MSS.

Florence Libri 3

Verse 3, Florence, MS Libri 83, folio 21v.

Moriente infi
delis suo patre su
reserunt con
tra eum bellicau
sa quos confisus Deo
valde sibi ipse su
iugaui dextra
fortis. Conti filte.

Clermont-Ferrand 3

Verse 3, Clermont-Ferrand, MS 240, folio 45, col. 2.

Mori
ente infidele suo patre surrexe
runt contra eum belliquosae quo

Verse 3, Clermont-Ferrand, MS 240, folio 45, col. 3.

confisus deo ualde sibi ipse subiu
gavit dextra forte cuncti flete pro.

EDITIONS

Lair

Moriente infideles suo patre
Surrexerunt contra eum bellicose;
Quos, confisus Deo valde, sibi ipse
Subjugavit dextra forte.
Cuncti flete...

Lauer

Moriente infidelis suo patre
surrexerunt contra eum belliquose,
quos confisus Deo valde sibi ipse
subjugavit dextra forte.
Cuncti flete...

Becker

Moriente infideles suo patre
surrexerunt contra eum bellicose:
quos, confisus Deo valde, sibi ipse
subjugavit manu forte.
Cuncti flete pro Willelmo innocente interfecto.

TRANSLATIONS

Becker

Als sein Vater starb, erhoben sich die Nichtgläubigen in kriegerischer Absicht gegen ihn; er aber, fest auf Gott vertrauend, unterwarf sie sich selber mit starker Hand.

Albrectsen

Da hans fader bort fra livet måtte vandre,
troløst mænd stod op i kamp mod ynglingsønnen,
men i tro på Gud urokkeligt forankret
han dem fældede med sværdet.
Græd nu alle...

Van Houts

After the death of his father,
the pagans rose in war against him;
firmly trusting in God
he subdued them with a strong force.
Shed tears for William
who died innocently

Lifshitz

When his father died, faithless ones rose up in arms against him, and he subjugated them to himself with a strong right hand, mightily strengthened by God. All lament for William.

Helmerichs

With his father dying the infidels,
warlike, rose up against him:
trusting completely in God, he
subjugated them to himself with his strong right hand.
All weep for innocent, slain William.

COMMENTARIES

Steenstrup

See the extensive commentary on this verse and the previous one in Johannes Steenstrup, “Dissertation sur la Complainte de Guillaume Longue-Épée et les critiques dont elle a été l'objet,” in Étude sur la vie et la mort de Guillaume Longue-épée, duc de Normandie, by Jules Lair (Paris: Picard, 1893), 71-77.