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Anon Mey 28VII

Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 28’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 909.

Anonymous PoemsHeilagra meyja drápa
272829

Bál var kynt um brúði sæla;
börðu þeir með grjóti hörðu
lýðir jarls í logandi glóðum
listugt víf, er játti Kristi.
Sæt Ágáða sárar þrautir
sigrað fekk, er hræddiz ekki;
henni skal með helgum mönnum
haldaz vegr, en minkaz aldri.

Bál var kynt um sæla brúði; þeir, jarls lýðir, börðu listugt víf, er játti Kristi, með hörðu grjóti í logandi glóðum. Sæt Ágáða, er hræddiz ekki, fekk sigrað sárar þrautir; með helgum mönnum skal henni vegr haldaz, en minkaz aldri.

A fire was kindled around the blessed bride; they, the earl’s men, pelted the wonderful woman, who professed Christ, with hard stones [as she stood] in the blazing flames. Sweet Agatha, who was not afraid, won victory over the painful tortures; among the saints [lit. holy people] her honour will remain, and never decrease.

Mss: 721(11v-9r), 713(25)

Readings: [2] þeir: þá 713    [5] Ágáða: ‘Ágátta’ 721, 713    [6] hræddiz: so 713, hrædiz 721

Editions: Skj AII, 532, Skj BII, 589, Skald II, 326, NN §1843.

Notes: [All]: Because the leaves of 721 on which Mey has been written are now out of order, the first part of st. 29 is at the end of fol. 11v (up to l. 5 Sæt), while the rest of the st. begins fol. 9r. — [1]: Exactly the same l. is at st. 39/1.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  3. NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  4. Internal references
  5. Kirsten Wolf 2007, ‘ Anonymous, Heilagra meyja drápa’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 891-930. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1026> (accessed 29 March 2024)
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