Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Sverða heiti 4’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 796.
Vægir, veigarr, vallangr ok brandr,
verulfr, valnir, vindbjartr ok kvǫl,
askr, Angrvaðill, eggjumskarpi,
svipuðr ok svipaljótr, salgarðr, hnefi.
Vægir, veigarr, vallangr ok brandr, verulfr, valnir, vindbjartr ok kvǫl, askr, Angrvaðill, eggjumskarpi, svipuðr ok svipaljótr, salgarðr, hnefi.
‘Wavy one, threaded one, corpse-long one and blade, man-wolf, chosen one, wind-bright one and torment, ash, Angrvaðill, edge-sharp one, swooper and ugly-swooping one, hall-fence, fist. ’
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.
Vægir, veigarr,
vallangr ok brandr,
verulfr, valnir,
vinnbjartr ok kvǫl,
askr, Angrvaðill,
eggjum,
svipuðr ok svipaljótr,
salgarðr, hnefi.
vægir veigaʀ val | langr ok brandr vérvlfr valnir viɴbiartr ok qvol askr angr vaþill eɢiom || skarþi svipvðr ok svipa líotr salgarðr hnefi.
(VEÞ)
vegir, veigarr,
vallangr brandr,
†ver.vlfr†, valnir,
vinnbjartr ok kvǫl,
askr, Angrvaðill,
eggjumskarpi,
svipuðr ok svipaljótr,
salgarðr, hnefi.
Vægir, veigarr,
val-landi ok brandr,
verulfr, valnir,
vindbjartr ok kvǫl,
askr, Angrvaðill,
eggjum-skarði,
svipuðr ok svipaljótr,
sal-gandr, nefi.
Vægileiptr, †vægarr†,
val-angr ok brandr,
†verr vifr†, valnir,
vinnbjartr ok kol,
askr, Angrvaðill,
eggjun-skarpi,
†svpvðr† ok svipaljótr,
salgarðr, hnefi.
Vægi læiptr vægarr valangr ok brandr verr vifr valnir vinn | biartr ok kol askr angrvaðill æggivn skarpi svpvðr ok svipaliótr salgarðr | hnæfi .
(VEÞ)
†Veg[…] leiptr†, †vegarr†,
val-angr ok brandr,
†ver vigr†, valnir,
vín bjartr ok †[…]ol†,
askr, Angrvandill,
†eg[…]†skarpi,
†s[…]udr† svipaljótr,
sal†[…]rdr†, hnefi.
Veg[...] leiptr vegarr valanngr | ok branndr . ver vigr valnir vín biartr ok kol askr anngr vandill eg[...]n skarpi . s[...]udr suípalíotr sal | [...]rdr hnefe .
(VEÞ)
†Vegí leíptr†, veigarr,
vallangr ok brandr,
verulfr, valnir,
vindbjartr ok kol,
askr, Angrvaðill,
†eggiun†skarpi,
†suípuðr† ok svipaljótr,
sal-garðr, hnefi.
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