Gamlkan Has 62VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 62’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 128-9.
text and translation
Hvern biðk hald ok árnan
helgan mann ins sanna,
(trús) við tírar ræsi
(trausts leitak) mér veita,
svát óbœttan ættim
engi kost, þás drengja
jǫfurr vill andar krefja
ástnenninn hal þenna.
Biðk hvern helgan mann veita mér hald ok árnan við ræsi ins sanna tírar — leitak trús trausts —, svát ættim engi kost óbœttan, þás {ástnenninn jǫfurr drengja} vill krefja þenna hal andar.
‘I ask every holy man to grant me support and intercession with the king of the true glory — I am seeking certain protection —, so that we [I] might have no circumstance unatoned for when the love-disposed prince of men [= God (= Christ)] will ask this man for his soul.’
notes and context
readings
- [2] helgan: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘h[...]lgan’ B
- [2] mann: ‘[...]’ B, m(ann)(?) 399a‑bˣ
- [6] engi: ‘ein[...]’ B, ‘eịṇgị’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘æin[...](i)’(?) BRydberg, ‘ein(gi)’(?) BFJ
- [6] þás: ‘þa[...]’ B, 399a‑bˣ, þá (er)(?) BRydberg, þá (e)r(?) BFJ
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/10 - 13v/12
imagesHvern biðk hald ok árnan
†h[...]lgan [...]† ins sanna,
(trús) við tírar ræsi
(trausts leitak) mér veita,
svát óbœttan ættim
†ein[...]† kost, †þa[...]† drengja
jǫfurr vill andar krefja
ástnenninn hal þenna.Huern bid ek halld ok árnan h…lgan …híns sanna | truss vid tirar ręse traustz leíta ek mer veíta. suo at obęttan ęttím eín …kost þa… | dreíngía ío᷎furr vill anndar krefia astnennenn hal þenna.
(EB)
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Lbs 444 4°x (444x)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Hvern biðk hald ok árnan
helgan m(ann) ins sanna,
(trús) við tírar ræsi
(trausts leitak) mér veita,
svát óbœttan ættim
†eịṇgị† kost, †þa[...]† drengja
jǫfurr vill andar krefja
ástnenninn hal þenna.
editions and texts
Skj: Gamli kanóki, 2. Harmsól 62: AI, 571, BI, 564, Skald I, 273, ; NN §3126; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 33, Kempff 1867, 19, Rydberg 1907, 31, Jón Helgason 1935-36, 262, Black 1971, 294, Attwood 1996a, 237.
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