Anon Pl 47VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 47’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 210-11.
text and translation
Hermanna fór hranna
hyrbrjótr liði at móti,
samr vas í sókn at fremja
sik Plácitus, miklu.
Ógn stóð angrs af hegni;
ulfgœðendr þá flœðu;
þegn hlaut goðs fyr gagni —
guðr háðisk vel — ráða.
{{Hranna hyr}brjótr} fór at móti miklu liði hermanna; Plácitus vas samr at fremja sik í sókn. Ógn stóð af {hegni angrs}; {ulfgœðendr} flœðu þá; {þegn goðs} hlaut ráða fyr gagni; guðr háðisk vel.
‘The destroyer of the fire of the waves [(lit. ‘fire-destroyer of the waves’) GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] went to meet a great host of warriors; Plácitus was disposed to distinguish himself in battle. Menace issued from the suppressor of sin [HOLY MAN]; the wolf-feeders [WARRIORS] fled then; God’s retainer [HOLY MAN] was able to gain the victory; the battle was fought well.’
notes and context
[5-8]: The wording of this helmingr is much closer to the C text of the prose saga than to the Lat. and A texts (Louis-Jensen 1998, cxxv).
readings
- [1] hranna: ‘h[...]ɴa’ 673b, ‘hraɴa’ 673bÞH
- [2] hyrbrjótr liði: ‘hyr[...]iþe’ 673b, ‘hyr[...]e’ 673bÞH, ‘hyr(briotr) liþe’(?) 673bFJ
- [3] í: ok 673b
- [3] sókn: ‘so[...]’ 673b
- [3] fremja: ‘f[...]emia’ 673b, ‘[...]mia’ 673bÞH, ‘fremia’ 673bFJ
- [4] Plácitus: ‘placit’ abbreviation not visible 673b, ‘placitus’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
- [4] miklu: ‘m[...]’ 673b, ‘mikli’ or ‘mikla’ 673bSE, ‘[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘miklō’ 673bFJ
- [7] gagni: ‘g[...]gne’ 673b, ‘gegne’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
- [8] guðr: ‘gavtr’ 673b
- [8] ráða: ‘[...]aþa’ 673b, ‘raþa’ 673bÞH
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) — 4v/24 - 5r/3
imagesHermanna fór †h[...]ɴa†
†hyr[...]iþe† at móti,
samr vas ok †so[...]† at †f[...]emia†
sik †placit†, †m[...]†.
Ógn stóð angrs af hegni;
ulfgœðendr þá flœðu;
þegn hlaut goðs fyr †g[...]gne† —
†gavtr† háðisk vel — †[...]aþa†.Her maɴa for h[...]ɴa hyr | [...]iþe at motte ſamr var oc ſo[...] at || f[...]emia ſic placit m[...] og(n) ſtoþ angrſ af hegne | ulf gøþendr þa fløþo þegn hlavt guþſ fyr g(a)g | ne gavtr haþeſc uel [...]aþa·
(JLJ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [1]. Plácítúsdrápa 47: AI, 616, BI, 619, Skald I, 301, NN §§1255, 2493A, 2555; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1833, 30, 59, Finnur Jónsson 1887, 241, Jón Helgason 1932-3, 159-60, Louis-Jensen 1998, 116.
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