Anon Líkn 12VII
George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 12’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 243-4.
text and translation
Sá * baztr frá mey mæztri
mildingr beraz vildi
heiða tjalds ok holdi
hjálmprýddan sik skrýddi;
en nauð á sik síðan
sjálfráði tók dáða
víst fyr vára löstu
vísi sjálfr með píslum.
{Sá * baztr mildingr {heiða tjalds}} vildi beraz frá mæztri mey ok skrýddi sik hjálmprýddan holdi; en síðan tók vísi sjálfr, sjálfráði dáða, nauð á sik með píslum, víst fyr vára löstu.
‘The best prince of heaths’ tent [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] willed to be born from a most precious maiden and clothed himself, helmet-adorned, with flesh; and later the prince himself, independently with regard to his deeds, took distress upon himself with torments, certainly for our errors.’
notes and context
[1-2]: The first couplet echoes descriptions of the Nativity in the poet’s two chief C12th models: Leið 23/3-4 and Has 19/1-4.
readings
- [1] Sá * baztr: Sá er baztr B, 399a‑bˣ
- [1] mæztri: ‘mez[...]’ B, ‘ṃe᷎ztri’ 399a‑bˣ
- [2] mildingr: ‘[...]lldin[...]’ B, ‘ṃilldingr’ 399a‑bˣ
- [5] sik síðan: ‘si[...]’ B, ‘ṣịḳ s[...]’ 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) — 11v/14 - 11v/16
imagesSá er baztr frá mey †mez[...]†
†[...]lldin[...]† beraz vildi
heiða tjalds ok holdi
hjálmprýddan sik skrýddi;
en nauð á †si[...]†
sjálfráði tók dáða
víst fyr vára löstu
vísi sjálfr með píslum.Sa er baztr fra mey mez[...] [...]lldin[...] | beraz villde heida tialldz ok hollde híalm prýddan sik skrýdde en nauð a si[...] ś[...]alf | rá̀ðe tok daða vist fir vara lo᷎stu visí sialfr med pislum
(GST)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Sá er baztr frá mey †ṃe᷎ztri†
†ṃilldingr† beraz vildi
heiða tjalds ok holdi
hjálmprýddan sik skrýddi;
en nauð á †ṣịḳ s[...]†
sjálfráði tók dáða
víst fyr vára löstu
vísi sjálfr með píslum.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], C. 1. Líknarbraut 12: AII, 152, BII, 163, Skald II, 86; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 38-9, Rydberg 1907, 13, 49, Tate 1974, 57.
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