Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Brúðkaupsvísur 4’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 531-2.
Sveinninn óx þar upp einn
— ágætr var maðr sjá
hittir og hans ætt
hringa — með virðing.
Ærir áttu auð fjár
atgeirs mikinn þeir,
er reyðar rannskíðs
rennis váru ættmenn.
Sveinninn óx upp einn þar með virðing; {sjá hittir hringa} var ágætr maðr, og hans ætt. {Þeir ærir atgeirs}, er váru ættmenn {{{reyðar rann}skíðs} rennis}, áttu mikinn auð fjár.
‘The youth grew up alone there with honour; that finder of rings [MAN] was a fine man, as was his family. Those messengers of the halberd [WARRIORS], who were kinsmen of the propeller of the ski of the house of the rorqual [(lit. ‘propeller of the house-ski of the rorqual’) SEA > SHIP > SEAFARER], had great wealth of money.’
As Schottmann (1973, 356) noted, the poet introduces the young man as a member of a rich and noble family, whereas the D version of the prose saga establishes him as a klerkr from the beginning.
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.
Sveinninn óx þar upp einn
— ágætr var maðr sjá
hitt er um hans ætt
hringa — með virðing.
Ærin áttu auð fjár
atgeirs mikinn þeir,
og rauða rannskíðs
rennis váru ættmenn.
Sveínnínn oxx þar vpp eínn · agætur var madur sía · hitt er vm hans ætt · hringa med virding · ærín at | tv aud fíar · atgeírs mikín þeir · ok ra̋vda ranskids · rennes vȯrv ætt menn · |
(VEÞ)
Sveínnínn ox þar vpp eínn | agætvr var madvr sía | hitt er vm hans ætt | hringa med virding | ærín attv avd fíar | atgeírs mikín þeir | ok rauda ranskids | rennes vȯrv ætt menn. |
(VEÞ)
Sveinninn óx þar upp einn | ágætr var maðr sjá | hitt er um hans ætt | hrínga með virðíng: | ærinn áttu auð fjár | atgeirs mikinn þeir | ok rauða ránskíðs | rennis voru ættmenn. |
(VEÞ)
Sveinninn óx þar upp einn, | ágætr var maðr sjá, | hitt er um hans ætt | hringa með virðing: | ærinn áttu auð fjár | atgeirs mikinn þeir | og⸌k⸍ rauða ránskíðz | rennis voru ættmenn. |
(VEÞ)
ÍM II, 130.
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