Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Bersǫglisvísur 18’ 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. 30.
Lát auman nú njóta,
Nóregs, ok gef stórum,
— môl halt * — svá sem sælan,
sinjórr, laga þinna.
{Sinjórr Nóregs}, lát auman svá sem sælan nú njóta laga þinna, ok gef stórum; halt * môl.
‘Seigneur of Norway [= Magnús], let the poor as well as the prosperous now enjoy your laws, and give lavishly; keep your promises.’
In SnE (Skm), sinjórr ‘seigneur’ is given as an ókennt nafn ‘noun without periphrasis’ for ‘ruler’.
Because B is damaged and difficult to read, 744ˣ (AM 744 4°ˣ) has been used selectively.
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.
Lát auman nú njóta,
Nóregs, ok gef stórum,
— môl halt ek — svá sem sælan,
sinjórr, laga þinna.
Lát auman nú njóta,
Nóregs, ok gef stórum,
— môl halt ek — svá sem sælan,
sinjórr, laga þinna.
†[...]t† auman þú njóta,
Nóregs, ok gef stórum,
— †ma[...] [...]lt ek† — svá sælan ,
sinjórr, laga þinna.
auman nú njóta,
Nóregs, ok gef stórum,
— †ma hallt ek† — svá sem sælan,
sinjórr, laga þinna.
Lát auman nú njóta,
Nóregs, ok gef stórum,
— môl ml helt ek — nú sem sælan ,
sinjórr, laga þinna.
Lát auman nú njóta,
Nóregs, ok †g[...]† ,
— môl halt * — svá sem sælan,
sinjórr, laga þinna.
Lát auman nú njóta,
Nóregs, ok gef stórum,
— môl ml helt — sem sælan ,
sinjórr, laga þinna.
lát ꜹman nv nióta .
(VEÞ)
Lát auman †n. n.† ,
Nóregs, ok gef stórum,
— môl halt * — svá sem sælan,
sinjórr, laga þinna.
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