Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Eysteinn Valdason, Poem about Þórr 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 185.
Sín bjó Sifjar rúni
snarla framm með karli
— hornstraum getum Hrímnis
hrœra — veiðarfœri.
{Rúni Sifjar} bjó snarla framm veiðarfœri sín með karli; getum hrœra {hornstraum Hrímnis}.
‘The confidant of Sif <goddess> [= Þórr] quickly brought out his fishing gear with the old fellow; we [I] can stir the horn-stream of Hrímnir <giant> [POETRY].’
The ordering of stanzas in this edn, as in Skj and Skald, is different from the order in which they are quoted in mss of SnE. In the mss that have what is here numbered st. 2 (R, W, U), it comes before st. 1, while st. 3 comes last in each case. The editorial reordering is based on narrative plausibility and is perhaps supported by the poet’s comment here on his own compositional powers, though, in the absence of the whole of EVald Þórr, this cannot be regarded as a firm guide to the order of stanzas. — [3]: This odd Type A2k-line is rare and archaic (see Kuhn 1983, 140; Gade 1995a, 140). Together with the heathen content of the poem, this metrical feature suggests an early date of composition.
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.
Sin bio sifiar rvni|| snarla fram með karli hornstrꜹm getvm hrimnis hræra veiþar færi.
(MCR)
sinn bjó Sifjar rúni
snarla framm með karli
— hornstraum getum Hrímnis
hrœra — veiðarfœri.
Sinn bio sifiar runi snarla f-| ram með karli hornstraum getom hrimnis hro᷎ra veidar fo᷎ri.
(MCR)
Sín bjó Sifjar rúni
snarla framm með karli
— hornstraum getinn Hrímnis
hrœra — veiðarfœri.
Sin bio sifiar ru| ni snarla framm með karli horn straum getinn hrimnis hræra veiðar færi.
(MCR)
sinn bjó Sifjar rúni
snarla framm meðr karli
— hornstraum getum Hrímnis
hræfa — veiðarfœri.
Sinn bio sifiar rvni snarla| fraᴍ meðr karli hornstravm getvm hrimnis hræfa veiþar færi.
(MCR)
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