren[leiks] dygdar eingill seigir ei munni syngazt iungfru blid þo sueinin smidi hagleiks myndi hagleiks heilags anda holld ok bein af likama hrensum [hreinum?].
(EB)
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AM 99 a 8° (99a) — 6v/15 - 7r/3
Friettir hun þá, með hverjum hætti
henni bæri til fögnuð þennan,
borgarmúrr svá brysti hvergi
bygð geymandi hreinleiks dygða.
Eingill segir, að eigi muni †syndgast†
jungfrú blíð, því sveininn smíðar
haglig myndan heilags anda
hold og bein af líkama hreinum.
Friettir hun þa med hűerium hætte he | nni bære til fognűd þennann · borgar | műr sűo bryste hűorgi bygd geym | ande hreinleiks dygda : // Eingill seigir || at eigi mune syndgast jomfrű blijd þvi sűe | ininn smijdar · haglig myndinn heilags | Anda holld og bein af lijkama hreinum / |
(VEÞ)
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AM 622 4° (622) — 28/15 - 28/19
Friettir nú, með hverjum hætti
henni bæri til fögnuð þenna,
múrr brysti hvergi
bygð geymandi hreinleiks dygða.
Eingill talar, að ei muni †syndgast†
jungfrú blíð, þó sveininn smíði
haglig myndan heilags anda
hold og bein af líkama hreinum.
Frettir nü med hueríum hætti : henne bæri til fognüd þenna | at brysti huergi , bygd geymandi hreínligs dygda · Eíng | ill talaʀ ad ei mune syndgazt , jungfru blíd þo sueínenn | smidi : haglig myndínn heilags anda : holld og beín | af líkama hreinum : |
(VEÞ)
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AM 713 4° (713) — 8/21 - 8/24
Hun friettir nú, með hverjum hætti
henni bæri til fögnuð þennan,
borgarmúrr svá að brysti hvergi
bygð geymandi hreinleiks dygða.
Eingill talar, að ei muni †syndgast†
jungfrú blíð, þótt sveininn smíði
haglig myndinn heilags anda
hold og bein af líkama hreinum.
Hvn frette þa med hverívm hætte . henne bæri til fo᷎gnud þennann . borgar mvr so ⸌⸌ // at bryste huergi . | bygd geymandí hreinleíks dygda . / eingell talar at eí mune syndgazt . | ungfru blíd þott sueínenn smide . haglíg myndenn heilags anda . ho | lld og bein af likama hreínum . // |
(VEÞ)
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editions and texts

Skj: Eysteinn Ásgrímsson, Lilja 30: AII, 373, BII, 398, Skald II, 217.

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Anon Lil 30^VII

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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 114rb/36 - 114va/4

AM 720 a VIII 4° (720a VIII) — 2v/22 - 2v/25

AM 99 a 8° (99a) — 6v/15 - 7r/3

AM 622 4° (622) — 28/15 - 28/19

AM 713 4° (713) — 8/21 - 8/24

Vísnabók (Vb) — 249 - 249

DKNVSB 41 8°x (41 8°x) — 114/12 - 114/18

AM 705 4°x (705x) — 8v - 9r

BLAdd 4892 (4892) — 29r - 29v

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Anon Lil 30VII

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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 114rb/36 - 114va/4

AM 720 a VIII 4° (720a VIII) — 2v/22 - 2v/25

AM 99 a 8° (99a) — 6v/15 - 7r/3

AM 622 4° (622) — 28/15 - 28/19

AM 713 4° (713) — 8/21 - 8/24

Vísnabók (Vb) — 249 - 249

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AM 705 4°x (705x) — 8v - 9r

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