Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Ásynja heiti 5’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 771.
Nornir heita, þær es nauð skapa;
Nipt ok Dísi nú mun ek telja.
Nornir heita, þær es skapa nauð; nú mun ek telja Nipt ok Dísi.
‘Those are called norns who create distress; now I shall list Nipt and Dís. ’
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Nornir heita þær er navð skapa nipt ok disi nv mvn ec telia. |
(VEÞ)
Nornir heita,
þær es nauð skapa;
Nipt ok †nisi†
nú mun ek telja.
Nornir heita,
þær es nauð skapa;
Nipt ok Dísi
nú eru taldar .
Nornir heita,
þær es nauð skapa;
†nipr† ok Dísi
nú mun ek telja.
Nornir hæita þǽr ær nꜹ́ð skapa nipr ok disi nv man ec telia
(VEÞ)
Nornir heita,
þær es nauð skapa;
†ní[…]† ok Dísi
nú mun ek telja.
Nornir heíta þe᷎r er naud skapa ní[...] ok dise nu mun ek telia . |
(VEÞ)
Nornir heita,
þær es nauð skapa;
†nípt† ok Dísi
nú mun ek telja.
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