Anon Mdr 11VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 11’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 487-8.
text and translation
Heil, þú er hjálpar sálum,
heims prýði og líf beima
dýrð himneskrar hirðar
heiðskírt … deilis.
Þú ert makligast miklu
miskunnar ker funnið,
… hjálp og sæla
hrein, með guði einum.
Heil, þú er hjálpar sálum, prýði heims og heiðskírt líf beima, dýrð {deilis … himneskrar hirðar}. Hrein hjálp og … sæla, þú ert funnið miklu makligast ker miskunnar með guði einum.
‘Hail, you who help souls, world’s adornment and clear life of men, glory of the provider … of the heavenly court [= God]. Pure help and … bliss, you are revealed as by far the most deserving vessel of mercy with the one God.’
notes and context
readings
- [2] beima: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘be[...]a’ B
- [4] …: ‘[...]’ B, ‘[...]ar’ 399a‑bˣ
- [6] miskunnar: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘miskun[...]ar’ B
- [6] funnið: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘f[...]nn[...]t’ B
- [7] …: ‘[...]’ B, 399a‑bˣ
- [8] með: ‘m[...]’ B, 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) — 13v/39 - 13v/41
imagesHeil, þú er hjálpar sálum,
heims prýði og líf †be[...]a†
dýrð himneskrar hirðar
heiðskírt †[...]† deilis.
Þú ert makligast miklu
†miskun[...]ar† ker †f[...]nn[...]t†,
†[...]† hjálp og sæla
hrein, †m[...]† guði einum.Heil þu er hialpar salum heims prýðe ok líf be…a dýrd | himneskrar hirdar heið skirt …deiless þu ert maklegaz miklu miskun…ar ker f…nn…t… hía | lp ok sęla hreín m…gude einum.
(EB)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Heil, þú er hjálpar sálum,
heims prýði og líf beima
dýrð himneskrar hirðar
heiðskírt †[...]ar† deilis.
Þú ert makligast miklu
miskunnar ker funnið,
†[...]† hjálp og sæla
hrein, †m[...]† guði einum. -
Lbs 444 4°x (444x)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 1]. En drape om jomfru Maria (Máríudrápa) 11: AII, 466, BII, 499, Skald II, 272, NN §§1638, 1639; Rydberg 1907, 34, 54, Attwood 1996a, 104, 305.
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