Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 9’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 187-8.
‘Hræzkat vǫrðr, þótt verðir,
— vest traustr ok ger hraustla —
fremðar lystr, í freistni,
fránskíðs, af mér, Vánar.
Þinn mun huggun hreinni,
hers skins, trega minka,
enn skalt, ôrr, til þinnar
ástskýrðr koma dýrðar.’
‘Hræzkat, {fremðar lystr vǫrðr {fránskíðs Vánar}}, þótt verðir í freistni af mér; vest traustr ok ger hraustla. Hreinni huggun mun minka trega þinn; {ôrr {skins hers}}, enn skalt koma, ástskýrðr, til dýrðar þinnar.’
‘‘Do not fear, glory-desiring keeper of the shining ski of Vôn <river> [SHIP > SEAFARER], even though you come into trial through me; be confident and act bravely. With pure consolation I will lessen your sorrow; messenger of the shine of war [SWORD > WARRIOR], yet you shall come, purified by love, to your glory.’’
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‘Hræzkat vǫrðr, þótt †verþr†,
— †vist[...] travstc† ok ger †hrvsla† —
fremðar lystr, †[...]† freistni,
frán-skeiðs, af mér, †vaner†.
†þin† mun huggun hreinni,
hers skins, trega minka,
enn skalt, ór, til þinnar
ástskýrðr koma dýrðar.’
Hrętſcattu voꝛþr þot verþr vist[...] | travſtc oc ger hrvsla fremþar luſtr | [...]frestne fran ſceiþſ af mer vaner· þin mun | huggon hreiɴe herſ scinſ trega mink[...] | en scaldv ór til þinnar aſtt scurþr coma | durþar·
(JLJ)
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [1]. Plácítúsdrápa 9: AI, 609, BI, 609, Skald I, 296, NN §2131; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1833, 14, 43, Finnur Jónsson 1887, 232, Jón Helgason 1932-3, 152-3, Louis-Jensen 1998, 97.
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