Anon Mey 49VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 49’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 921.
Þrír höfðingjar þetta píndu
þrifligt sprund á margar lundir;
trúðrinn liet, sá er týndi dáðum,
tungu skera úr vífi jungu.
Brúði hjó hann með sverði á síðu;
saklaus gjörði hun drottni þakkir;
ástir fær af kærum Kristi
Kristína fyr þrautir sínar.
Þrír höfðingjar píndu þrifligt sprund þetta á margar lundir; trúðrinn, sá er týndi dáðum, liet tungu skera úr jungu vífi. Hann hjó með sverði á síðu brúði; saklaus gjörði hun þakkir drottni; Kristína fær fyr sínar þrautir ástir af kærum Kristi.
Three chieftains tormented this flourishing lady in many ways; the charlatan, who destroyed virtues, had the tongue cut out of the young woman. He struck with a sword at the woman’s side; innocent, she gave thanks to the Lord; Christina receives for her tortures the love of the dear Christ.
Mss: 721(9v), 713(27)
Readings: [1] höfðingjar: dómendr 713 [3] liet: so 713, hiet 721 [4] úr: superscript with insertion mark 713; jungu: ungu 713 [8] Kristína: so 713, Katrína 721
Editions: Skj AII, 536, Skj BII, 594, Skald II, 329.
Notes: [3] trúðrinn ‘the charlatan’: The word means a juggler and so by extension any worthless person.
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