Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Heiti for women 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 992.
Braut es svarri ok sæta;
sveimar rýgr ok feima;
brúðrs í fǫr með fljóði;
fatk drós ok man kjósa.
Þekkik sprund ok sprakka;
sparik við hæl at mæla;
firrumk snót ok svarra;
svífr mér langt frá vífi.
Braut es svarri ok sæta; rýgr ok feima sveimar; brúðrs í fǫr með fljóði; fatk kjósa drós ok man. Þekkik sprund ok sprakka; sparik við hæl at mæla; firrumk snót ok svarra; mér svífr langt frá vífi.
‘The haughty woman and the grass-widow are away; the mighty woman and the lass are wandering about; the bride has gone travelling with the matron; I did choose the girl and the maid. I catch sight of the dame and lively one; I refrain from talking with the widow; I am shunning snót and the haughty woman; I am drifting far away from the wife. ’
Each term for ‘woman’ given in this stanza is listed in Þul Kvenna I as well. For specific information concerning these heiti, see Notes there.
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
Brꜹt ær svarri ok sęta sveimar rýgr ok feima brvðr ær i fǫr með flioði fat | ek drós ok man kiosa þekki ek sprvnd ok sprakka sparik við hæl at mę | la fiʀrvmz ek snót ok svaʀra svífr mer langt fra vifi .
(VEÞ)
brottu es svarri ok sværa;
sveimar rýgr ok feima;
brúðrs í fǫr með fljóði;
fatk drós ok man kjósa.
Þekkik sprund ok sprakka;
sparik við hæl at mæla;
firrumk snót ok svarra;
svífr mér lang frá vífi.
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