Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur II 2’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 703.
Veittu, að lof liett
líði framm á gleðitíð,
Andréas, að mjúk mynd
mærðar væri guði færð,
hvessu mætust mjúklát
móðir og þrautgóð
brúði, þeiri er bar nauð,
bónum krafðiz guðs kvón.
Veittu, að liett lof líði framm á gleðitíð, Andréas, að mjúk mynd mærðar væri færð guði, hvessu mætust móðir, mjúklát og þrautgóð, {kvón guðs}, krafðiz bónum brúði, þeiri er bar nauð.
Grant that effortless [lit. light] eulogy might flow forth at a time of joy, Andrew, so that the smooth shape of praise would be brought to God, about how the most glorious mother, gentle-minded and good in misery, {the wife of God} [= Mary], was invoked with prayers by a woman who was in need.
Mss: 713(85), 721(13v)
Readings: [7] brúði: ‘b[...]vdi’ 721 [8] bónum: bænum 721; krafðiz: vafði 713, krafði 721
Editions: Skj AII, 492, Skj BII, 533, Skald II, 292, Metr. §14B; Kahle 1898, 38, 99, Sperber 1911, 9, 62, Wrightson 2001, 55.
Notes: [3] Andréas ‘Andrew’: For this invocation, see Introduction above. — [8] bónum ‘with prayers’: Bænum ‘with prayers’ (so 721) is also possible, but forces the emendation of kvón ‘wife’ to kvæn ‘wife’ to preserve the aðalhending (so Skald). — [8] krafðiz ‘was invoked’: Vafði ‘wrapped, folded, hesitated’ (so 713) makes no sense in the present context, and the m.v. krafðiz ‘was invoked’ is required to convey the passive meaning.
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