Vargeisa Lv 4VIII (HjǪ 9)/6 — æða ‘enrage’
Vertu ei svá ærr, maðr, at þú Ölvi grandir;
vertu honum heill, hilmir; hann er þér hollr, fylkir.
Láttu eigi illmæli æða lund þína;
vel þér vini tryggva; vertu þeim hollr, dróttinn.
Vertu ei svá ærr, maðr, at þú grandir Ölvi; vertu honum heill, hilmir; hann er þér hollr, fylkir. Láttu eigi illmæli æða lund þína; vel þér tryggva vini; vertu þeim hollr, dróttinn.
Do not be so furious, man, that you injure Ǫlvir; be true to him, ruler; he is loyal to you, king. Do not let slander enrage your temperament; choose for yourself trustworthy friends; be loyal to them, lord.
readings
[6] æða: so inserted above the line between illmæli and lund in another hand papp6ˣ, om. 109a IIIˣ, aldrí ÍBR5ˣ
notes
[6] æða ‘enrage’: This word is added to papp6ˣ in a hand other than the main scribe’s; nevertheless, as is also seen in ÍBR5ˣ’s aldri ‘never’, a word beginning with a vowel is required to correct the hypometrical line and to provide vowel alliteration. ÍBR5ˣ’s text could be understood as láttu aldri illmæla lund þína ‘never let [people] speak ill of your temperament’.