Anon Mey 37VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 37’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 914-15.
text and translation
Sárra bið eg að sálna várra
— synda verða þungar myndir —
minniz þier fyr miskunn sanna,
meyjar guðs, þá er vier skulum deyja.
Yfirkóróna allra vífa
ein Máría drotning hreinust
henni þjóna helgar kvinnur
hallar guðs og meyjar allar.
Eg bið, að þier, meyjar guðs, fyr sanna miskunn minniz várra sárra sálna, þá er vier skulum deyja; myndir synda verða þungar. Yfirkóróna allra vífa, ein Máría, hreinust drotning, helgar kvinnur og meyjar allar {hallar guðs} þjóna henni.
‘I ask that you, maidens of God, by true mercy remember our wounded souls, when we must die; the shapes of our sins become heavy. The superior crown of all women, the one Mary, purest queen, holy women and all maidens of the hall of God [HEAVEN] serve her.’
notes and context
[5-8]: The second repeat of stef 2, marked by a cross in the margin in both mss.
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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) — 9r - 9r
imagesSárra bið eg að sálna várra
— synda verða þungar myndir —
minniz þier fyr miskunn sanna,
meyjar guðs, þá er vier skulum deyja.
ein Máría drotning hreinust
henni þjóna helgar kvinnur
hallar guðs og meyjar allar.Sarra bíd ec | at salna uorra· synda uerda þvngar myndir· mínnízt þier firi myskvn sanna· meyiar | guds þa er vær skulum deyía· / Yfir korona allra· //
(KW)
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AM 713 4° (713) — 26/7 - 26/8
Sárra bið eg að sálna várra
images
— synda verða þungar †my[...]dir† —
minniz þier fyr miskunn sanna,
meyjar guðs, þá er vier skulum deyja.
ein Máría drotning hreinust
henni þjóna helgar kvinnur
hallar guðs og meyjar allar.
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