Cite as: Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 59’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 338.
Margan mann sá ek meiddan fara
á þeim glæddum götum;
andlit þeira |
sýnduz mér öll vera
rýgjar blóði roðin. |
Ek sá margan meiddan mann fara á þeim glæddum götum; öll andlit þeira sýnduz mér vera roðin blóði rýgjar.
I saw many a maimed man journey on the glowing paths; all their faces seemed to me to be reddened with an ogress’s blood.
Mss: 166bˣ(47v), papp15ˣ(6r), 738ˣ(82v), 167b 6ˣ(3r), 214ˣ(151v), 1441ˣ(586), 10575ˣ(8v), 2797ˣ(236)
Readings: [3] glæddum: glæddu all [5] sýnduz: þótti papp15ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 1441ˣ, 10575ˣ, þóttu 738ˣ, 214ˣ, 2797ˣ [6] blóði: blóð 10575ˣ
Editions: Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [6]. Sólarljóð 59: AI, 637, BI, 645, Skald I, 314; Bugge 1867, 366, Falk 1914, 38, Björn M. Ólsen 1915, 18, Fidjestøl 1979, 68, Njörður Njarðvík 1991, 90-1, Njörður Njarðvík 1993, 65, 137.
Notes: [3] á þeim glæddum götum: Cf. st. 31/6: þær inar glæddu götur. The adj. (f. dat. pl. weak) must be emended to glæddum to agree with götum, although both Skj B and Skald retain the ms. form.