Anon Pl 54VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 54’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 215-16.
text and translation
Kenndusk, ôrr þás endi
unnfress sǫgu þessa,
mildir brœðr en móðir
meinstygg sonu dyggva.
Spanði ítr til ynðis
†eir goð…† þeira,
þvíat hrygg saga huggun
hoddskerðǫndum gerði.
Mildir brœðr kenndusk, þás {ôrr {unnfress}} endi sǫgu þessa, en meinstygg móðir dyggva sonu. Ítr †eir goð…† spanði … þeira til ynðis, þvíat hrygg saga gerði huggun {hoddskerðǫndum}.
‘The pious brothers recognised each other, when the messenger of the wave-bear [SHIP > SEAFARER] finished this story, and the sin-shy mother her excellent sons. The glorious … won their … over to happiness, because the sad story brought comfort to the hoard-diminishers [GENEROUS MEN].’
notes and context
readings
- [1, 2] endi unnfress: ‘end[...](u)ɴfress’(?) 673b, ‘end[...]ir[...]fress’ 673bÞH, ‘end[...]fress’ 673bHE, ‘end[...] vɴ fress’ 673bFJ
- [4] meinstygg: ‘mei[...]st(y)gg’(?) 673b, ‘me[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘meinstygg’ 673bFJ
- [6] †eir goð…†: ‘eir guþ[...]’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘eyr guþ[...]a’ 673bÞH
- [6] þeira: ‘þerra’ 673b
- [8] ‑skerðǫndum gerði: ‘scerþo[...]rþi’ 673b, ‘scerþe[...]þe’ 673bÞH, ‘scerþeþa gørþe’ 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) — 5v/2 - 5v/6
imagesKenndusk, ôrr þás †end[...](u)ɴfress†
sǫgu þessa,
mildir brœðr en móðir
†mei[...]st(y)gg† sonu dyggva.
Spanði ítr til ynðis
†eir guþ[...]† †þerra†,
þvíat hrygg saga huggun
hodd†scerþo[...]rþi† .Keɴdosc ꜵrr þa er end[...] | [...](u)ɴ freſſ ſogo þeſſa milldir brøþr en moþer mei[...] | ſt(y)gg ſono dyggua. ſpanþe itr til ynþis eir guþ[...] | [...] þerra þuiat hryg ſaga hugun hodd scerþo [...] | [...]rþe.
(JLJ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [1]. Plácítúsdrápa 54: AI, 617, BI, 620, Skald I, 302, NN §2139; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1833, 33, 62, Finnur Jónsson 1887, 243, Louis-Jensen 1998, 120.
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