Anon Mey 59VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 59’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 929.
text and translation
Máríu þjóna miklu fleiri
mektug hirð en nökkurr virði,
ekkjur, meyjar, frúr og flokkar,
föður unnandi helgar nunnur.
Öllum þessum eingla hallar
ástúðigum drottins brúðum
fagrmynduðum fel eg á hendi
fræðagjörð og þetta kvæði.
Miklu fleiri mektug hirð en nökkurr virði þjóna Máríu — ekkjur, meyjar, frúr og flokkar, helgar nunnur unnandi föður. {Öllum þessum ástúðigum fagrmynduðum brúðum {drottins {hallar eingla}}} fel eg á hendi fræðagjörð og þetta kvæði.
‘A much more numerous mighty crowd than anyone can consider serves Mary — widows, maidens, ladies and groups, holy nuns loving the father. To all these loving [and] beautifully formed brides of the Lord of the hall of angels [HEAVEN > = God (= Christ) > HOLY VIRGINS] I dedicate the composition of poetry and this poem.’
notes and context
readings
- [2] mektug: megtug 721, 713
- [3] ekkjur: ekkjur og 713
- [7] fagrmynduðum: ‘fagrmynöðum’ 721, ‘[...]myndugum’ 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
imagesMáríu þjóna miklu fleiri
megtug hirð en nökkurr virði,
ekkjur, meyjar, frúr og flokkar,
föður unnandi helgar nunnur.
Öllum þessum eingla hallar
ástúðigum drottins brúðum
†fagrmynöðum† fel eg á hendi
fræðagjörð og þetta kvæði.Mariu þíona | miclv fleiri· megto᷎g hírd enn nockur virdí· eckiur meyiar frvr ok flockar· favdr vnande helgar | nunnur· / aullvm þessum eíngla hallar· astudigum drottíns brvdvm· fagrmyno᷎dum | fel eg ä hende· fræda giord ok þetta kuædí· //
(KW)
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AM 713 4° (713) — 28/9 - 28/11
Máríu þjóna miklu fleiri
images
megtug hirð en nökkurr virði,
ekkjur og, meyjar, frúr og flokkar,
föður unnandi helgar nunnur.
Öllum þessum eingla hallar
ástúðigum drottins brúðum
†[...]myndugum† fel eg á hendi
fræðagjörð og þetta kvæði.
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 12]. Af heilogum meyjum 59: AII, 538, BII, 596-7, Skald II, 331.
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