Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 37’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 320.
Heljar reip kómu harðliga
sveigð at síðum mér;
slíta ek vilda, en þau seig váru;
létt er lauss at fara.
Reip heljar kómu at síðum mér, harðliga sveigð; ek vilda slíta, en þau váru seig; létt er at fara lauss.
‘The ropes of Hell came around my sides, powerfully twisted; I wanted to tear them but they were tough; it is easy to move unbound.’
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Heljar reip
kómu harðliga
sveigð at síðum mér;
slíta ek vilda,
en þau sterk váru;
létt er lauss at fara.
Heljar reip
kómu harðliga
sveigð at síðum mér;
slíta ek vilda,
en þau sterk váru;
létt er lauss at fara.
Heljar reip
kómu harðliga
sveigð at síðo mér;
slíta ek vilda,
en þau sterk váru;
létt er lauss at fara.
Heljar reip
kómu harðliga
sveig at síðum mér;
slíta ek vilda,
en þau sterk váru;
létt er lauss at fara.
Heljar reip
kómu harðliga
sveigð at síðum mér;
slíta ek vilda,
en þau sterk váru;
létt er lauss at fara.
Heliar reip kuamo | harþliga sueigþ | at siþom mer | slyta ek uildi || eɴ þau sterk uaro | leT er laus at fara
(TW)
Heljar reip
kómu harðliga
sveigð at síðum mér;
slíta ek vilda,
en þau sterk váru;
létt er lauss at fara.
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [6]. Sólarljóð 37: AI, 633, BI, 641, Skald I, 312; Bugge 1867, 363, Falk 1914, 18, Björn M. Ólsen 1915, 14, Fidjestøl 1991, 65, Njörður Njarðvík 1991, 69, Njörður Njarðvík 1993, 43, 115.
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