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Anon Pl 25VII

Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 25’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 197.

Anonymous PoemsPlácitusdrápa
242526

Ôrr hefr engla stýris
ástlaun af gram raunar
hraustr, sás hér stóðsk freistni
heimsiklings vel mikla.
Hlaut, sás œztr es ýta,
íðn Plácitus fríða;
Evstákíus ævi
albazta sér valði.

{Hraustr ôrr stýris}, sás stóðsk vel mikla freistni {heimsiklings} hér, hefr ástlaun raunar af {gram engla}. Plácitus, sás œztr es ýta, hlaut fríða íðn; Evstákíus valði sér albazta ævi.

{The strong messenger of the rudder} [SEAFARER], who stood up well {to the world-ruler’s} [= God] great trial here, receives a loving reward for his ordeal from {the prince of angels} [= God]. Plácitus, who is the best of men, was allotted a glorious task; Eustace chose for himself the very best life.

Mss: 673b(3r)

Readings: [2] ástlaun: ‘[...]st lovn’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘. ost lovn’ 673bÞH    [5-8] abbrev. as ‘hlaut sa· e·’ 673b

Editions: Skj AI, 612, Skj BI, 613, Skald I, 298, NN §2134; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1833, 21, 49, Finnur Jónsson 1887, 236, Louis-Jensen 1998, 105.

Notes: [5-8]: Stef 1.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Sveinbjörn Egilsson, ed. 1833. Brot af Placidus-drápu. Bessastaðir: Helgi Helgason.
  3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  4. NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  5. Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1887. ‘Plácítúsdrápa’. In Opuscula Philologica: Mindre Afhandlinger, 210-64.
  6. Louis-Jensen, Jonna, ed. 1998. ‘Plácitus drápa’. In Tucker 1998, 89-130.
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