Anon Mdr 27^VII

Hár giefr hjálpir …
heims valdr kyni beima,
Kristr og miskunn mesta,
meginteitum, … veitir.
Lýtr öll veröld ítri
yfirþjóðkonungs móður;
verð er drottning dýrðar
dæmd til efri sæmdar.

{Hár valdr heims} giefr {meginteitum kyni beima} hjálpir … og Kristr veitir mesta miskunn. Öll veröld lýtr {ítri móður yfirþjóðkonungs}; drottning dýrðar er dæmd verð til efri sæmdar.

{The high ruler of the world} [= God] gives {the very glad kinsfolk of men} [MANKIND] … helps … and Christ grants the greatest mercy. The whole world bows down before {the glorious mother of the supreme king <= God>} [= Mary]; the queen of glory is adjudged worthy of very high honour.

Mss: B(14r), 399a-bˣ

Readings: [1] …: ‘[...]’ B, 399a‑bˣ, BFJ, ‘[...]or’ BRydberg    [2] kyni: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘kýn[...]’ B    [3] Kristr og: ‘[...]’ B, ‘kṛịstr ọḳ’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...]str (ær)’(?) BRydberg, ‘[...] tr ok’ BFJ    [4] … veitir: ‘[...]ll[... ]eiter’ B, ‘er[...]eiter’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘her [... ]eiter’ BRydberg, BFJ    [5-8] abbrev. as ‘Lýtr ǫll verulld itri.’ B

Editions: Skj AII, 469, Skj BII, 502, Skald II, 274; Rydberg 1907, 37, 56, Attwood 1996a, 109, 310.

Notes: [1] …: Rydberg (1907, 37 n. 6) reconstructs stórar f. acc. pl. ‘great’, which he construes with hjálpir ‘helps’ (l. 1). He is followed by Skj B and Skald. — [2] heims valdr kyni beima: This l. is very similar to Has 20/6 (repeated at 25/6 and 30/6): heims valdr sem kyn beima. The God-kenning valdr heims ‘ruler of the world’ recalls valdr himna ‘ruler of the heavens’ in Geisl 63/2, Pl 19/6 and Lil 32/2. — [5-8]: Repetition of the third stef (also at sts 9 and 18) is indicated by an obelos in the right margin at 14r/19.

References

1. Bibliography
2. Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
4. Attwood, Katrina. 1996a. ‘The Poems of MS AM 757a 4to: An Edition and Contextual Study’. Ph.D. thesis. University of Leeds.
5. Rydberg, Hugo, ed. 1907. ‘Die geistlichen Drápur und Dróttkvættfragmente des Cod. AM 757 4to.’. Ph.D. thesis. University of Lund. Copenhagen: Møller.
6. Internal references
7. Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 19’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 193-4.
8. Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 63’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 58-9.
9. Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Lilja 32’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 600.
10. Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 20’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 90-1.