Anon Líkn 20VII
George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 20’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 250-1.
text and translation
Enn und hægri hendi
hyggjublíðr á síðu
hlaut af hvössu spjóti
höfugt sár konungr jöfra.
Árveitis rann ýta
eirsanns ór ben þeiri
— hugum skyldu þat höldar
heyra — vatn ok dreyri.
Enn á síðu und hægri hendi hlaut {hyggjublíðr konungr jöfra} höfugt sár af hvössu spjóti. Vatn ok dreyri rann ór þeiri ben {eirsanns árveitis ýta}; höldar skyldu heyra þat hugum.
‘Yet on his side under the right arm the thought-tender king of princes [RULER = Christ] received a heavy wound from a sharp spear. Water and blood flowed out of that wound of the mercy-true abundance-giver of men [= God (= Christ)]; men should hear that in their thoughts.’
notes and context
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/29 - 11v/30
imagesEnn vnnder he᷎gri hennde hyggíu blidr a sidu hla– | ut af huo᷎ssu spíote ho᷎fugt sár konungr io᷎fra. árueítiss rann ýta eir sannz ór ben þeire hu | gum skylldu þad ho᷎lldar heýra vatn ok dreýre.
(GST)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], C. 1. Líknarbraut 20: AII, 154, BII, 165, Skald II, 87, NN §3279; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 41, Rydberg 1907, 14-15, 50, Tate 1974, 65.
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