Anon Pl 55VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 55’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 216-17.
text and translation
Ok fjǫlkostig fýstisk
fóstrlanda til stranda
hauka klifs, þás hafði,
hyrgrund, sonu fundna.
Fljótt bað fylgju veita
fenglóðar sér tróða
liðs hǫfðingja leyfðan
Langbarða til jarðar.
Ok {fjǫlkostig {{klifs hauka} hyr}grund} fýstisk til stranda fóstrlanda, þás hafði fundna sonu. {Tróða {fenglóðar}} bað fljótt leyfðan hǫfðingja liðs veita sér fylgju til {jarðar Langbarða}.
‘And the many-virtued ground of the fire of the cliff of the hawks [(lit. ‘fire-ground of the hawks’ cliff’) ARM > GOLD > WOMAN] longed for the shores of her homeland after she had found her sons. The stick of the fen-fire [GOLD > WOMAN] quickly asked the esteemed commander of the army to give her escort to the land of the Langobards [= Italy].’
notes and context
readings
- [2] fóstrlanda: ‘fost[...] landa’ 673b
- [2] stranda: ‘[...]’ 673b, 673bÞH, 673bFJ, ‘branda’(?) 673bSE, ‘stranda’(?) 673bSkjA
- [4] sonu: ‘so[...]’ 673b, ‘sono’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ
- [6] sér tróða: ‘[...]a’ 673b, ‘ser troþa’ 673bSE, 673bFJ
- [8] til jarðar: ‘[...]’ 673b, 673bÞH, ‘til iarþar’ 673bSE, 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/6 - 5v/10
imagesOk fjǫlkostig fýstisk
†fost[...] landa† til †[...]†
hauka klifs, þás hafði,
hyrgrund, †so[...]† fundna.
Fljótt bað fylgju veita
fenglóðar †[...]a†
liðs hǫfðingja leyfðan
Langbarða †[...]† .Oc fiolcoſteg fuſteſc foſt[...] landa til | (s)[...] hauca klifſ þa er hafþe hvr grvnd ſo | [...] fundna· fliott baþ fylgio veitta fengloþar | [...]a liþſ hꜵfþingia læyfþan langbarþa [...] |
(JLJ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [1]. Plácítúsdrápa 55: AI, 617, BI, 621, Skald I, 302; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1833, 33, 63, Finnur Jónsson 1887, 243, Louis-Jensen 1998, 121.
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