Gamlkan Has 59VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 59’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 126.
text and translation
Hlut meguð hvern til gotna,
happkunnig, miskunnar
ramligs bús af ræsi
rǫðuls, Máría, ǫðlask.
Vest ávalt at trausti,
vegstýris, mér dýru,
mild, at missak aldri,
móðir *, yðvars góða.
Happkunnig Máría, meguð ǫðlask hvern hlut af {ræsi {ramligs bús rǫðuls}} til miskunnar gotna. Vest ávalt mér at dýru trausti, {mild móðir * {vegstýris}}, at missak aldri góða yðvars.
‘Mary, you renowned for good fortune, can obtain everything from the king of the strong homestead of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] for mercy for men. Always be a precious support to me, gentle mother of the honour-controller [= God (= Christ) > = Mary], so that I may never lose your goodwill.’
notes and context
readings
- [1] hvern: ‘hu[...]n’ B, ‘hu(er)n’(?) 399a‑bˣ
- [6] mér: ‘[...]’ B, ‘[...]er’ 399a‑bˣ
- [8] móðir *: ‘moder guds’ B
- [8] yðvars: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘ydu[...]’ B
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) — 13v/4 - 13v/6
imagesHlut meguð †hu[...]n† til gotna,
happkunnig, miskunnar
ramligs bús af ræsi
rǫðuls, Máría, ǫðlask.
Vest ávalt at trausti,
vegstýris, †[...]† dýru,
mild, at missak aldri,
†moder guds† , †ydu[...]† góða.Hlut megut hu…n til gotna huppkunnegh miskunnar ramlegs buss af ręse ro᷎duls maria o᷎dlaz vertu avallt at trausti vegstýris … dýru milld at ek missa alldri moder | guds ýdu… goda.
(EB)
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Lbs 444 4°x (444x)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Hlut meguð †hu(er)n† til gotna,
happkunnig, miskunnar
ramligs bús af ræsi
rǫðuls, Máría, ǫðlask.
Vest ávalt at trausti,
vegstýris, †[...]er† dýru,
mild, at missak aldri,
móðir *, yðvars góða.
editions and texts
Skj: Gamli kanóki, 2. Harmsól 59: AI, 571, BI, 563, Skald I, 273; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 32, Kempff 1867, 18, Rydberg 1907, 30, Jón Helgason 1935-36, 262, Black 1971, 287, Attwood 1996a, 236.
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