Wilhelm Heizmann (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Vǫlsa þáttr 12’ 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. 1103.
Verit hefik stýrir ok stafnbúi
ok oddviti allra þjóða.
Þiggi Maurnir þetta blæti!
En þú, hundr hjóna, hirtu bákn þetta!
Hefik verit stýrir ok stafnbúi ok oddviti allra þjóða. Þiggi Maurnir þetta blæti! En þú, hundr hjóna, hirtu þetta bákn!
‘I have been the helmsman and prow-man and leader of all peoples. May Maurnir receive this offering! But you, dog of the house, you take care of this monster!’
King Óláfr takes Vǫlsi and speaks a stanza, after which he throws Vǫlsi to the floor, where the dog immediately snatches it.
[1-4]: Similarly to st. 10, the opening lines of the stanza attributed to King Óláfr are unrelated to the ceremony, though they may comment on its strangeness (cf. Note to st. 10/1-4). The eds of Edd. Min. and CPB suspect a gap after l. 4.
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Verit hefik stýrir
ok stafnbúi
ok oddviti
allra þjóða.
Þiggi
blæti!
En þú, hundr hjóna,
hirtu bákn þetta!
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Verit †[…]fig† stýrir
ok stafnbúi
ok oddviti
allrar þjóðar .
Þiggi Maurnir
þetta blæti!
En þú, hundr hjóna,
hirtu bákn þetta!
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