Anon Líkn 10VII
George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 10’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 240-1.
text and translation
Því ber ek angr, at engu
árs launa ek sárar
skírs, sem skyldugt væri,
skilfingi píningar.
Þó gleðr enn sem aðra
oss, sú er hlauz af krossi
lýð ok lofðungs dauða,
líkn dýr, himinríkis.
Því ber ek angr, at ek launa engu, sem væri skyldugt, {skilfingi skírs árs} sárar píningar. Þó gleðr enn oss sem aðra dýr líkn, sú er hlauz lýð af krossi ok dauða {lofðungs himinríkis}.
‘On this account I bear sorrow, that I requite not at all, as would be due, the king of bright abundance [= God (= Christ)] for his sore torments. Yet there still gladdens us [me] as [well as] others precious grace, which was allotted to people from the Cross and from the death of the king of heaven’s kingdom [= God (= Christ)].’
notes and context
The st. explains the poet’s ambivalent feelings of sorrow and joy introduced in st. 9.
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) — 11v/10 - 11v/12
imagesÞví ber ek angr, at engu
árs launa ek sárar
skírs, sem skyldugt væri,
skilfingi píningar.
Þó †gl[...]dr† enn sem aðra
oss, sú er hlauz af krossi
lýð ok †lo᷎fdunngs† dauða,
líkn dýr, himinríkis.Þui ber ek anngr at o᷎nngu | árs launa ek sárar skírs sem skylldukt ve᷎ri skilfínge piningar þo gl[...]dr enn sem adra oss | su er hlauz af krosse lýd ok lo᷎fdunngs dauda likn dýr himenʀikiss.
(GST)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Því ber ek angr, at engu
árs launa ek sárar
skírs, sem skyldugt væri,
skilfingi píningar.
Þó gleðr enn sem aðra
oss, sú er hlauz af krossi
lýð ok lofðungs dauða,
líkn dýr, himinríkis.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], C. 1. Líknarbraut 10: AII, 152, BII, 162-3, Skald II, 86, NN §2327; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 38, Rydberg 1907, 13, 48, Tate 1974, 55.
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