Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 23’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 497-8.
Heil sierðu, mildra meyja
mildust, en þier vildi
fylgja hugr … helgum
hirðar himna dýrðum.
Hef eg alls konar illum
afgerðum mig vafðan;
sönn, kom þú sálu minni
…gnótt, í frið dróttins.
Heil sierðu, mildust mildra meyja, en hugr … vildi fylgja þier helgum dýrðum {hirðar himna}. Eg hef vafðan mig alls konar illum afgerðum; sönn …gnótt, kom þú sálu minni í frið dróttins.
‘Hail be to you, most merciful of merciful maidens, and the mind … would wish to accompany you with the holy glories of the retinue of the heavens [ANGELS]. I have embroiled myself in all kinds of wicked deeds; true …-abundance, bring my soul into the peace of the Lord.’
[2-4]: There are numerous difficulties with B’s readings in these ll., and the full sense of the text is probably irrecoverable. — [3] …: B is badly damaged here, and it is not possible to reconstruct the missing word, which must be monosyllabic, with any certainty. Initial <m> is visible, and Jón Sigurðsson (n. to 444ˣ transcript) suggested reconstruction to minn pron., qualifying hugr ‘soul’. Initial <h> in helgum is confirmed by the alliteration. — [5-8]: Cf. Gamlkan’s confession in Has 16/5-8 that ek, yðvarr aumligr þræll, hefi mik vafðan í ǫllum afgerðum ‘I, your wretched servant, have wrapped myself in all misdeeds’. Line 6 is identical to Has 16/8.
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.
Heil sierðu, mildra mey
mildust, en þier vildi
fylgja hugr … †m[...]elgum†
†hirdr† himna †dýrd[...]†.
Hef eg alls konar illum
afgerðum mig vafðan;
sönn, kom þú sálu †[...]inne†
†[...]r gnott†, í frið dróttins.
Heil ser þu milldra mey millduz en þer villde fýlgía | hugr m…elgum hírdr hímna dýrd… hefer ek allz konar illum afgerdum mik vafdan so᷎nn kom þu salu | …inne…r gnott i frid drottens
(EB)
Heil sierðu, mildra meyja
mildust, en þier vildi
fylgja hugr … †m[...]elgum†
†hirdr† himna †dyrdụṃ†.
Hef eg alls konar illum
afgerðum mig vafðan;
sönn, kom þú sálu minni
†[...]gnótt†, í frið dróttins.
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 1]. En drape om jomfru Maria (Máríudrápa) 23: AII, 468, BII, 501, Skald II, 274, NN §§1650, 2983; Rydberg 1907, 36, 56, Attwood 1996a, 107-8, 309.
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