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Lausavísur — Fjǫl LvVIII (Gautr)

Fjǫlmóðr Skafnǫrtungsson

Fjǫlmóðr Skafnǫrtungsson, Lausavísur — Vol. 8 — Margaret Clunies Ross

Margaret Clunies Ross (forthcoming), ‘ Fjǫlmóðr Skafnǫrtungsson, Lausavísur’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3115> (accessed 26 April 2024)

 

Allar vættir,         er í jörðu búa,
        vilja Fjölmóðar fé fara.
Gulli mínu         er þeir glutruðu;
        skalat því * lengi lifa.
 
‘All creatures that live in the earth want to destroy Fjǫlmóðr’s wealth. They have squandered my gold; because of that I shall not live any longer.
Stuttir sniglar         átu steina fyr mér;
        nú vill oss hvetvetna há.
Snauðr mun ek snópa,         þvíat sniglar hafa
        gull mitt allt grafit.
 
‘Puny snails have eaten the stones off me; now everything possible will go wrong for us [me]. I will mooch about penniless, because the snails have dug into all my gold.
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