Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Sverða heiti 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 791.
Skolkr, skerkir, stúfr, Skrýmir, Laufi,
ǫltirr, langbarðr ok ormþvari,
Leggbiti, kyrr, galmr ok Leifnisgrand,
herberi, Hneitir ok hræfrakki.
Skolkr, skerkir, stúfr, Skrýmir, Laufi, ǫltirr, langbarðr ok ormþvari, Leggbiti, kyrr, galmr ok Leifnisgrand, herberi, Hneitir ok hræfrakki.
‘Frightener, noise-maker, stump, Skrýmir, Laufi, ale-blade, Lombardic [sword] and serpent-borer, Leggbiti, quiet one, clanging one and Leifnir’s injury, war-striker, Hneitir and carrion-spear. ’
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.
Skolkr, skerkir, stúfr,
Skrýmir, Laufi,
ǫltirr, langbarðr
ok ormþvari,
Leggbiti, ok kyrr,
ok Leifnisgrand,
herberi heitir,
ok †hafrakan†.
skolkr skerkir stvfr skrymir lavfi avltiʀ | langbarðr ok ormþvari . leɢbiti ok kýʀ ok leifnis grand herberi heitir ok hafrakan. |
(VEÞ)
Skolkr ok, skerkir, stúfr,
Skrýmir, Laufi,
†aultir†, langbarðr
ok ormþvari,
Leggbiti, ok kyrr,
ok Leifnisgrand,
herberi, Hneitir
ok †hafrakan†.
Skolkr, skerkir, †skofr ok†,
Skrýmir, Laufi,
ǫltirr, langbarðr
ormþvari,
Leggbiti, ok kyrr,
ok Leifnisgrand,
heitir herberi,
ok hræfrakki.
Skálkr, skerkir, stúfr,
Skrýmir, Laufi,
ǫltir, †lannbarðr†
ok ormþvari,
Legg-bítr, kyrr, galmr
ok Leifnisgrand,
herberi, Hneitir
ok †hafraka†.
Skálkr sker | kir stv́fr skrymir lꜹyi ø̨ltir lannbarðr ok ormþvari læggbítr kýr gálmr ok leif | nis grand hærberi hnæitir ok hafraka .
(VEÞ)
Skalkr, †sker[…]ir†, stúfr,
Skrýmir, Laufi,
†ockír†, langbarðr
ok ormþvari,
Leggbiti, hyrr galmr,
ok Leifnis-gandr,
herberi, Hneitir
ok †hafraka†.
Skalkr sker[...]ir stufr skrýmir . | laufi ockír langbardr ok ormþuare . leggbítr hyrr . galmr ok lefniss gandr . herbere hneitir ok | hafraka .
(VEÞ)
Skolkr, skerkir, stúfr,
Skrýmir, Laufi,
ǫltirr, langbarðr
ok ormþvari,
Leggbiti, kyrr, galmr
ok Leifnisgrand,
herberi, Hneitir
ok hræfrakki.
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