Anon Mey 11VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 11’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 898-9.
text and translation
Kvinna var með heiti hennar
henni kær og drottni skærum;
mildliga skal sú Máría kallaz;
Magðaléna jafnan sagðiz.
Fyst var þessi full af löstum;
fann hun Krist í vænu ranni;
gjörði hann hana með einu orði
alprúðastan gimstein brúða.
Kvinna var með hennar heiti, kær henni og skærum drottni; mildliga skal sú Máría kallaz, Magðaléna jafnan sagðiz. Fyst var þessi full af löstum; hun fann Krist í vænu ranni; með einu orði gjörði hann hana alprúðastan gimstein brúða.
‘There was a woman with her name, dear to her and to the bright Lord; graciously she shall be called Mary; she always named herself Magdalene. First she was full of vices; she found Christ in a beautiful house; with one word he made her the finest gem among women.’
notes and context
The cult of Mary Magdalene ‘appears to have been a late arrival in Iceland’ (Cormack 1994, 130-1). Evidence is confined to C13th and particularly C14-15th. For her saga, see Unger 1877, I, 513-53; Widding, Bekker-Nielsen and Shook 1963, 320-1; Wolf 2003, xxxiii-iv, 50-92, 159-70. — [5-8]: See Unger 1877, I, 514-17; Wolf 2003, 50-4. According to both the gospels and her saga, Mary Magdalene was possessed by seven devils which Christ exorcised. The beautiful house in which she met Christ is probably that of Simon the Pharisee (Unger 1877, I, 514-16).
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 721 4° (721) — 11r - 11r
imagesKvinna var með heiti hennar
henni kær og drottni skærum;
mildliga skal sú Máría kallaz;
Magðaléna jafnan sagðiz.
Fyst var þessi full af löstum;
fann hun Krist í vænu ranni;
gjörði hann hana með einu orði
†alprudazta† gimstein brúða.Kuínna uar med heítí hennar· henni | kær ok drottne skærum· milldlíga skal sv maría
heítakallazt. magdalena | íafnankallazt· sagdízt· / fyst uar þesse full af lo᷎stum· fann hvn crist ⸌i⸍ uænv | rane· giordi hann hana med einv orde· alprudazta gímsteín brvda. //(KW)
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AM 713 4° (713) — 23/33 - 23/35
Kvinna var með heiti hennar
images
henni kær og drottni þrennum;
mildliga skal sú Máría kallaz;
Magðaléna jafnan sagðiz.
Fyst var þessi full af löstum;
fann hun Krist í †mynau† ranni;
gjörði hann hana með einu orði
†alprudazta† gimstein brúða.
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