Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Vargs heiti 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. 903.
Vargr, ulfr, Geri, vitnir ok hninnir, grádýri,
Hati, Hróðvitnir ok heiðingi,
Freki ok viðnir, Fenrir, hlébarðr,
Goti, gildr, glammi, gylðir, ímarr,
ímr ok egðir ok skolkinni.
Vargr, ulfr, Geri, vitnir ok hninnir, grádýri, Hati, Hróðvitnir ok heiðingi, Freki ok viðnir, Fenrir, hlébarðr, Goti, gildr, glammi, gylðir, ímarr, ímr ok egðir ok skolkinni.
‘Wolf, he-wolf, Geri, watcher and hninnir, grey-beast, Hati, Hróðvitnir and heath-dweller, Freki and forest-dweller, Fenrir, hlébarðr, Goti, worthy one, noisy one, howler, combatant, dusky one and edged one and dark-cheeked one. ’
Most of the English translations follow Faulkes (1987, 164).
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.
Vargr, ulfr, Geri,
vitnir ok hninnir ok grádýri ,
†h[…]†, Hróðvitnir
ok heiðingi,
Freki ok viðnir,
Fenrir, hlébarðr,
Goti, gildr, glami,
gylðir, ímarr,
ímr egðir
ok skǫll-†-kini†.
Uargr vlfr geri vitnir ok hninnir ok gradyri h[...] hroðvitnir ok heiþ⸌in⸍gi | freki ok viðnir fenrir hlebarðr goti gilldr glami gylþir imaʀ . imr eɢþir | ok skavllkini .
(VEÞ)
Vargr, ulfr, Geri,
vitnir grádýri ,
Hati, Hróðvitnir
heiðingi,
viðnir,
Fenrir, hlébarðr,
Goti, gildr, glami,
gylðir, ímarr,
ímr egðir
skǫll-†-kini†.
†[…]argr†, ulfr, Geri,
vitnir ok hninnir, grádýri,
Hati, Hróðvitnir
ok heiðingi,
Freki ok vitnir,
Fenrir, hlébarðr,
Goti, gildr, glammi,
gylðir, ímarr,
†rimr† egðir
ok skǫll-†-kini†.
Ylgr, vargr, vitnir,
ilmr skǫll geri ,
Hati, Hróðvitnir
ok heiðingi,
freki kinni viðnir,
Fenrir, hlébarðr,
Goti, gildir, glammi,
gylðir, ímarr,
ímr egðir
ok skol†-kini†.
Ylgr vargr vitnir | ilmr skø̨ll geri hati hróðvitnir ok hæiðingi freki kinni viðnir fenrir | hlæbarðr goti gilldir glammi gyldir imarr imr ægðir ok skolkini .
(VEÞ)
†[…]lfr†, vargr, vitnir,
†[…]oll geri† ,
Hati, Hróð†-[…]tnir†
ok †heidin[…]†,
†[…]kí kínnir† †v[…]nir†,
†[…]enrir†, hlébarðr,
Goti, †gylld[…]†, †[…]la[…]†,
†[…]†, ímarr,
†jm[…]† egðir
ok †skoll-††-kini†.
[...]lfr vargr vitnir [...]oll geri hati hrod[...]tnir | ok heidin[...]kí kínnir v[...]nir [...]enrir hlebardr . goti gylld[...]la[...] jmarr jm[...] egdir ok | skollkine .
(VEÞ)
Ulfr, ulfr, Geri,
†j́l … skoll geri† ,
Hati, Hróð†-uitnir†
ok †heidíngi†,
†freki kinnir† †vidnir†,
fenrir, hlébarðr,
Goti, †gýlldir†, †glanne†,
†g̣ỵ́ldir†, ímarr,
†j́mr† egðir
ok skol†-kini†.
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