Anon Mdr 25VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 25’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 499.
text and translation
Brúðr, áttu bezta kveðju,
blíð, skyldasta víða,
— kristnir menn það kunna —
konungs aldar, með valdi.
Orð, þau er harðla heilug
heyraz, þier í eyra
sendi guð til grundar
Gabriél að mæla.
{Blíð brúðr {konungs aldar}}, áttu skyldasta bezta kveðju, víða með valdi; kristnir menn kunna það. Guð sendi Gabriél til grundar að mæla orð þau í eyra þier, er heyraz harðla heilug.
‘Gentle bride of the king of men [= God (= Christ) > = Mary], you have most right to the best greeting, far and wide in accordance with your power; Christian men know that. God sent Gabriel to earth to speak in your ear those words which sound very holy.’
notes and context
This st. introduces the theme of the Annunciation; see Luke I.26-38. — [1-4]: The helmingr has been understood to contain an intercalary cl. at l. 3 (so Skald), taking víða ‘far and wide’ (l. 2) with the main cl. Alternatively víða could be construed with the intercalary.
readings
- [1] bezta kveðju: ‘bez[...]ued[...]u’ B, ‘bezṭạ kvedju’ 399a‑bˣ
- [2] skyldasta: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘skyll[ ...]azta’ B
- [5] þau: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...]au’ B
- [5] heilug: ‘he[...]ug’ B, BFJ, ‘heịḷug’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘hei[...]ug’ BRydberg
- [8] Gabriél: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, ‘gabrie[...]’ B
- [8] mæla: ‘mę[...]’ B, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘męḷị’ 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) — 14r/12 - 14r/15
imagesBrúðr, áttu †bez[...]ued[...]u† ,
blíð, †skyll[ ...]azta† víða,
— kristnir menn það kunna —
konungs aldar, með valdi.
Orð, †[...]au† er harðla †he[...]ug†
heyraz, þier í eyra
sendi guð til grundar
†gabrie[...]† að †mę[...]†.Brudr attu bez- | …ued…u blið skyll …azta vida kristner menn þat kunna konungs alldar med vallde | ord …au er hardla he…ug heýraz. þer i eýra sendí gud til grunndar gabrie… | at mę…
(EB)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Brúðr, áttu †bezṭạ kvedju† ,
blíð, skyldasta víða,
— kristnir menn það kunna —
konungs aldar, með valdi.
Orð, þau er harðla †heịḷug†
heyraz, þier í eyra
sendi guð til grundar
Gabriél að †męḷị†. -
Lbs 444 4°x (444x)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 1]. En drape om jomfru Maria (Máríudrápa) 25: AII, 468, BII, 501-2, Skald II, 274, NN §1651; Rydberg 1907, 36-7, 56, Attwood 1996a, 108, 309.
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