Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 43’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 207-8.
Fúss gerði veg vísi
— varð gramr feginn harða,
heim es happs kom geymir —
hringlestanda mestan.
Setti þengill Þróttar
þingbeiði hǫfðingja
ǫflugs lýðs, ok auði
ulfs fœði tók gœða.
Vísi gerði fúss mestan veg {hringlestanda}; gramr varð harða feginn, es {geymir happs} kom heim. Þengill setti {{Þróttar þing}beiði} hǫfðingja ǫflugs lýðs, ok tók gœða {fœði ulfs} auði.
The ruler eagerly bestowed the greatest honour {on the ring-destroyer} [GENEROUS MAN]; the king became very glad when {the minder of good luck} [MAN] came home. The prince appointed {the demander {of the assembly of Þróttr <= Óðinn>}} [(lit. ‘the assembly-demander of Þróttr’) BATTLE > WARRIOR] leader of the powerful troop and began to endow {the feeder of the wolf} [WARRIOR] with riches.
Mss: 673b(4v)
Readings: [2] gramr: ‘gr[...]r’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘gramr’ 673bÞH; feginn: ‘[...]en’ 673b, ‘[...]ar’ 673bÞH, ‘fegen’ 673bFJ [4] ‑lestanda: ‘lest[...]a’ 673b, ‘[...]est[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘[...]standa’ 673bFJ [6] ‑beiði: ‘b[...]iþi’ 673b, 673bFJ, ‘bliþi’ 673bÞH; hǫfðingja: ‘[...]fþingia’ 673b, ‘[...]’ 673bÞH, ‘høfþingia’ 673bHE, 673bFJ [8] gœða: ‘[...]’ 673b, ‘gøþa’(?) 673bÞH, 673bFJ
Editions: Skj AI, 615, Skj BI, 618, Skald I, 300, NN §2138; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1833, 28, 57, Finnur Jónsson 1887, 240, Louis-Jensen 1998, 114.
Notes: [5-8]: The wording of this helmingr shows similarities with the C text of the prose saga in contrast to the Lat. and A texts (Louis-Jensen 1998, cxxv). — [6] þingbeiði ‘assembly-demander’: Emendation proposed by Kock NN §2138. Previous eds have þingblíðan ‘assembly-mild’.
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