Anon Pl 30VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 30’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 200.
Ok til aumra rekka
atvinnu gaf Þvinnils
vigg-Baldr víðrar foldar
verkkaup, þats sér merkði.
Fast helt lundr ok leynði
linnvengis trú sinni
hlunndýrs heiðna runna
hôttnæfr við goð sôttum,
Ok {{{Þvinnils víðrar foldar} vigg}-Baldr} gaf verkkaup, þats merkði sér, til atvinnu aumra rekka. {Hôttnæfr lundr {linnvengis}} helt fast sôttum við goð ok leynði trú sinni {heiðna runna {hlunndýrs}},
And {the Baldr <god> {of the horse {of the wide land of Þvinnill <sea-king>}}} [(lit. ‘horse-Baldr of the wide land of Þvinnill’) SEA > SHIP > SEAFARER] gave the wages, which he had set aside for himself, for the support of poor men. {The virtuous tree {of the serpent-ground}} [GOLD > MAN] held fast to his agreements with God and concealed his faith {from the heathen trees {of the animal of the launching-roller}} [SHIP > SEAFARER],
Mss: 673b(3v)
Readings: [2] Þvinnils: ‘þuɴils’ 673b [3] foldar: ‘f[...]dar’ 673b, 673bFJ, foldar 673bÞH [7] hlunndýrs: ‘hlvɴ dv[...]s’ 673b, ‘hlyra dyrs’ 673bÞH, ‘hlvɴ dvrs’ 673bFJ [8] hôttnæfr: ‘hactnæfr’ 673b, 673bÞH, ‘hattnæfr’ 673bFJ
Editions: Skj AI, 613, Skj BI, 614, Skald I, 299; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1833, 23, 51, Finnur Jónsson 1887, 237, Louis-Jensen 1998, 107-8.
Notes: [All]: The wording of this st. corresponds very closely to the C text of the prose saga (Louis-Jensen 1998, cxxiv), except for the kennings, while the Lat. and A texts state only that Plácitus took his wages, and do not refer to his giving of alms or his concealing his Christian faith from heathens. — [2] Þvinnils ‘of Þvinnill’: Emendation proposed by Konráð Gíslason (and Eiríkur Jónsson 1875-89, II). Sveinbjörn Egilsson emended to *þynnils, although it is unclear what this word should mean. — [4] verkkaup ‘wages’: This is the only example of this word in poetry, and it is repeated in the C text. Cf. A2 version, where tók kaup translates the Lat. mercedem accipiens ‘receiving a wage’.
References
- Bibliography
- Sveinbjörn Egilsson, ed. 1833. Brot af Placidus-drápu. Bessastaðir: Helgi Helgason.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1887. ‘Plácítúsdrápa’. In Opuscula Philologica: Mindre Afhandlinger, 210-64.
- Louis-Jensen, Jonna, ed. 1998. ‘Plácitus drápa’. In Tucker 1998, 89-130.
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