Anon Pl 57VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 57’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 218.
text and translation
Gerðu, grœnnar jarðar,
gǫfug es …izk hǫfðu,
eklaust ítrum þakkir
ǫll … gram snjǫllum,
áðr til Rúms frá rómu
rekka sveit með teitri
sigrgladdr snilli prýddri
sóknstœrandi fœri.
Ǫll gerðu eklaust þakkir {ítrum, snjǫllum gram {… grœnnar jarðar}}, es gǫfug hǫfðu …izk, áðr {sigrgladdr sóknstœrandi} fœri frá rómu til Rúms með teitri, snilli prýddri sveit rekka.
‘They all gave thanks profusely to the glorious, brave ruler … of the green earth [SKY/HEAVEN? > = God], when the noble ones had …, before the victory-glad attack-increaser [WARRIOR] returned from the battle to Rome with the cheerful, courage-adorned band of men.’
notes and context
readings
- [2] gǫfug es …izk: ‘go[...]o[...]esck’ 673b, ‘gott[...]resck’ 673bÞH, ‘goþu[...]resck’ 673bHE, ‘go[...]esck’ 673bFJ
- [4] ǫll …: ‘[...]’ 673b, 673bÞH, ‘[...]gu’ 673bFJ
- [6] rekka sveit: ‘[...]’ 673b, 673bÞH, rekka sveit(?) 673bSE, ‘[...]it’ 673bFJ
- [7] prýddri: ‘[...]rvd[...]’ 673b, ‘[...]ruþ[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘[...]rvd[...]’ 673bFJ
- [8] sóknstœrandi: ‘[...]nde’ 673b, ‘[...]ande’ 673bÞH, 673bFJ, sóknstærandi(?) 673bSE
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/14 - 5v/18
imagesGerðu, grœnnar jarðar,
†go[...]o[...]esck† hǫfðu,
eklaust ítrum þakkir
†[...]† gram snjǫllum,
áðr til Rúms frá rómu
†[...]† með teitri
sigrgladdr snilli †[...]rvd[...]†
†[...]nde† fœri.Gørþo grønnar iarþar go[...]o | [...]eſck hꜵfþo eklauſt itrum þacker [...] | [...] gram ſniollom· aþr til rumſ fra romo | [...] meþ teitre ſigr gladr snille [...]rvd | [...]nde feoꝛe.
(JLJ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [1]. Plácítúsdrápa 57: AI, 618, BI, 621, Skald I, 302, NN §2813; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1833, 34, 64, Finnur Jónsson 1887, 244, Jón Helgason 1932-3, 166-7, Louis-Jensen 1998, 122.
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