Anon Mv II 18VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur II 18’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 713-14.
text and translation
Manna hjálp og miskunn
mátti eigi hrings gátt
leingr fyrir lífsangr
láta bera sinn grát,
svá að í limu líkams
litr kom og fagrt vit;
sendiz aftr sæl önd;
sveini gaf það mey hrein.
{Hjálp og miskunn manna} mátti eigi leingr láta {gátt hrings} bera grát sinn fyrir lífsangr, svá að litr og fagrt vit kom í limu líkams; sæl önd sendiz aftr; hrein mey gaf sveini það.
‘The help and mercy of men [= Mary] could no longer let the door-frame of the ring [WOMAN] endure her weeping because of her life-woe, so that colour and sweet consciousness came into the limbs of the body; the blessed spirit was sent back; the pure Virgin gave that to the boy.’
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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) — 87/7 - 87/8
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AM 721 4° (721) — 14r - 14r
†Mána† hjálp og miskunn
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mátti eigi hrings gátt
leingr fyrir lífsangri
láta vera sinn grát,
†[...]† að í limu líkams
litr kom og fagrt vit;
sendiz aftr sæl önd;
sveini gaf það mey hrein. -
AM 711 a 4°x (711ax) — 96/14 - 98/3
Maria hialp ok myskunn | matti eigi hringa gatt | leingur fyrer lifs angur | lata bera sinn grat: | so at i limu likams || litur kom ok fagurt vit | sendizt aptur sæl o᷎nd | sueine gaf þat mey hrein. |
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editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 5]. En digt om et andet Maria-jærtegn 18: AII, 495, BII, 536, Skald II, 294, NN §1696, Metr. §14B; Kahle 1898, 41, Sperber 1911, 13, Wrightson 2001, 63.
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