David McDougall (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Pétrsdrápa 43’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 834-5.
Sárfeinginn hug særir
sótt hjarðreka dróttins;
*eldi í gegn fyr gildan
gleði tárkveiktan steðja.
Ástkennis fyr innan
angr hjartrót*um stangaz,
meistara síns að misti
mætr kinnroða gætir.
Sótt særir sárfeinginn hug {hjarðreka dróttins}; *eldi í gegn fyr gildan {steðja gleði tárkveiktan}. Angr stangaz hjartrót*um {ástkennis} fyr innan, að {mætr gætir kinnroða} misti síns meistara.
‘Anguish afflicts the pain-stricken heart of the shepherd of the Lord [APOSTLE]; it has kindled through and through for the excellent [man] his anvil of joy [which has been] moved to tears [HEART]. Grief pierces the heart-roots of the teacher of love [APOSTLE] inwardly, because the worthy possessor of shame [HOLY MAN] has lost his master.’
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.
Sárfeinginn hug særir
sótt hjarðreka dróttins;
†selldi† í gegn fyr gildan
gleði tárkveiktan steðja.
Ástkennis fyr innan
angr †hiartrotnum† stangaz,
meistara síns að misti
mætr kinnroða gætir.
Sarfeinginn hug særir. sott hiardʀeca drottins. selldi j gegn firi gilldan. gledi \\ tar. kueiktan stedia. | astkennís firi jnan. angr hiartrotnum. stangaz. meistara sins at mistí. mætr kinn // ʀoda giætir. |
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