Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Á heiti 6’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 850.
Nyt, Hrǫnn ok nauð, Nǫt, Slíðr ok Hríð,
Kǫrmt, Leiptr ok Ǫrmt, Kerlaugar tvær,
Gǫmul, Sylgr ok yn ok Geirvimul,
Ylgr, Vǫð ok flóð; Jorðán es á lesti.
Nyt, Hrǫnn ok nauð, Nǫt, Slíðr ok Hríð, Kǫrmt, Leiptr ok Ǫrmt, tvær Kerlaugar, Gǫmul, Sylgr ok yn ok Geirvimul, Ylgr, Vǫð ok flóð; Jorðán es á lesti.
‘Nyt, Hrǫnn and need, Nǫt, Slíðr and Hríð, Kǫrmt, Leiptr and Ǫrmt, two Kerlaugar, Gǫmul, Sylgr and yn and Geirvimul, Ylgr, Vǫð and flood; Jordan is the last. ’
Most of the river-names enumerated in this stanza are mythical names taken from Grí 27-9. The content of the two versified lists coincides and there are many structural similarities (noted below). Aside from Jorðán ‘the Jordan’ (l. 8), none of these names is found elsewhere in skaldic verse.
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.
Nyt, Hrǫnn ok nauð,
Nǫt, Slíðr ok Hríð,
Kǫrmt, †leifstr† ok Ǫrmt,
Kerlaugar tvær,
Gǫmul, Sylgr ok yn
ok Geirvimul,
Ylgr, Vǫð ok fold;
Jorðán es á lesti.
Nyt hravɴ ok navð navt sliðr ok hrið kavrmt | leifstr ok avrmt kerlavgar tvær gomvl sylgr ok yn ok geirvimvl ⸝⸝ ylgr vavð ok fold iordan er alesti. |
(VEÞ)
nit, Hrǫnn ok nauð,
Nǫt, Slíðr ok Hríð,
†kaurm†, Leiptr Ǫrmt,
Kerlaugar tvær,
Gǫmul, sylgir ok yn
ok Geirvimul,
Ylgr, vað flóð;
Jorðán es á lesti.
Nyt, Hrǫnn ok nauð,
Nǫt, Slíðr ok Hríð,
Kǫrmt, Leiptr ok ,
Kerlaugar tvær,
Gǫmul, Sylgr ok yn
ok Geirvimul,
Ylgr, auð ok fold;
Jorðán es á lesti.
Nyt, Hrǫnn ok nauð,
Nǫt, Slíðr ok Hríð,
Kǫrmt, Leiptr ok Ǫrmt,
Kerlaugar tvær,
Gǫmul, Sylgr ok yn
ok Geirvimul,
Ylgr, Vǫð ok flóð;
Jorðán es á lesti.
Nyt hrø̨nn ok nꜹð nø̨t sliðr ok hrið kø̨rmt læiptr ok ø̨rmt kerlꜹ́gar | tvær gǫmvl sylgr ok yn ok gæirvimvl ylgr vø̨ð ok flóð iordán ær a læsti
(VEÞ)
Nyt, Hrǫnn ok nauð,
†[…]ót†, Slíðr †[…]rid† ,
†k[…]mt†, Leiptr ok ormr,
†[…]ar† tvær,
Gǫmul, Sylgr
ok Geir†v[…]m[…]†,
Ylgr, Vǫð ok flóð;
Jorðán es á lesti.
Ny᷎t hronn ok naud [...]ót slídr [...]rid k[...]mt leiftr ok ormr [...]ar tue᷎r go᷎mul sýlgr ok | geir v[...]m[...] y᷎lgr vo᷎d ok flod jordan er a lesti . Fiska heít[...] |
(VEÞ)
Nyt, Hrǫnn ok nauð,
†nót†, Slíðr †hrid† ,
†ko᷎rmt†, Leiptr ok Ǫrmt,
†kerlaugar† tvær,
Gǫmul, Sylgr ok yn
ok Geir†vímo᷎l†,
Ylgr, Vǫð ok flóð;
Jorðán es á lesti.
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