Anon Mv III 14VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 14’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 726-7.
text and translation
‘Hvessu máttu í hendr oss,
himiríkis frú slík,
þennan eigna þier mann?’
þverinn mælti kvalaherr.
‘Fleygir gjörði fjarðlogs
flest, þar er hann gat vest,
svá var hann saurlífr
syndafullr og harðlyndr.
‘Hvessu máttu, {slík frú himiríkis}, eigna þier þennan mann í hendr oss?’ mælti {þverinn kvalaherr}. ‘{Fleygir {fjarðlogs}} gjörði flest, þar er hann gat vest; hann var svá saurlífr, syndafullr og harðlyndr.
‘‘How can you, such a lady of the heavenly kingdom [= Mary], appropriate for yourself this man against us?’ said the obstinate torment-army [DEVILS]. ‘The flinger of the fjord-flame [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] did the most where he could do the worst; he was so depraved, sinful and ruthless.’
notes and context
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 721 4° (721) — 16r/20 - 16r/21
imagesHverssv ma̋ttv i hendur oss hímíríkís frv slik · þenan eigna þier mann · þverín mælti kvala · | herr · fleygir giordí fiardlox · flest þar er hann gat vest · svo var hann savrlífur · synda fullur ok hardlyndr · |
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AM 1032 4°x (1032x) — 149v/3 - 149v/10
Hverssv ma̋ttv i hendur oss | hímíríkís frv slík | þennann eigna þier mann | þverŕa[5] mælti kvala herr | fleygir giordí fiardloxx | flest þat er hann gat vest | svo var hann savrlífur | synda fvllur ok hardlyndr. |
(EB)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 6]. Et digt om et tredje Maria-jærtegn 14: AII, 498, BII, 541, Skald II, 297; Kahle 1898, 46, 101, Sperber 1911, 18, 66, Wrightson 2001, 73.
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