Anon Mv III 16VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Máríuvísur III 16’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 727-8.
text and translation
‘Eg mun eigi það við þig
þræta,’ kvað meyin sæt;
‘guðs hefir banablóð
banni frá leyst hann.
Býð eg því mens meiðs
máli og klerks sál
að sönnu fyrir son minn;
sier hann, það er riett er.’
‘Eg mun eigi þræta það við þig,’ kvað sæt meyin; ‘banablóð guðs hefir leyst hann frá banni. Eg býð því máli {meiðs mens} og klerks sál að sönnu fyrir son minn; hann sier, það er riett er.’
‘‘I shall not argue that with you,’ said the sweet Virgin; ‘the death-blood of God has delivered him from damnation. I summon that case of the tree of the neck-ring [MAN] and the cleric’s soul truly before my son; he sees what is right.’’
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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 721 4° (721) — 16r/24 - 16r/25
images‘Eg mun eigi það við þig
þræta,’ kvað meyin sæt;
‘guðs hefir banablóð
banni frá leyst hann.
Býð eg því mens meið
máli og klerks sál
að sönnu fyrir son minn;
sier hann, það er riett er.’Eg mun eigi þat vid þik · þræta kvad meyínn sæt · guds hefur bana blȯd banní fra leyst hann · byd ek þvi mens | meíd · malí ok clerkssal · at savnnv fyrir son minn · sier hann þat er ríett er ·
(TW)
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AM 1032 4°x (1032x) — 150v/2 - 150v/9
Eg mvn eigi þat vid þig | þræta kvad meyínn sæt | gvds hefur bana blȯd | banni fra leyst hann | byd eg þvi mens meíd | malí ok clerkssal | at savnnv fyrir son mínn | sier hann þat er ríett er. |
(EB)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], [B. 6]. Et digt om et tredje Maria-jærtegn 16: AII, 498, BII, 541-2, Skald II, 297, NN §1702, Metr. §§12A, 16A; Kahle 1898, 46, 101, Sperber 1911, 18, 66, Wrightson 2001, 74.
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