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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Mberf Lv 5II

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson, Lausavísur 5’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 389.

Magnús berfœttr ÓláfssonLausavísur
456

text and translation

Jǫrp mun eigi verpa
arm-Hlín* á glæ sínum;
orð spyrk gollhrings Gerðar
góð of skald í hljóði.
Annk, þótt eigi finnak
opt, goðvefjar þoptu;
viti menn, at hykk hennar
hôla rœkðarmôlum.

{Jǫrp arm-Hlín*} mun eigi verpa sínum á glæ; spyrk í hljóði góð orð {Gerðar gollhrings} of skald. Annk {þoptu goðvefjar}, þótt eigi finnak opt; viti menn, at hykk hôla rœkðarmôlum hennar.
 
‘The brown-haired Hlín <goddess> of the arm [WOMAN] will not throw away her [words] to no avail; I hear in secret the kind words of the Gerðr <goddess> of the gold ring [WOMAN] about the skald. I love the thwart of precious cloth [WOMAN], although I don’t often meet [her]; let men know that I think very highly of her caring comments.

notes and context

As Lv 3-4 above.

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: Magnús berfœttr, Lausavísur 5: AI, 433, BI, 403, Skald I, 199, NN §2532; Mork 1867, 152, Mork 1928-32, 330-1, Andersson and Gade 2000, 308, 487 (Mberf); Fms 7, 62 (Mberf ch. 30); F 1871, 276, E 1916, 125 (Mberf).

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