Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Sverða heiti 7’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 802.
Skelkvingr, fylvingr, flæmingr, skerðingr,
skotningr, Skilfingr, Skǫfnungr, rifjungr,
brotningr, Hvítingr, Bæsingr, Tyrfingr,
hœkingr ok hringr; hittask mun nættingr.
Skelkvingr, fylvingr, flæmingr, skerðingr, skotningr, Skilfingr, Skǫfnungr, rifjungr, brotningr, Hvítingr, Bæsingr, Tyrfingr, hœkingr ok hringr; hittask mun nættingr.
‘Terrifier, fylvingr, chaser, notcher, shooter, Skilfingr, Skǫfnungr, tearer, broken one, Hvítingr, Bæsingr, Tyrfingr, hooked one and ring; one will come across night-bringer. ’
Only two of the heiti in this stanza are given in LaufE (see Notes to ll. 1 and 6 below). Aside from five heiti that appear in st. 10 and two heiti from st. 11, none of the heiti in sts 8-11 is recorded in LaufE.
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.
Skelkvingr, fylvingr,
flæmingr, skerðingr,
skotningr, Skilfingr,
Skǫfnungr, rifjungr,
†brotnigr†, Hvítingr,
Bæsingr, Tyrfingr,
hœkingr ok hringr;
hittask mun nettingr.
skelk | vingrr fylvingr flæmingr skerþingr skotningr skilvingr skofnvngr rifivngr . | brotnigr hvitingr bæsingr tyrvingr hǫkingr ok hringr hittaz mvn nettingr. |
(VEÞ)
Skelkvingr, fylvingr,
flæmingr, skerðingr,
skotningr, Skilfingr,
Skǫfnungr, rifjungr,
brotningr, Hvítingr,
Bæsingr, Tyrfingr,
hœkingr ok hringr;
hittask mun †nectingr†.
skelvingr, †filbuíngr†,
flæmingr, skerðingr,
skotningr, ,
Skǫfnungr, rifjungr,
brotningr, Hvítingr,
bæsingr hvítingr, Tyrfingr,
hœkingr ok hringr;
hittask mun nætingr.
Skelkingr, †fillingr†,
flæmingr, skerðingr,
skotningr, Skilfingr,
Skǫfnungr, rifjungr,
brotningr, Hvítingr,
Bæsingr, Tyrfingr,
hœkingr ok hringr;
hittask mun nættingr.
Skælkingr fillingr flæmingr skerðingr skotningr | skilvingr skø̨fnvngr rifivngr brotningr hvítingr bæsingr tyrvingr | hækingr ok hringr hittaz man nættingr .
(VEÞ)
Skelkingr, †fillinngr†,
flæmingr, †skerd[…]n[…]†,
skotningr, Skilfingr,
Skǫfnungr, †rífungr†,
hvítingr, †[…]e᷎singr†,
†[…]rfinngr†, †he᷎kinng[…]†,
hittask mun hringr;
ok †re[…]ngr†.
Skelkingr fillinngr fle᷎ | mingr skerd[...]n[...] skotningr skiluingr sko᷎fnungr rífungr . hvitingr [...]e᷎singr . t[...]rfinngr he᷎kinng[...] hittaz mun | hringr ok re[...]ngr .
(VEÞ)
Skelkvingr, fylvingr,
flæmingr, †skerdingr†,
skotningr, Skilfingr,
Skǫfnungr, rifjungr,
brotningr, †be᷎singr†,
†týrfinngr†, †he᷎kinngr†,
hœkingr ok hringr;
hittask mun †re᷎ttingr†.
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