Anon Mey 60VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra meyja drápa 60’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 929-30.
Frú Máría, frumtígn meyja,
firrðu, þá er vier liggjum stirðir
seldir framm að synda gjaldi,
sálir várar heitu báli.
Veittu oss, er vafðir drottin
várn græðara reifaklæðum,
þína hjálp í blíðum bænum,
blómið sælt, að liðnum dómi.
Frú Máría, frumtígn meyja, firrðu várar sálir heitu báli, þá er vier liggjum stirðir, seldir framm að gjaldi synda. Veittu oss, sælt blómið, er vafðir drottin, várn græðara, reifaklæðum, þína hjálp í blíðum bænum að liðnum dómi.
Lady Mary, supreme dignity of maidens, rescue our souls from the hot fire, when we lie stiff, delivered up for the repayment of sins. You, blessed flower, who wrapped the Lord, our Saviour, in swaddling clothes, grant us your help in gentle prayers when the Judgement has come.
Mss: 721(10r), 713(28), 2166ˣ(126)
Readings: [2] er: so 713, 2166ˣ, om. 721 [3] að: í 713, 2166ˣ [4] várar: várar úr 713, 2166ˣ [7] blíðum: blíðu 2166ˣ [8] liðnum: so 713, 2166ˣ, liðum 721
Editions: Skj AII, 539, Skj BII, 597, Skald II, 331, NN §1849B; Jón Þorkelsson 1888, 87.
Notes: [8] sælt blómið ‘blessed flower’: The Virgin Mary is frequently referred to in flower or plant imagery in medieval religious poetry; cf. Schottmann 1973, 21-34. — [8] að liðnum dómi ‘when the Judgement has come’: Cf. Kock (NN §1849B).
References
- Bibliography
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Schottmann, Hans. 1973. Die isländische Mariendichtung. Untersuchungen zur volkssprachigen Mariendichtung des Mittelalters. Münchner germanistische Beiträge 9. Munich: Fink.
- Jón Þorkelsson [J. Thorkelsson]. 1888. Om digtningen på Island i det 15. og 16. århundrede. Copenhagen: Høst & søns forlag.
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