Anon Líkn 6VII
George S. Tate (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Líknarbraut 6’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 236.
text and translation
Þann, er af mínum munni
margr til andar bjargar
sér megi randa rýrir
röðuls framkvæmdan öðlaz.
S… látattu sveitir,
siðskjótr, af því hljóta
gumna kind at grandi,
guð minn, laga þinna.
Þann er {margr rýrir {randa röðuls}} megi öðlaz sér til andar bjargar framkvæmdan af mínum munni. Minn guð, siðskjótr, látattu sveitir hljóta af því s… þinna laga, at grandi kind gumna.
‘Such [fruit] that many a destroyer of shields’ sun [SWORDS > WARRIOR] might gain benefit from for his soul’s salvation [produced] from my mouth. My God, quick to promote virtue, let not men suffer from it [a perversion?] of your laws, to the injury of the race of men.’
notes and context
readings
- [4] framkvæmdan: framkvæmd B, 399a‑bˣ
- [4] öðlaz: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘o᷎dl[...]z’ B
- [5] S…: ‘s[...]’ B, 399a‑bˣ
- [7] at grandi: ‘at gra[...]e’ B, ‘at granḍẹ’ corrected from ‘af granḍẹ’ 399a‑bˣ
- [8] þinna: ‘þ[...]a’ B, ‘þịṇṇạ’ 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/2 - 11v/4
imagesÞann, er af mínum munni
margr til andar bjargar
sér megi randa rýrir
röðuls framkvæmd †o᷎dl[...]z†.
†s[...]† látattu sveitir,
siðskjótr, af því hljóta
gumna kind †at gra[...]e† ,
guð minn, laga †þ[...]a†.Þann er af mínum munne margr til anndar biargar | sérmegi randa ryrer ro᷎duls framm kue᷎md o᷎dl[...]z s[...] látattu sueiter sidskíotr af þui hlíota | gumna kínnd at gra[...]e gud minn laga þ[...]a
(GST)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Þann, er af mínum munni
margr til andar bjargar
sér megi randa rýrir
röðuls framkvæmd öðlaz.
†s[...]† látattu sveitir,
siðskjótr, af því hljóta
gumna kind †at granḍẹ† ,
guð minn, laga †þịṇṇạ†.
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], C. 1. Líknarbraut 6: AII, 151, BII, 161, Skald II, 86, NN §§1387-8; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 36-7, Rydberg 1907, 12, 48, Tate 1974, 51.
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