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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Líkn 46VII

George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 46’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 281-2.

Anonymous PoemsLíknarbraut
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Minnumz á hvat unni
öðlingr í píningu
árs, þá er orð slík heyrum,
oss deyjandi á krossi.
Leiðum hörð á hauðri
hjarta várs með tárum,
systkin mín, fyr sjónir
siðgætis meinlæti.

Minnumz á, þá er heyrum slík orð, hvat {öðlingr árs}, deyjandi á krossi, unni oss í píningu. Systkin mín, leiðum hörð meinlæti {siðgætis} á hauðri fyr várs hjarta sjónir með tárum.
 
‘Let us remember, when we hear such words, how the prince of the year’s abundance [= Christ], dying on the Cross, loved us in his Passion. My brothers and sisters, let us bring the hard torments of the faith-guardian [= God (= Christ)] on earth before our heart’s eyes with tears.

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Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], C. 1. Líknarbraut 46: AII, 158, BII, 172, Skald II, 91, NN §2448A; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 49, Rydberg 1907, 19, 52, Tate 1974, 91.

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