SnSt Ht 56III/7 — hann ‘he’
Hverr ali blóði byrsta
bens rauðsylgjum ylgi,
nema svát gramr of gildi
gráð dag margan vargi?
Gefr oddviti undir
egg nýbitnar vitni;
hann sér Fenris fitjar
framm klóloðnar roðna.
Hverr ali ylgi, byrsta blóði, rauðsylgjum bens, nema svát gramr of gildi vargi gráð margan dag? Oddviti gefr vitni undir, nýbitnar egg; hann sér fitjar Fenris, klóloðnar, roðna framm.
Who might nourish the she-wolf, bristled with blood, with red slurps of the wound [BLOOD], unless the ruler would satisfy the wolf’s hunger many a day? The war-leader gives the wolf wounds, newly bitten by the blade; he sees the hands of Fenrir <wolf> [PAWS], claw-shaggy, turn red at the tips.
readings
[7] hann: so all others, herr R
notes
[7] hann ‘he’: Herr ‘the army’ has been altered in R to hann ‘he’ (R*). That is also the reading of the other ms. witnesses, and it has been adopted in the present edn. It looks as though the scribe of R mistook an abbreviated hann for herr. See the similar confusion in sts 7/3, 68/8.
grammar
Pronouns and determiners: Third person
| masc. | fem. | neut. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sing. | N A G D | hann hann hans honum | hon (hún) hana hennar henni | þat þat þess því, þí |
| pl. | N A G D | þeir þá þeir(r)a þeim | þær þær þeir(r)a þeim | þau þau þeir(r)a þeim |