Anon Leið 21VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 21’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 159-60.
text and translation
Einn es sælstr of sinni
— samir lýðum trú þýðask —
heims stýrandinn hár*i
hallar skepnu allri.
Lúta englar ítrum
óttlaust ok lið dróttni;
einn es siklingr sunnu
setrs hvívetna betri.
{Stýrandinn {hallar heims}} es einn sælstr of allri sinni hár*i skepnu; lýðum samir þýðask trú. Englar ok lið lúta óttlaust ítrum dróttni; {siklingr {setrs sunnu}} es einn betri hvívetna.
‘The steerer of the hall of the world [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] is alone most blessed throughout all his exalted creation; it befits people to submit to the faith. Angels and people bow down fearlessly before the glorious Lord; the king of the seat of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] is alone better than everything else.’
notes and context
[3-4]: On the similarities between these ll. and 14/5-6, see Notes to st. 14. — [5-8]: The second repeat of stef 1, noted by an obleos in the left-hand margin of B’s fol. 10v.
readings
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) — 10v/33 - 10v/34
imagesEinn es sælstr of sinni
— samir lýðum trú þýðask —
heims stýrandinn †harri†
hallar skepnu allri.
;
.Eínn er sęlstr vm sinne samer lýdum tru þy | daz heíms stýranndenn harrí hállar skepnu allre. Luta einglar itru.
(TW)
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AM 624 4° (624) — 88/23 - 88/24
Einn es sælstr of sinni
images
— samir lýðum trú þýðask —
heims stýrandinn †harre†
hallar skepnu allri.
;
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
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Lbs 444 4°x (444x)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [2]. Leiðarvísan 21: AI, 622, BI, 627, Skald I, 305, NN §2560; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 63, Rydberg 1907, 7, Attwood 1996a, 65, 176.
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