R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Hákonarmál 20’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 192.
Mun óbundinn á ýta sjǫt
Fenrisulfr fara,
áðr jafngóðr á auða trǫð
konungmaðr komi.
Fenrisulfr mun fara óbundinn á sjǫt ýta, áðr jafngóðr konungmaðr komi á auða trǫð.
‘The wolf Fenrir, unbound, will enter the abode of men before so good a royal person comes onto the vacant path. ’
In Hkr, as for st. 1. In Fsk, as for st. 19.
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.
Mun obuɴdiɴ | a yta siot | fenris ulfr fara | aðr jafngoðr | a ꜹða trꜹð | konung maðr comi |
(RDF)
Mun óbundinn
á ýta sjǫt
Fenrisulfr of fara,
áðr jafngóðr
á auða trǫð
konungmaðr komi.
Man obvɴdíɴ a yta síot fenris vlfr of fara. aðr iafn | goðr a ꜹða trꜹð konvng maðr komí. |
(RDF)
Mun óbundinn
á †vta† sjǫt
Fenrisulfr fara,
áðr jafngóðr
á auða trǫð
konungrmaðr komi.
Mun obunden a vta sio᷎t fenris vlfr fara aðr iafngo | þr a ꜹda trꜹð konungr maðr komi·
(RDF)
Mun obundinn | a yta siot | fenris ulfr fara | aþr jafngoðr | a ꜹða trꜹð || konung maðr kome |
(RDF)
Mun óbundinn
á ýta sjǫt
Fenrisulfr um fara,
áðr jafngóðr
á auða †traut†
konungmaðr komi.
man obundinn a yta siot fenris ulfr umfara | aðr jam goðr a auða traut konung maðr come |
(RDF)
man obundin a yta síot . fenris ulfr umfara | aðr iamgoðr⸝,,⸜a auða traut | konong maðr come |
(RDF)
man obunndin a yta síot fenris ulfr um fara | aðr iam goðr a auða traut | konong maðr come |
(VEÞ)
Man ubonden | a yta siot | fenris ulfr fara | aðr jam goðr | a auða trauð | konung maðr kome |
(RDF)
Man ubondinn | a yta siot | fenris ulfr fara | aðr jam goðr | a ꜹða trꜹð | konong maðr kome |
(VEÞ)
Man ubonddenn , a yta | siot fenris ulfr fara , aðr iam goðr a ud auða tr | auð , konong maðr come ,
(VEÞ)
Mun obunndinn | a yta siot | fenris ulfr fara᷎ || aðr iafngoðr | a auða trauð | konongmaðr comi. |
(RDF)
Skj: Eyvindr Finnsson skáldaspillir, 1. Hákonarmál 20: AI, 67, BI, 60, Skald I, 37; Hkr 1893-1901, I, 221, IV, 61, ÍF 26, 197, Hkr 1991, I, 129 (HákGóð ch. 31/32), F 1871, 85; Fsk 1902-3, 48 (ch. 12), ÍF 29, 94 (ch. 13); Möbius 1860, 234, Jón Helgason 1968, 28, Krause 1990, 131-4.
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