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Gamlkan Has 40VII

Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 40’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 107.

Gamli kanókiHarmsól
394041

Mjǫk gengr môttr ok ríki
mæts varðanda jarðar
— lýð dugir helzt at hræðask
hann — of allt vit manna.
Sterk lofar drótt ok dýrkar
dagstalls konung snjallan;
himins es fylkir fremri
fróðr hvívetna góðu.

Môttr ok ríki {mæts varðanda jarðar} gengr mjǫk of allt vit manna; lýð dugir helzt at hræðask hann. Sterk drótt lofar ok dýrkar {snjallan konung {dagstalls}}; {fróðr fylkir himins} es fremri hvívetna góðu.

The might and power {of the glorious guardian of the earth} [= God] surpasses greatly all the understanding of men; it befits people most of all to fear him. The mighty host praises and glorifies {the excellent king {of the day-support}} [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]; {the wise king of heaven} [= God] is superior to everything that is good.

Mss: B(13r), 399a-bˣ

Readings: [4] vit: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...]it’ B    [5-8] abbrev. as ‘Sterk lofar drott ok d.’ B

Editions: Skj AI, 568, Skj BI, 558, Skald I, 271; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 26, Kempff 1867, 12, Rydberg 1907, 27, Black 1971, 240, Attwood 1996a, 231.

Notes: [5-8]: Repetition of the stef is indicated by an obelos in the left-hand margin at fol. 13r, l. 19.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  3. Attwood, Katrina. 1996a. ‘The Poems of MS AM 757a 4to: An Edition and Contextual Study’. Ph.D. thesis. University of Leeds.
  4. Black, Elizabeth L. 1971. ‘Harmsól: an edition’. B. Litt. thesis. University of Oxford.
  5. Rydberg, Hugo, ed. 1907. ‘Die geistlichen Drápur und Dróttkvættfragmente des Cod. AM 757 4to.’. Ph.D. thesis. University of Lund. Copenhagen: Møller.
  6. Kempff, Hjalmar, ed. 1867. Kaniken Gamles ‘Harmsól’ (Sol i Sorgen): isländskt andligt qväde från medeltiden med öfversättning och förklaringar. Uppsala: Edquist & Berglund.
  7. Sveinbjörn Egilsson, ed. 1844. Fjøgur gømul kvæði. Boðsrit til að hlusta á þá opinberu yfirheyrslu í Bessastaða Skóla þann 22-29 mai 1844. Viðeyar Klaustri: prentuð af Helga Helgasyni, á kostnað Bessastaða Skóla. Bessastaðir: Helgi Helgason.
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