[6] eymðum ‘miseries, wretchedness’: 43 mss read synðum ‘sins’, but a substantial minority (21) read eymðum, which is the lectio difficilior and improves the alliteration, as this cannot rest on oss alla; the reading is accepted by Skj B, Skald, Björn M. Ólsen, Falk and Fidjestøl and adopted here.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.