Sól ek sá síðan aldri
eptir þann dapra dag,
þvít fjalla vötn lukðuz fyrir mér saman,
en ek hvarf kaldr frá kvölum.
Ek sá sól aldri síðan eptir þann dapra dag, þvít vötn fjalla lukðuz saman fyrir mér, en ek hvarf kaldr frá kvölum.
I saw the sun never again after that gloomy day, for the waters of the mountains closed together in front of me, and I turned away cold from the torments.
[6] kaldr: kallaðr papp15ˣ, 2797ˣ
[6] kaldr ‘cold’: This adj. appears in 166bˣ and in many other mss, making reasonable sense, and is accepted by Skj B and Skald. Kallaðr ‘called’ in papp15ˣ, 2797ˣ and another 28 mss was adopted by Bugge, Falk, Björn M. Ólsen, Fidjestøl and Njörður Njarðvík. Since it often collocates with kvölum, cf. st. 24/6, it may have been attracted into the st. for that reason.