Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 24’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 498-9.
Hás, kant hjörtu að lýsa,
hreggranns konungr, seggja;
… drottning dáðum
dagstalls veröld alla.
Blíð og blessuð móðir
blóm heilagra dóma
— dugir himna guð gumnum —
gjörvallra má kallaz.
{Konungr {hás hreggranns}}, kant að lýsa hjörtu seggja; {drottning {dagstalls}} … alla veröld dáðum. Blíð og blessuð móðir má kallaz blóm gjörvallra heilagra dóma; guð himna dugir gumnum.
‘King of the high storm-house [SKY/HEAVEN > = God], you know how to illuminate men’s hearts; the queen of the day-support [SKY/HEAVEN > = Mary] … the whole world with virtues. The gentle and blessed mother may be called the flower of all holy judgements; the God of the heavens helps men.’
[5-8]: Repetition of the 2nd stef (also in sts 6 and 15) is indicated by an obelos in the right margin at 14r/12.
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.
Hás, kant hjörtu að lýsa,
hreggranns konungr, seggja;
†[...]ttning† dáðum
dagstalls veröld †all[...]†.
— —
.
Haass kanntu hio᷎rtu at lýsa hreggrannz konungr seggia | …ttning dadum dagstallz verulld all…. Blid ok blezud moder.
(EB)
Hás, kant hjörtu að lýsa,
hreggranns konungr, seggja;
†[...] ḍṛọṭṭning† dáðum
dagstalls veröld allạ.
Blíð og blessuð móðir
blóm heilagra dóma
— dugir himna guð gumnum —
gjörvallra má kallaz.
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 1]. En drape om jomfru Maria (Máríudrápa) 24: AII, 468, BII, 501, Skald II, 274, NN §3352; Rydberg 1907, 36, 56, Attwood 1996a, 108, 309.
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