Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Sverða heiti 6’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 800.
Mímungr ok fellir ok málvitnir,
taurarr, hrævarðr, trani, vindþvari,
liðnir, Kvernbiti, ljómi, herðir,
vitnir, yfrir, veggjalestir.
Mímungr ok fellir ok málvitnir, taurarr, hrævarðr, trani, vindþvari, liðnir, Kvernbiti, ljómi, herðir, vitnir, yfrir, veggjalestir.
‘Mímungr and feller and ornamented wolf, taurar, corpse-wrapped one, crane, wind-borer, one belonging to an army, Kvernbiti, brightness, hardened one, wolf, overcomer, damager of walls. ’
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
Mímungr ok fellir
ok málvitnir,
taurarr, hrævarðr,
trani, vindþvari,
liðnir, Kvernbiti,
ljómi, herðir,
vitnir, yfrir,
†vægia lęstir†.
ᴍimvngr ok fellir ok malvitnir tavrar hræ | varðr trani . vindþvari liðnir kvernbiti liomi herþir vitnir yfrir vægia lęstir.
(VEÞ)
Mímungr ok fellir
málvitnir,
taurarr, hrævarðr,
trani, vindþvari,
liðnir, Kvernbiti,
ljómi, herðir,
vitnir, yfrir,
†vegia lestir†.
Mímungr ok fellir
ok málvitnir,
taurarr, hrævarðr,
trani, vindþvari,
liðnir, Kvern-bítir,
ljómi, herðir,
, †iferr†,
†veægialestir†.
Mimmungr fellir
ok málvitnir,
taurarr, hræ-vaðr,
trani, vindþvari,
liðnir, Kvern‑bítr,
ljómi, herðir,
vitnir, yfri,
veggjalestir.
Mimmvngr | fællir ok malvitnir, tꜹrar hrævaðr , trani vindþvari , liðnir kvernbítr , liómi hærðir , | vitnir yfri vęggialæstir .
(VEÞ)
Mímungr fellir
ok malm-vitnir,
taurarr, hræ-vaðr,
trani, †[…]†þvari,
liðnir, Kvern†-bit[…]†,
ljómi, herðir,
vitnir, †[…]†,
†[…]ggia […]ir†.
Mimunngr felleʀ ok malmvitnir taurar | hre᷎vadr trane [...] þuare lídnir kuernbit[...] liome herdir . vitnir y᷎fri[...]eggia [...]ir
(VEÞ)
Mímungr ok fellir
ok málvitnir,
taurarr, hrævarðr,
trani, †. . .†þvari,
liðnir, Kvern†-bitr†,
ljómi, herðir,
vitnir, yfri,
veggjalestir.
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