Anon Gyð 7VII
Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Gyðingsvísur 7’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 523-4.
text and translation
Vellauðgan fór vallar
viggbeitir þá Meita
— einráð var það eyðis
armlinns — gyðing finna.
Beiddi blára odda......
brak-Njörðr …
hodda láns af hánum
hugprúðr og fiesnúðar.
{{{Meita vallar} vigg}beitir} fór þá finna vellauðgan gyðing; það var einráð {eyðis {armlinns}}. {Hugprúðr {blára odda brak}-Njörðr} beiddi láns hodda og fiesnúðar af hánum.
‘The steerer of the horse of Meiti’s <sea-king> plain [(lit. ‘horse-steerer of Meiti’s plain’) SEA > SHIP > SEAFARER] then went to find a Jew rich in gold; that was the resolution of the destroyer of the arm-serpent [RING > GENEROUS MAN]. The noble Njǫrðr <god> of the crash of dark spear-points [(lit. ‘crash-Njǫrðr of dark spear-points’) BATTLE > WARRIOR] asked for a loan of gold and for the favour of money from him.’
notes and context
readings
- [1] Vellauðgan: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘Vell[...]d[...]’ B, ‘Vellaud(gan)’(?) BRydberg, ‘Vellbiodr’ BFJ
- [1] fór: so 399a‑bˣ, BFJ, ‘[...]r’ B, ‘(gǫ)r’(?) BRydberg
- [3] einráð: ‘[...]rad’ all
- [3] var: varat BFJ
- [4, 5] finna Beiddi: ‘fi[...]ide’ B, ‘finn(a bei)ddi’(?) 399a‑bˣ, ‘fi(nn)[...](æ)ide’(?) BRydberg, ‘fi[...]e’ BFJ
- [5] blára: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘bla[...]’ B, BRydberg, BFJ
- [7] láns: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...]ns’ B, ‘[...](an)s’(?) BRydberg, ‘[...]us’ BFJ
- [8] fiesnúðar: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘fe[...]dar’ B, BRydberg, ‘fesnud[...]’ 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/25 - 14v/27
images†Vell[...]d[...] [...]r† vallar
viggbeitir þá Meita
— †[...]rad† var það eyðis
armlinns — gyðing †fi[...]ide†.
†bla[...]† odda......
brak-Njörðr …
hodda †[...]ns† af hánum
hugprúðr og †fe[...]dar†.Vell…d…r vallar vigbeiter þa meíta… | rad var þat eydiss armlinnz gydinng fi…ide bla…odda brakníordr … hodda …ns af hánum hugprudr ok fes…dar.
(EB)
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JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)
Vellauðgan fór vallar
viggbeitir þá Meita
— †[...]rad† var það eyðis
armlinns — gyðing †finn(a bei)ddi†.
blára odda......
brak-Njörðr …
hodda láns af hánum
hugprúðr og fiesnúðar. -
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 7: AII, 540, BII, 599, Skald II, 332, NN §§2981, 2982, 3393; Rydberg 1907, 42-3, 59, Attwood 1996a, 347.
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