Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 38’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 204-5.
Bliktýnir vann beina
(bauglestanda) gestum
sunds (tóksk harmr af hǫndum
hôr), þeims komnir vôru.
Útbeiti frák Áta
undrask brœðr, þás fundu,
skíðs, á skrautvals beiði
skokks áhyggju þokka.
{{Sunds blik}týnir} vann beina gestum, þeims vôru komnir; hôr harmr tóksk af hǫndum {bauglestanda}. Frák brœðr undrask {útbeiti {skíðs Áta}}, þás fundu þokka áhyggju á {beiði {skrautvals skokks}}.
‘The destroyer of the shine of the channel [(lit. ‘shine-destroyer of the channel’) GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] gave hospitality to the guests who had arrived; deep sorrow lifted from the ring-destroyer [GENEROUS MAN]. I have heard that the brothers wondered at the steerer of the ski of Áti <sea-king> [SHIP > SEAFARER], when they sensed a disposition of anxiety in the demander of the adornment-horse of the deck-plank [SHIP > SEAFARER].’
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Bliktýnir vann beina
(bauglestanda) gestum
sunds (†tocs[...]† harmr af hǫndum
hôr), þeims komnir †u[...]r[...]†.
Útbeiti frák Áta
undrask brœðr, †þ[...] er† fundu,
skíðs, á skrautvals beiði
†s[...]† áhyggju þokka.
Blic tyner | uaɴ beina bavgleſtanda geſtum ſundſ tocſ[...] | harmr af hondum haór þeimſ comner u[...]r[...] | ut beite fra ec ata undrasc brøþr þ[...] | er fundo ſkiþſ aſcravt walſ beiþe ſ[...] | ahygio þocca·
(JLJ)
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [1]. Plácítúsdrápa 38: AI, 614, BI, 616, Skald I, 300, NN §1793; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1833, 26, 54-5, Finnur Jónsson 1887, 239, Jón Helgason 1932-3, 157, Louis-Jensen 1998, 111.
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