Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Sækonunga heiti 5’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 685.
Virfill, Vinnill, Vandill, Sǫlsi,
Gautrekr ok Húnn, Gjúki, Buðli,
Hómarr, Hnefi, Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi.
Sékkat ek fleiri sækonunga.
Virfill, Vinnill, Vandill, Sǫlsi, Gautrekr ok Húnn, Gjúki, Buðli, Hómarr, Hnefi, Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi. Sékkat ek fleiri sækonunga.
‘Virfill, Vinnill, Vandill, Sǫlsi, Gautrekr and Húnn, Gjúki, Buðli, Hómarr, Hnefi, Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi. I see no more sea-kings. ’
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Virfill, Vinnill,
Vandill, Sǫlsi,
gaurekr ok Húnn,
Gjúki, Buðli,
Hómarr, Hnefi,
†hyr[…]†, syrvi.
Sékkat ek fleiri
sækonunga.
Uirvill . Viɴill . vanndill . savlsi . gavrekr . ok hvɴ . givki . | bvðli . homaʀ . hnefi . hyr[...] . syrvi . sekat ec fleiri sækonvnga. |
(VEÞ)
Virfill, Vinnill,
Vandill, Sǫlsi,
gaurekr ok Húnn,
Gjúki, Buðli,
Hómarr, Hnefi,
hyrvi, syrvi.
Sékkat ek fleiri
sækonunga.
Virfill, Vinnill,
Vandill, Sǫlsi,
Gautrekr ok Húnn,
Gjúki ok, Buðli,
†hæmarr†, †hemfi†,
Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi.
Sékkat ek fleiri
sækonunga.
Virfill, Vinnill,
Vandill, sǫlvi,
†gavǽr† ok Húnn,
Gjúki, Buðli,
Hómarr, Hnefi,
hurfi, †surfi†.
Sékkat ek fleiri
sækonunga.
Virvill vinnill vandill sø̨lvi gavǽr ok hv́nn giv́ki bvðli homarr | hnæfi hvrfi svrfi sækat ek flæiri sæ konvnga
(VEÞ)
Virfill, †ok ví[…]ll†,
†vand[…]†, †[…]†,
†gauir† ok Húnn,
Gjúki, Buðli,
†h[…]†, †hn[…]fi†,
†hyrrfi†, syrvi.
Sékkat ek †[…]†
sækonunga.
Vírvill ok ví[...]ll vannd[...] gauir ok | hunn gíuki budle . h[...] hn[...]fi hyrrfi sýrfí . sekad ek [...] se᷎᷎ konunga [...] heíte . |
(VEÞ)
Virfill, †ok vínnill†,
†vanndi . .†, †…†,
Gautrekr ok Húnn,
Gjúki, Buðli,
†he . . . .†, †hnefi†,
Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi.
Sékkat ek †. . . re†
sækonunga.
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