Anon Líkn 24VII
George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 24’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 254-5.
text and translation
Lands sté gramr af grundu
guðblíðr dögum síðarr
— eykz af öllu slíku
ór hjálp — tugum fjórum.
Fróns skal sikling* sínu
sveit, hin er Krists vill leita,
tjalds í tígnarveldi
trúa mann ok guð sannan.
{Guðblíðr gramr lands} sté af grundu fjórum tugum dögum síðarr; ór hjálp eykz af öllu slíku. Sveit, hin er vill leita Krists, skal trúa {sikling* {fróns tjalds}} sannan mann ok guð í sínu tígnarveldi.
‘The godly-tender king of the earth [= God (= Christ)] ascended from the ground forty days later; our salvation is increased by all such [acts]. The company that wishes to seek Christ must believe the king of the earth’s tent [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)] [to be] true man and [true] God in his glorious power.’
notes and context
readings
- [3] eykz: ‘eyksz’ B, ‘eyks ok’ 399a‑bˣ
- [3] slíku: ‘[...]ku’ B, 399a‑bˣ
- [4] ór: ‘vo᷎r’ B, 399a‑bˣ
- [5] sikling*: siklings B, 399a‑bˣ
- [7] tjalds: ‘tialld[...]’ B, tjaldṣ 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/37 - 11v/39
imagesLands sté gramr af grundu
guðblíðr dögum síðarr
— †eyksz† af öllu †[...]ku†
†vo᷎r† hjálp — tugum fjórum.
Fróns skal siklings sínu
sveit, hin er Krists vill leita,
†tialld[...]† í tígnarveldi
trúa mann ok guð sannan.Lanndz ste gramr af grunndu gud blidr do᷎gum sidarr eýksz af o᷎llu [...]ku vo᷎r | híalp tugum fíorum frons skal siklinngs sínu sueít hín er cristz vill leíta tialld[...] í tignar | vellde trua mann ok gud sannan.
(GST)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Lands sté gramr af grundu
guðblíðr dögum síðarr
— †eyks ok† af öllu †[...]ku†
†vo᷎r† hjálp — tugum fjórum.
Fróns skal siklings sínu
sveit, hin er Krists vill leita,
tjaldṣ í tígnarveldi
trúa mann ok guð sannan.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], C. 1. Líknarbraut 24: AII, 154-5, BII, 166, Skald II, 88; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 42, Rydberg 1907, 15, 50, Tate 1974, 69.
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