Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Skipa 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. 863.
Byrðingr, búza, barðkaldr ok hreinn,
bakki, hǫmlungr, hélugbarði,
rǫst, bátr ok regg, rǫð, Hringhornir,
lung, kjóll, langskip, leifnir, karfi.
Byrðingr, búza, barðkaldr ok hreinn, bakki, hǫmlungr, hélugbarði, rǫst, bátr ok regg, rǫð, Hringhornir, lung, kjóll, langskip, leifnir, karfi.
‘Freighter, merchant-ship, prow-cold one and reindeer, ferry, oar-strapped one, rimy-prowed one, rǫst, boat and regg, rǫð, Hringhornir, long-boat, barge, longship, leifnir, carvel. ’
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.
Byrðingr, búza,
barðkaldr ok hreinn,
bakki, hǫmlungr,
hélugbarði,
rǫst, bátr ok regg,
rǫð, Hringhornir,
lung, kjóll, langskip,
leifnir, †karpi†.
Byrþingr | bvza barðkaldr ok hreiɴ backi havmlvngr hęlvgbarþi : ravst bátr | ok reɢ ravð hringhornir lvngkioll langskip leifnir karpi.
(VEÞ)
Byrðingr, búza,
barðkaldr ok hreinn,
haki, hǫmlungr,
hélugbarði,
rǫst, bátr ok regg,
rǫð, Hringhornir,
lung, kjóll, langskip,
leifnir, †karpi†.
Byrðingr, búza,
barðkaldr ok †[…]†,
†[…]ci†, hǫmlungr,
†helung-†barði,
rǫst, bátr ok regg,
rǫð, Hring†-ornir†,
lyng, kjóll, lang†-sk[…]†,
†[…]†, †karbi†.
Byrðingr, búza,
barðkaldr ok hreinn,
bakki, hǫmlungr,
hélugbarði,
rǫst, bátr ok regg,
rǫð, Hring†-ornir†,
lung, kjóll, langskip,
leifnir, barði.
Byrðingr | bvza barðkalldr ok hreinn bakki hǫmlvngr hælvgbarði rø̨st bátr ok regg rø̨ð | hringornir lvng kioll langskip læifnir barði .
(VEÞ)
†B[…]gr†, búza,
barðkaldr ok hreinn,
bakki, †humlunngr†,
hélugbarði,
rǫst, bátr ok regg,
†ród†, Hring†-orn[…]†,
lung, kjóll, langskip,
leifnir, karfi.
B[...]gr buza bard kalldr ok hreínn backe humlunngr he | log barde . ro᷎st batr ok regg ród ok hrinngorn . lunngkioll lanngskip leífnir karfe .
(VEÞ)
†Býrdingr†, búza,
barðkaldr ok hreinn,
bakki, hǫmlungr,
hélugbarði,
rǫst, bátr ok regg,
rǫð, Hring†-ornir†,
lung, kjóll, langskip,
leifnir, karfi.
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