Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Eysteinn Valdason, Poem about Þórr 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. 186.
Leit á brattrar brautar
baug hvassligum augum
— œstisk áðr at flausti
ǫggs búð — faðir Þrúðar.
{Faðir Þrúðar} leit á {baug brattrar brautar} hvassligum augum; áðr œstisk {búð ǫggs} at flausti.
‘The father of Þrúðr <goddess> [= Þórr] stared with piercing eyes at the ring of the steep road [= Miðgarðsormr]; previously the dwelling of the redfish [SEA] surged against the boat.’
The piercing or baleful stares of the two cosmic adversaries, Þórr and Miðgarðsormr, are stressed in several poems about their encounter; cf. Bragi Þórr 4 and ÚlfrU Húsdr 3-4.
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.
Leit á brattar †brautir†
baug hvassligum augum
— œstisk áðr at flausti
ǫggs búð — faðir Þrúðar.
Leit abrattar brꜹtir bꜹg hvasligvm ꜹgvm æstiz aðr| at flꜹsti ꜹgs bvð faþir þruþar.
(MCR)
Leit á brattrar brautar
baug hvassligum augum
— œstisk áðr at flausti
†ꜹgurs† búð — faðir Þrúðar.
Leit a brattrar bravtar bavg hvasslegvm| avgvm æstiz aðr at flausti ꜹgurs bvð faðir þruðar.
(MCR)
Leit á brattar †brautir†
baugs hvassligum augum
— œstisk orð at flausti
yggs búð — faðir Þrúðar.
Leit a brattar bravtir bavgs hvassligvm avgvm. æstiz orþ at flausti ygs| bvþ faþir þrvþar.
(MCR)
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