Anon Líkn 33VII
George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 33’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 264-6.
text and translation
Skeið ert fróns und fríðum
farsæl konungs þrælum
fljót ok farmi ítrum
fóstrlands á vit strandar.
Þú snýr böls hjá bárum
— boðar kasta þér lasta —
lýðs und líknar auði
lífs hafnar til stafni.
Ert farsæl, fljót skeið und fríðum þrælum {konungs fróns} ok ítrum farmi á vit strandar fóstrlands. Þú snýr stafni hjá bárum böls til lífs hafnar und auði líknar lýðs; boðar lasta kasta þér.
‘You are a voyage-prosperous, swift warship bearing [lit. under] beloved servants of the king of earth [RULER = Christ] and a glorious cargo towards the shore of our native land. You turn your prow past the waves of evil to life’s haven bearing the wealth of grace for mankind; billows of vices toss you.’
notes and context
If Líkn had a second stefjamél ‘refrain section’ (see Note to st. 30), its first stef would occur here. Instead of a stef we encounter a ship, whose stafn ‘prow’ (etymologically connected to stef) guides surely to the heavenly port.
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) — 12r/1 - 12r/3
imagesSkeið ert fróns und fríðum
farsæl konungs þrælum
†fli[...]† ok farmi ítrum
fóstrlands á vit strandar.
Þú snýr böls hjá bárum
— boðar kasta þér lasta —
lýðs und líknar auði
lífs hafnar til stafni.Skeíð ertu | frons vnnd fridum farse᷎l konungs þre᷎lum flí[...] ok farmi itrum fostr lanndz auít strandar þu snýrr bo᷎ls | hía barum boðar kasta þer lasta lýds vnnd liknar aude lífs hafnar til stafne.
(GST)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Skeið ert fróns und fríðum
farsæl konungs þrælum
fljót ok farmi ítrum
fóstrlands á vit strandar.
Þú snýr böls hjá bárum
— boðar kasta þér lasta —
lýðs und líknar auði
lífs hafnar til stafni.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], C. 1. Líknarbraut 33: AII, 156, BII, 168-9, Skald II, 89; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 45, Rydberg 1907, 17, 51, Tate 1974, 78.
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