Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Skjaldar 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. 825.
Gjallr, dǫggskafi ok gimskýlir,
bǫðljós, grýta ok bǫðskýlir,
Svalinn ok randi, saurnir, borði,
skuttingr, barði, skírr, tvíbyrðingr.
Gjallr, dǫggskafi ok gimskýlir, bǫðljós, grýta ok bǫðskýlir, Svalinn ok randi, saurnir, borði, skuttingr, barði, skírr, tvíbyrðingr.
‘Clamouring one, dew-scraper and jewel-shelterer, war-light, pot and war-shelterer, Svalinn and edged one, soiled one, boarded one, protector, bordered one, clear one, double-boarded one. ’
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.
Gjallr, dǫggskafi
ok gimskýlir,
bað-ljós, grýta
ok bǫðskýlir,
Svalinn ok randi,
saurnir, borði,
skuttingr, barði,
skírr, tvíbyrðingr.
Giallr | davɢskafi ok gimskylir baðlios gryta ok bavðskylir svaliɴ ok raɴdi sꜹr | nir borþi scvttingr barþi skiʀ tvibyrþingr.
(VEÞ)
Gjallr, dǫggskafi
ok gimskýlir,
bað-ljós, grýta
ok bǫðskýlir,
Svalinn ok randi,
saurnir, borði,
skuttingr, barði,
skírr, tvíbyrðingr.
Gjallr, dǫggskafi
ok gimskýlir,
barð-ljós, grýta
ok bǫðskýlir,
svalingr ok randi,
saurnir, borði,
skutting, barði,
skírr, tvíbyrðingr.
Gjallr, dǫggskafi
ok gunnkylir,
bǫðljós, grýta
ok bǫðskýlir,
Svalinn ok randi,
saurnir, borði,
†skvtfingr†, barði,
skírr, tvíbyrðingr.
Giallr dø̨ggskafi ok gvnnkylir bø̨ðlios gryta ok bø̨ðskylir sva | linn ok randi sꜹrnir borði skvtfingr barði skíʀr tvibyrðingr
(VEÞ)
Gjallr, dǫggskafi
ok gunnkylir,
bǫðljós, †[…]ýta†
ok bǫðskýlir,
Svalinn ok randi,
saurnir, †[…]rde†,
†sku[…]þunngr†, barði,
skírr, tvíbyrðingr.
Gíallr do᷎ggskafe ok gunnky᷎ | ler . bodlíos [...]ýta ok bodskýlerr . sualenn ok rannde saurnir [...]rde sku[...]þunngr barde . skiʀr tuí | by᷎rdinngr
(VEÞ)
Gjallr, dǫggskafi
ok gimskýlir,
bǫðljós, grýta
ok bǫðskýlir,
Svalinn ok randi,
saurnir, †borde†,
†skutþunngr†, barði,
skírr, tvíbyrðingr.
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