Anon Gyð 5VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Gyðingsvísur 5’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 521-2.
text and translation
Fyrr þraut aura errins
ielmeiðs fetilþielar
óðs en örleik gæðis
odda regns við þegna.
Alsnauður varð eyðir
örvi mestr á lesti
lýsibliks til lykta
lands skævaðar branda.
Aura {{{fetilþielar} iel}meiðs errins} þraut fyrr en örleik {gæðis {óðs regns odda}} við þegna. {Eyðir {lýsibliks {lands {skævaðar branda}}}}, örvi mestr, varð til lykta á lesti alsnauður.
‘The money of the brave tree of the storm of the strap-file [(lit. ‘of the strap-file’s brave storm-tree’) SWORD > BATTLE > WARRIOR] came to an end sooner than the generosity of the strengthener of the furious rain of sword-points [BATTLE > WARRIOR] towards men. The destroyer of the bright flash of the land of the high-strider <horse> of planks [SHIP > SEA > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN], excelling in generosity, eventually became in the end completely impoverished.’
notes and context
readings
- [1] þraut: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘þra[...]’ B, ‘þrau[...]’ BRydberg, BFJ
- [4] þegna: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...]gna’ B, BRydberg, BFJ
- [5] Alsnauður varð: ‘alsna[...]r[...]d’ B, ‘alsnaudr vard’ 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ
- [6] lesti: so 399a‑bˣ, BRydberg, BFJ, ‘les[...]i’ B
- [8] lands skævaðar: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘l[...]ndz skeu[...]d[...]’ B, ‘l[...]nndz skeuadar’ BRydberg, BFJ
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/20 - 14v/23
imagesFyrr †þra[...]† aura errins
ielmeiðs fetilþielar
óðs en örleik gæðis
odda regns við †[...]gna†.
†alsna[...]r[...]d† eyðir
örvi mestr á †les[...]i†
lýsibliks til lykta
†l[...]ndz skeu[...]d[...]† branda.Fyʀ þra… | aura errins elmeidz fetilþelar ods en arleik gedis odda regns vid …g- | na alsna…r…d eyder o᷎rfe mestr á les…í lysíbliks til lykta l…ndz skeu…d … | branda.
(EB)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Fyrr þraut aura errins
ielmeiðs fetilþielar
óðs en örleik gæðis
odda regns við þegna.
†alsnaudr vard† eyðir
örvi mestr á lesti
lýsibliks til lykta
lands skævaðar branda. -
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 5: AII, 540, BII, 598, Skald II, 331, NN §§1850, 2980; Rydberg 1907, 42, 59, Attwood 1996a, 347.
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