Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 38’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 321.
Einn ek vissa, hvé alla vegu
sullu sútir mér;
heljar meyjar mér hrolla buðu
heim á hverju kveldi.
Ek einn vissa hvé sútir sullu mér alla vegu; heljar meyjar buðu mér heim hrolla á hverju kveldi.
‘I alone knew how agonies surged over me in all directions; Hell’s maidens dealt shivers home to me every evening.’
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.
Einn ek vissi,
hvé alla vegu
sullu sútir er mér;
heljar meyjar
mér hrolla buðu
heim á hverju kveldi.
Einn ek vissi,
hversu alla vega
sullu sútir mér;
heljar meyjar
mér hrolla buðu
heim á hverju kveldi.
Einn ek vissi,
hversu alla vegu
sullu sútir mér;
heljar meyjar
mér hrolla buðu
heim á hverju kveldi.
Einn ek †viss[...]†,
hversu alla vegu
sullu sútir mér;
heljar meyjar
mér †hroll[...]† buðu
heim á hverju kveldi.
Einn ek vissi,
hversu á vega
sullu sútir mér;
heljar meyjar
mér hrolla buðu
heim á hverju kveldi.
Einn ek vissi,
hvé alla vegu
sullu sútir mér;
heljar meyjar
mér hrolla buðu
heim á hverju kveldi.
Eiɴ ek uissi | hue aLa uego | suLo sutir mer | heliar meyar | mer hroLa buþo | heim a huerio kueldi
(TW)
Einn ek vissi,
hvé alla vega
sullu sútir mér;
heljar meyjar
mér hrolla buðu
heim á hverju kveldi.
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [6]. Sólarljóð 38: AI, 633, BI, 641, Skald I, 312, NN §§2151, 2564B; Bugge 1867, 363, Falk 1914, 18, Björn M. Ólsen 1915, 14, Fidjestøl 1979, 65, Njörður Njarðvík 1991, 69-70, Njörður Njarðvík 1993, 44, 116.
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