Anon Mdr 11VII/4 — … ‘…’
Heil, þú er hjálpar sálum,
heims prýði og líf beima
dýrð himneskrar hirðar
heiðskírt … deilis.
Þú ert makligast miklu
miskunnar ker funnið,
… hjálp og sæla
hrein, með guði einum.
Heil, þú er hjálpar sálum, prýði heims og heiðskírt líf beima, dýrð deilis … himneskrar hirðar. Hrein hjálp og … sæla, þú ert funnið miklu makligast ker miskunnar með guði einum.
Hail, you who help souls, world’s adornment and clear life of men, glory of the provider … of the heavenly court [= God]. Pure help and … bliss, you are revealed as by far the most deserving vessel of mercy with the one God.
readings
[4] …: ‘[...]’ B, ‘[...]ar’ 399a‑bˣ
notes
[4] …: Rydberg (1907, 34 n. 6) suggested a reconstruction of the lost word as friðar gen. sg. ‘peace’. This reconstruction has been adopted by Skj and Skald. Although violating the metre, which requires aðalhending with heið-, B’s deilis gen. sg. ‘dealer, provider’, makes perfect sense here. Kock (NN §1638) suggests emendation to beiðis gen. sg. ‘asker’, forming the God-kenning beiðir friðar ‘one who asks for peace’. He quotes the God-kenning friðbeiðir in Pl 39/1 in support of this. Finnur Jónsson follows Rydberg in emending to greiðis gen. sg. of greiðir, m. ‘furtherer, advancer’.
kennings
- deilis … himneskrar hirðar. — of the provider … of the heavenly court. [= God]