Anon Gyð 1VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Gyðingsvísur 1’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 516-17.
text and translation
Aldýran biðk óra
orðfæri guð stæra,
en hyrmeiðar hlýði
haukstiettar brag sliettan.
Ágæta vilk ítrum
ulfsfæðendum ræðu
— víst og vífs ins hæsta
vegr guðs er það — segja.
Biðk aldýran guð stæra óra orðfæri, en {{{haukstiettar} hyr}meiðar} hlýði sliettan brag. Vilk segja {ítrum ulfsfæðendum} ágæta ræðu; það er víst guðs vegr og ins hæsta vífs.
‘I ask altogether precious God to strengthen our [my] eloquence and that the trees of the fire of the hawk’s path [(lit. ‘fire-trees of the hawk’s path’) ARM > GOLD > MEN] may listen to the smooth poem. I want to tell noble wolf-feeders [WARRIORS] an excellent tale; that is certainly God’s glory and that of the highest woman [i.e. Virgin Mary].’
notes and context
readings
- [1] Aldýran: ‘[...]ldy[...]an’ B, ‘[...]ldyran’ 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ
- [3] hyrmeiðar: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘[...]yrmeidar’ B
- [4] haukstiettar: ‘h[...]stettar’ B, ‘hagstettar’ 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, ‘ha[...]stettar’ BFJ
- [6] ulfsfæðendum: ‘vlfsfedundum’ all
- [6] ræðu: ‘reda’ all
- [7] vífs ins hæsta: ‘vifs[...]ta’ B, ‘vífs[...]he᷎sta’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘vigs[...]h[...]ta’ BRydberg
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) — 14v/10 - 14v/12
images†[...]ldy[...]an† biðk óra
orðfæri guð stæra,
en †[...]yrmeidar† hlýði
†h[...]stettar† brag sliettan.
Ágæta vilk ítrum
†vlfsfedundum reda†
— víst og †vifs[...]ta†
vegr guðs er það — segja.…ldy…an bid ek óra ordfere gud stere en …yrmeidar hlydi ha…stettar | brag slettan ageta vil ek itrum vlfsfedundum reda vist ok vifs … | ta vegr guds er þat segía.
(EB)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
†[...]ldyran† biðk óra
orðfæri guð stæra,
en hyrmeiðar hlýði
†hagstettar† brag sliettan.
Ágæta vilk ítrum
†vlfsfedundum reda†
— víst og †vífs[...]he᷎sta†
vegr guðs er það — segja. -
Lbs 444 4°x (444x)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 13]. Af et digt om en rig mand, der gav alt sit bort 1: AII, 539, BII, 597, Skald II, 331; Rydberg 1907, 41, 59, Attwood 1996a, 346.
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