Anon Pl 59VII
Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 59’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 220.
text and translation
Inn bað með sér svinnan
snarfengr í hof þengill
— ítr hnekkir stóð úti
angrs — Plácitum ganga.
‘Blót’, kvað gramr inn grimmi,
‘gagni í sókn ok fagna
kvôn hittir þú
Snarfengr þengill bað svinnan Plácitum ganga með sér inn í hof; {ítr hnekkir angrs} stóð úti. ‘Blót’, kvað inn grimmi gramr, ‘ok fagna gagni í sókn; þú hittir kvôn
‘The vigorous prince told the wise Plácitus to go with him into the temple; the glorious subduer of sin [HOLY MAN] stood outside. ‘Sacrifice’, said the fierce king, ‘and rejoice for your victory in battle; you found your wife ...’’
notes and context
readings
- [1] svinnan: svinnat 673b
- [2] snarfengr í hof: ‘snar[...]of’ 673b, snarfengr í hof(?) 673bSE
- [4] angrs Plácitum: ‘[...]itum’ 673b, ‘[...] placitum’ 673bFJ
- [5, 6] inn grimmi gagni í sókn: ‘[...]isocn’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘[...]socn’ 673bÞH, ‘[...]son’ 673bHE
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/22 - 5v/25
imagesInn bað með sér svinnat
†snar[...]of† þengill
— ítr hnekkir stóð úti
†[...]itum† — ganga.
‘Blót’, kvað gramr †[...]isocn† ,
‘ ok fagna
kvôn hittir þúJn baþ meþ ſer ſuinnat ſnar [...] | [...]of þengill itr hneckir ſtoþ ute | [...]itum ganga· blottu quaþ gramr | [...] iſocn oc fagna quon hittir þu ||
(JLJ)
editions and texts
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [1]. Plácítúsdrápa 59: AI, 618, BI, 622, Skald I, 302; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1833, 34, 65, Finnur Jónsson 1887, 244, Louis-Jensen 1998, 123.
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