Valgerður Erna Þorvaldsdóttir (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Brúðkaupsvísur 27’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 548-9.
Síðan náði sverðrjóðr
— sveinninn girntiz vera einn —
— skildiz hann við fira fjöld —
fara, þar er auðn var.
Hæstri unni höll Krists
helga sig lagar elgs
hei…, unz önd liet;
endar þar manns sögu kendr.
{Sverðrjóðr} náði síðan fara, þar er var auðn, hann skildiz við fjöld fira; sveinninn girntiz vera einn. {Hei… {elgs lagar}} kendr {hæstri höll Krists}, unni helga sig, unz önd liet; þar endar manns sögu.
‘Afterwards the sword-reddener [WARRIOR] managed to go where there was wilderness; he parted from the multitude of men; the youth wanted to be alone. The … of the elk of the sea [SHIP > SEAFARER], belonging to the highest hall of Christ [= Mary], loved to make himself holy, until he gave up life; there the man’s story ends.’
The prose versions of the legend are not much more forthcoming about the young man’s later life of ascesis. The D version does not mention how he spent the rest of his life, while C tells of his life of penance and prayer (Mar 1871, 775), but does not specify that it was spent in a wilderness. — [5-8]: The ed. is grateful to Ólafur Halldórsson for some very useful suggestions regarding the interpretation of this helmingr.
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Síðan náði sverðrjóðr
— sveinninn girntiz vera einn —
— †skild[...]zt† hann við fira fjöld —
fara, þar er auðn var.
Hæstri unni höll Krists
helga sig lagar elgs
hei…, unz önd liet;
endar þar man sögu kendr.
Sidan náde sverdríodur sueinnín girnntizt vera eínn · skíldízt hann vid fira fíold · fara þar er av | dn var · hæstri unní ho᷎ll krístz · helga sik la̋gar elgs · heí[...] vnz avnd líet · endar þar man sogv kendr · |
(VEÞ)
Síðan náði sverðrjóðr
— sveinninn girntiz vera einn —
— skildiz hann við fira fjöld —
fara, þar er auðn var.
Hæstri unni höll Krists
helga sig lagar elgs
†heims [...] ok†, önd liet;
endar þar †mans.gv† kendr.
Sidan ra̋de sverdríodvr | sveinnin girnntizt vera eínn | skíldist hann vid fíra fiold | fara þar er avdi . var | hæstri vnní ho᷎ll kristz | helga ecki la̋gar elgs | heims ... ok avnd liet | endar þar manns:gv kendr. |
(VEÞ)
Síðan náði sverðrjóðr
— sveinninn girntiz vera einn —
— skildiz hann við fira fjöld —
fara, þar er auðn var.
Hæstri unni höll Krists
helga sig lagar elgs
†heims [...] ok†, önd liet;
endar þar †mans..gv† kendr.
Síðan ráði sverðrjóðr, | sveinninn girntist vera einn, | skildist hann við fíra fjo᷎ld, | fara þar er avd.. var | hæstri unni ho᷎ll Krists | helga ekki lagar elgs | heīs ... ok o᷎nd lꜵt | endar þar mns..gv kendr. |
(VEÞ)
Síðan náði sverðrjóðr
— sveinninn girntiz vera einn —
— skildiz hann við fira fjöld —
fara, þar er auðn var.
Hæstri unni höll Krists
helga sig lagar elgs
†heim s[...]ok†, önd liet;
endar þar manns sögu kendr.
Síðan náði sverðs rjóðr, | sveinninn girntist vera einn, | skildist hann við fíra fjo᷎ld, | fara þar er auð[n] var, | hæstri unni ho᷎ll Krists | helga ekki lagar elgs | heim s... ok o᷎nd lét | endar þar man s[o᷎]gu kendr. |
(VEÞ)
ÍM II, 134.
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