Anon Mv II 12VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur II 12’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 709-10.
text and translation
Unnandi eitt sinn
að jóði sínu liek fljóð;
sjúkan kendi hun sárleik
sveini gjöra lífsmein.
Sútafull í sitt skaut
svanni lagði mög þann,
svá að barni bani forn
búinn þótti vera nú.
Eitt sinn liek unnandi fljóð að jóði sínu; hun kendi sjúkan sárleik gjöra sveini lífsmein. Sútafull svanni lagði þann mög í skaut sitt, svá að forn bani nú þótti vera búinn barni.
‘One time the loving lady was playing with her child; she noticed a sickening pain harming the life of the boy [lit. causing the boy life-harm]. Full of worry the woman laid the son on her lap, while old death now seemed to be ready for the child.’
notes and context
readings
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 713 4° (713) — 86/22 - 86/24
Unnandi eitt sinn
images
að jóði sínu liek fljóð;
sjúkan kendi hun sárleik
sveini gjöra lífsmein.
Sútafull í sinn klút
svanni lagði mög þann,
svá að barni bani forn
búinn þótti vera nú. -
AM 721 4° (721) — 13v - 13v
Unandi eitt sinn
images
að jóði sínu liek fljóð;
sjúkan kendi hun sárleik
sveini gjöra lífsmein.
Sútafull í sitt skaut
svanni lagði mög þann,
svá að barni bani forn
búinn þótti vera nú. -
AM 711 a 4°x (711ax) — 92/1 - 92/8
Vnnandi eitt sinn | at iodi sinu liek fliod | siukan kendi hun sarleik | sueine giora lifs mein: | suta full i sinn klut | suanne lagdi mo᷎g þann | suo at barne bane forn | buenn þotte vera nu. |
(EB)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 5]. En digt om et andet Maria-jærtegn 12: AII, 494, BII, 535, Skald II, 293, Metr. §§9A, 14A, B; Kahle 1898, 40, 99, Sperber 1911, 11-12, 63, Wrightson 2001, 60.
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