Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 28’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 199.
‘Gjaltat, goð, þótt mæltak,
(gagls leiðar) mér reiði,
(ítrs stillis þarfk allrar
eirar) þurftum fleira.
Sett fyr munn, alls minnumk,
minn, vingjafa þinna,
(veit oss várkunn) dróttinn,
varðhald (konungr aldar).’
‘Gjaltat mér reiði, goð, þótt mæltak þurftum fleira; þarfk allrar eirar {ítrs stillis {leiðar gagls}}. Sett varðhald fyr munn minn, dróttinn, alls minnumk þinna vingjafa; veit oss várkunn, {konungr aldar}.’
‘Do not repay me with anger, God, although I spoke more than is necessary; I need all the mercy {of the glorious ruler {of the path of the goose}} [SKY/HEAVEN > = God]. Set a watch before my mouth, Lord, since I remember your gifts of friendship; give us [me] pardon, {king of mankind} [= God].’
Mss: 673b(3r-v)
Readings: [1] Gjaltat: gjaltaðu 673b; þótt: ‘þo [...]’ 673b, 673bÞH, ‘þo at’ 673bFJ [2] gagls: galgs 673b [3] allrar: allar 673b [4] fleira: ‘fleir[...]’ 673b, ‘fleire’ or ‘fleira’ 673bÞH, fleira 673bFJ [6] ‑gjafa: ‘‑gia(f)a’(?) 673b, ‘‑giara’ or ‘‑giava’ 673bÞH, ‘‑giafa’ 673bFJ
Editions: Skj AI, 612-13, Skj BI, 614, Skald I, 299, NN §2554; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1833, 22, 50-1, Finnur Jónsson 1887, 236, Louis-Jensen 1998, 106-7.
Notes: [5, 8, 6, 7] sett varðhald fyr munn minn, dróttinn ‘set a watch before my mouth, Lord’: Also found in the A and C versions of the prose saga, from Ps. CXLIII.3 Pone domine custodiam ori meo ‘Place, Lord, a watch on my mouth’.
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