Anon Mdr 9VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríudrápa 9’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 485-6.
text and translation
Skínn með sælu sannri
— sannfriett er það — manna
hjálparván og hreinum
hæst líf guði ið næsta.
Lýtr öll veröld ítri
yfirþjóðkonungs móður;
verð er drottning dýrðar
dæmd til efri sæmdar.
Hjálparván manna og hæst líf skínn með sannri sælu ið næsta hreinum guði; sannfriett er það. Öll veröld lýtr {ítri móður yfirþjóðkonungs}; drottning dýrðar er dæmd verð til efri sæmdar.
‘Men’s hope of redemption and highest life shines with true bliss beside pure God; that is proved true. The whole world bows down before the glorious mother of the supreme king <= God> [= Mary]; the queen of glory is adjudged worthy of the highest honour.’
notes and context
[5-8]: Cf. 6/1-4. Helmingar on this model, often in praise of Christ or a saint, are very common in Christian skaldic poetry, and may be modelled on the refrains of drápur in praise of secular kings. For more detailed discussion of this point, see Note to Leið 13/5-8. This helmingr represents the first occurrence of the last of Mdr’s three refrains. The helmingr is written out in full and is marked by an obelos in the left-hand margin. This stef is repeated in sts 18 and 27, where it is abbreviated in B (14r, 2; 14r, 19).
readings
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/35 - 13v/37
imagesSkínn með sælu sannri
— sannfriett er það — manna
hjálparván og hreinum
†hes[...]† líf guði ið næsta.
Lýtr öll veröld ítri
yfirþjóðkonungs móður;
verð er drottning dýrðar
dæmd til efri sæmdar.Skín med sęlu (sannre) sannfrett er þat manna híalparvo᷎n ok hreínum hes… líf | gude eð nęsta. Lýtr ǫll verulld itri ýferþíoðkonungs modur verð er drottning dýrdar dęmd til | efri sęmdar.
(EB)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Skínn með sælu sannri
— sannfriett er það — manna
hjálparván og hreinum
hæst líf guði ið næsta.
Lýtr öll veröld ítri
yfirþjóðkonungs móður;
verð er drottning dýrðar
dæmd til efri sæmdar. -
Lbs 444 4°x (444x)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 1]. En drape om jomfru Maria (Máríudrápa) 9: AII, 465, BII, 498, Skald II, 272, NN §2672; Konráð Gíslason 1860, 556, Rydberg 1907, 33, 54, Attwood 1996a, 104, 305.
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