Gamlkan Has 43VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 43’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 111-12.
text and translation
Ræfrs esat lǫngu lífi
lungbeitǫndum heitit
— raun finna þess runnar
randéls — af gram landa.
Þvís hringstyrjar hverjum
hag sinn með trú fagri
yngra þoll ok ellra
einsætt at vel hreinsi.
{Lungbeitǫndum} esat heitit lǫngu lífi af {gram {ræfrs landa}}; {runnar {randéls}} finna raun þess. Þvís einsætt {hverjum þoll {hringstyrjar}}, yngra ok ellra, at hreinsi vel hag sinn með fagri trú.
‘Ship-steerers [MEN] are not promised long life by the prince of the roof of lands [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]; bushes of the shield-storm [BATTLE > WARRIORS] gain experience of that. Therefore it is evident to each fir-tree of the sword-din [BATTLE > WARRIOR], to young and old, that he should thoroughly purify his state with beautiful faith.’
notes and context
readings
- [2] lungbeitǫndum: ‘lunndbeitundum’ B
- [3] raun: ‘rum’ B
- [3] þess: þat B, 399a‑bˣ
- [5] hringstyrjar: ‘hringstyr[...] a’ B, ‘hringstyri a’ 399a‑bˣ
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 757 a 4° (B) — 13r/23 - 13r/25
imagesRæfrs esat lǫngu lífi
†lunndbeitundum† heitit
— †rum† finna þat runnar
randéls — af gram landa.
Þvís †hringstyr[...] a† hverjum
hag sinn með trú fagri
yngra þoll ok ellra
einsætt at vel hreinsi.Ręfrs erat | lo᷎nn…ífe lunndbeítundum heítid rum finna þat runnar ranndels af gram lannda þuí er hrinng- | stýr… a huerium hag sinn med tru fagri ýngra þoll ok ellra eínsętt at vel hreínse.
(EB)
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Lbs 444 4°x (444x)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Ræfrs esat lǫngu lífi
lungbeitǫndum heitit
— raun finna þat runnar
randéls — af gram landa.
Þvís †hringstyri a† hverjum
hag sinn með trú fagri
yngra þoll ok ellra
einsætt at vel hreinsi.
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