Anon Pl 40VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 40’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 205-6.
text and translation
Hugðu brœðr at beiði
brandéls meginvandla,
þóttusk mildi mætan
menn Plácitus kenna,
unz hyr-Þróttar hittu
hjaldrserks …
... hǫfðu
hoddsendi rétt kenndan.
Brœðr hugðu meginvandla at {beiði {brandéls}} — menn þóttusk kenna mildi mætan Plácitus —, unz {{{hjaldrserks} hyr-}Þróttar} hittu … hǫfðu rétt kenndan {hoddsendi}.
‘The brothers considered carefully the demander of the sword-storm [BATTLE > WARRIOR] — the men thought they recognised Plácitus, renowned for generosity [or piety] —, until the Þróttar <= Óðinn> of the fire of the war-shirt [(lit. ‘the fire-Þróttar of the war shirt’) MAIL-SHIRT > SWORD > WARRIORS] met … they had correctly recognised the gold-distributor [GENEROUS MAN].’
notes and context
readings
- [2] brandéls: ‘br[...]e[...]s’ 673b, ‘br[...]egs’ 673bÞH, ‘bran[...]e[...]s’ 673bFJ
- [3] mætan: ‘mæ[...]’ 673b, ‘mæra’ 673bÞH, ‘metan’ 673bFJ
- [5] ‑Þróttar: ‘þrotta[...]’ 673b, ‘þrottar’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
- [6] …: ‘[...]ar[...]’ 673b, ‘kloker[...]’ 673bFJ
- [7] hǫfðu: ‘[...]þv’ 673b
- [8] kenndan: ‘[...]endan’ 673b, ‘kendan’ 673bFJ
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 673 b 4° (673b) — 4r/23 - 4v/2
imagesHugðu brœðr at beiði
†br[...]e[...]s† meginvandla,
þóttusk mildi †mæ[...]†
menn Plácitus kenna,
unz hyr-†þrotta[...]† hittu
hjaldrserks †[...]ar[...]†
... †[...]þv†
hoddsendi rétt †[...]endan†.Hugþo brøþr at beiþe br[...] | e[...]ſ megeɴ vaɴla þottoſc milde mę[...] | meɴ placidus keɴa vnndz hyr þrotta[...] || hitto hialdrſerkſ [...]ar [...] | þv hoddſende ræt [...]endan.
(JLJ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [1]. Plácítúsdrápa 40: AI, 614-15, BI, 617, Skald I, 300, NN §2137; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1833, 27, 55, Finnur Jónsson 1887, 239, Jón Helgason 1932-3, 157-8, Louis-Jensen 1998, 112.
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