[4] svá lífi ‘thus the life’: The first letters are torn off in 721. The <í> in lífi is ensured by the internal rhyme (-íf- : -íf-). 1032ˣ has lífi ‘life’, and that reading is adopted by Kahle, Sperber and Wrightson. Skj B and Skald supply vífi ‘woman’. For hlífa lífi ‘save the life’ see st. 20/8 above.
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.