Anon Mgr 37^VII

Veiti hilmir vænnar stiettar
viðrkvæmilig orð í slæminn
—þetta kvæði þinnar móður
þekk kjósi smíð— bjartrar sólar.
‘Enn hlýð mier,’ kvað Jésús móðir,
‘Ögustínus, er tárin fögru,’
gæzkumild, ‘að greina skyldig,
gaft út, fyrir þier leynda krafta.

{Hilmir {vænnar stiettar bjartrar sólar}} veiti viðrkvæmilig orð í slæminn; þekk smíð kjósi þetta kvæði móður þinnar. ‘Enn hlýð mier,’ kvað {gæzkumild móðir Jésús}, ‘Ögustínus, er gaft út tárin fögru, að skyldig greina leynda krafta fyrir þier.

May {the prince {of the splendid path of the bright sun}} [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)] grant suitable words in the final part; may a pleasing structure select this poem of your mother’s. ‘Again, listen to me,’ said {the beneficent [lit. good-will generous] mother of Jesus} [= Mary], ‘Augustine, who gave forth fair tears so that I should divulge secret marvels before you.

Mss: 713(127)

Editions: Skj AII, 479, Skj BII, 515, Skald II, 282, NN §§3354B, 3355; Kahle 1898, 63, Sperber 1911, 38-9, 76, Wrightson 2001, 19.

Notes: [2] í slæminn ‘in the final part’: Slæmr is the last part in a tripartite poem (see Introduction and List of Technical Terms). — [4]: The l. lacks internal rhyme. A possible emendation would be to replace bjartrar sólar ‘of the bright sun’ with bjartra ljósa ‘of bright lights’. — [6] Ögustínus ‘Augustine’: (‘Augustínus’ 713.) For this form, see Note to 4/2. — [7] gæzkumild (f. nom. sg. adj.) ‘beneficent’: The present edn follows Skald (see NN §3355). Skj B and Wrightson take the adj. as n. acc. pl. and construe it with tárin fögru ‘fair tears’ (l. 6).

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