Anon Mey 57VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 57’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 927-8.
text and translation
Félícitas sitr í sælu;
Sábína var numin frá pínu;
Praxis glez með prúða huxan,
Potenciána systir snótar.
Constancía kurteis meyja,
Klára þoldi dauða sáran;
Priska liez í prúðri æsku;
Púsina skínn nú guðs í húsi.
Félícitas sitr í sælu; Sábína var numin frá pínu; Praxis glez með prúða huxan, Potenciána, systir snótar. Constancía, kurteis meyja, Klára þoldi sáran dauða; Priska liez í prúðri æsku; Púsina skínn nú í {húsi guðs}.
‘Felicity sits in bliss; Sabina was removed from torment; Praxis rejoices with her fine thought, Putentiana, the woman’s sister. Constantia, a courteous maiden, Clare suffered a painful death; Prisca died in the bloom of her youth; Pusina now shines in God’s house [HEAVEN].’
notes and context
This st. lists the following little-known saints:
readings
- [1] Félícitas: so 713, ‘Fielicias’ 721
- [2] pínu: ‘[...]nu’ 713
- [5] meyja: ‘[...]’ 713
- [6] dauða sáran: dauðan sára 713
- [8] nú: om. 713
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) — 10r - 10r
images†Fielicias† sitr í sælu;
Sábína var numin frá pínu;
Praxis glez með prúða huxan,
Potenciána systir snótar.
Constancía kurteis meyja,
Klára þoldi dauða sáran;
Priska liez í prúðri æsku;
Púsina skínn nú guðs í húsi.Fíelícías sitr í sælv· sá | bína uar nvmín fra pínv· praxíss gledzt med pruda huxan· potencíana systir snotar· // | constancía kvrteís meyía· klara þoldi dauda saran· priska liezt i prvdrí æsku· | pusina skín nv guds i husí· //
(KW)
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AM 713 4° (713) — 28/3 - 28/5
Félícitas sitr í sælu;
images
Sábína var numin frá †[...]nu†;
Praxis glez með prúða huxan,
Potenciána systir snótar.
Constancía kurteis †[...]†,
Klára þoldi dauðan sára ;
Priska liez í prúðri æsku;
Púsina skínn guðs í húsi.
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