[5-6]: The stanza may contain a prophecy of the end of Hildr’s good fortune. It is clear that either l. 5 or l. 6 is missing, although there is no lacuna in the ms., but, as the meaning of the stanza’s second helmingr remains obscure, it cannot be determined whether Óverðum þér ‘To you, undeserving’ should be positioned as l. 5 or as l. 6. Most other eds have emended the ms. reading in various ways and/or added text to fill the lacuna; vér verðum þér (Hálf 1864); óverðum þér [eld mun sløkkva] ‘undeserving for you, [the fire will go out]’ (Edd. Min.); vér undum þér (untranslated Hálf 1909, FSGJ); [Hildr mun ást sýna] óverðum þéṛ ‘[Hildr will show] you, undeserving, [her love]’ (Skj B). Skald treats l. 5 as missing and gives the present text of l. 5 as l. 6.
References
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