Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Ǫrvar heiti 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 820.
Flugglǫð, flugsvinn, Fífa ok skeyti,
geta skal fennu ok Gusis smíðis;
Jólfs smíði es, en øfst þura.
Flugglǫð, flugsvinn, Fífa ok skeyti, skal geta fennu ok smíðis Gusis; es smíði Jólfs, en øfst þura.
‘Flight-bright one, flight-swift one, Fífa and missile, I shall mention finder and Gusir’s handiwork; there is Jólfr’s handiwork and the last is whizzer. ’
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Flugglǫð, flugsvinn,
Fífa ok skeyti,
geta skal fenna
ok Gusis smíðis;
jóls smíði es,
en øfst þura.
Flvg glavð flvgsviɴ fifa ok skeyti geta skal feɴa ok gvsissmiþis iols ⸝⸝ smiþi er en ǫfst þvra. |
(VEÞ)
Flugglǫð ok, flugsvinn,
Fífa ok †skeuti†,
geta skal fenna
ok Gusis smíðis;
jóls smíði es,
en øfst þura.
Flugglǫð, flugsvinn,
Fífa ok skeyti,
geta skal fenna
ok Gusis nauta;
†iauls† smíði es,
ok øfst þura.
Flugglǫð ok, flugsvinn,
Fífa ok skeyti,
geta skal fennu
ok Gusis smíðis;
Jólfs smíði †her†,
er øfst þura.
flvgglꜹð ok flvgsvinn fiya ok skæyti gæta scal fænnv ok gvsis smiðis iolfs smi ⸝⸝ di her ær efst þvra |
(VEÞ)
Flugglǫð ok, flugsvinn,
Fífa ok skeyti,
ok Gusis smíði;
†julfs† smíði †her†,
er øfst þura.
flugglo᷎d ok flugsuinn fifa ok | skey᷎ti ok gusiss smíde ulfs smide her er efzt þura .
(VEÞ)
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