[1] ráða ‘to follow one’s counsel, to rule, to interpret, to lead’: Many of the meanings of this verb seem apt here. Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) translates hvilken udvej er der ‘what way out is there’?
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.