Anon Heil 13VII
Kirsten Wolf (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Heilagra manna drápa 13’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 881-2.
Dásemd er, það er drottinn lýsir;
Díónísíus tók að rísa
lofaður upp og hielt á höfði
hratt rennandi mílur tvennar.
… hvíla var miskunn
... þar er hann liggja vildi
... †allg†
... drottins hallar.
Dásemd er, það er drottinn lýsir; lofaður Díónísíus tók að rísa upp og hielt á höfði, rennandi hratt tvennar mílur. … hvíla var miskunn ... þar er hann vildi liggja ... †allg† drottins hallar.
Marvellous is that which the Lord shows; the praised Dionysius began to rise up and held his head running fast two miles. … to rest was mercy ... where he wanted to lie ... of the Lord’s hall.
Mss: 720a VI(1v-2r), 399a-bˣ
Readings: [5] … hvíla var miskunn: hvíla hardly visible 720a VI, ‘[...]’ 399a‑bˣ [6] þar: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...]’ 720a VI [7] †allg†: ‘[...]’ 399a‑bˣ [8] drottins: so 399a‑bˣ, ‘[...]ttins’ 720a VI
Editions: Skj AII, 514, Skj BII, 565-6, Skald II, 310, NN §1763; Kahle 1898, 93, 113.
Notes: [2-4] lofaður Díónísíus tók að rísa upp og hielt á höfði rennandi hratt tvennar mílur ‘the praised Dionysius began to rise up and held his head running fast two miles’: This bizarre detail (cf. Unger 1877, I, 319-20) places Dionysius among a group of martyrs who were supposed to have carried their severed heads to their places of burial, in this case the site of the abbey church of S. Denis in Paris. — [5] hvíla ‘to rest’: To Finnur Jónsson (Skj A) ‘di’ was visible before hvíla. — [6] er ‘where’: To Finnur Jónsson (Skj A) þar was visible before er.
References
- Bibliography
- Unger, C. R., ed. 1877. Heilagra manna søgur. Fortællinger og legender om hellige mænd og kvinder. 2 vols. Christiania (Oslo): Bentzen.
- Skj A = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15a. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. A: Tekst efter håndskrifterne. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1967. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Kahle, Bernhard, ed. 1898. Isländische geistliche Dichtungen des ausgehenden Mittelalters. Heidelberg: Winter.
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