Gamlkan Has 2^VII

Engr má elda sløngvir
— allvíst es þat — Mistar
maklig orð til mærðar
minn dróttinn þér finna,
þars, élhallar, ǫllu
est, skýrr konungr, dýrri,
rómu linns þvís runnar
rammglyggs megi of hyggja.

{Engr sløngvir {elda Mistar}} má finna maklig orð þér til mærðar, dróttinn minn — þat es allvíst —, þars est, {skýrr konungr {élhallar}}, dýrri ǫllu, þvís {runnar {rammglyggs {linns rómu}}} megi of hyggja.

{No slinger {of the fires of Mist <valkyrie>}} [SWORDS > WARRIOR] can find fitting words in praise of you, my Lord — that is altogether true — because you are, {pure king {of the storm-hall}} [SKY/HEAVEN > = God], more precious than all that which {bushes {of the strong storm {of the snake of battle}}} [SWORD > BATTLE > WARRIORS] may imagine.

Mss: B(12r), 399a-bˣ

Readings: [1] Engr: ‘Eíngí’ B    [4] dróttinn: ‘[...]’ B, ‘ḍṛọṭṭịṇṇ’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘d[...]’ BRydberg

Editions: Skj AI, 562, Skj BI, 549, Skald I, 266, NN §§2070D, 2338D; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 13-14, Kempff 1867, 1, Rydberg 1907, 20, Black 1971, 138, Attwood 1996a, 222.

Notes: [1-2] sløngvir elda Mistar ‘slinger of the fires of Mist [SWORDS > WARRIOR]’: Mist is named as a valkyrie in Grí 36/1, and her name is often used as a battle-heiti in man-kennings such as runnr Mistar ‘bush of Mist’ (Anon Nkt 69/4^II). Viðir linns Mistar ‘trees of the snake of Mist’ in 5/2-3 recalls both this kenning and the rekit man-kenning in the second helmingr. — [4] dróttinn ‘Lord’: No traces of this word are visible in B. 399a-bˣ reads dróttinn, but indicates uncertainty. All other eds adopt this reading.

References

1. Bibliography
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4. Attwood, Katrina. 1996a. ‘The Poems of MS AM 757a 4to: An Edition and Contextual Study’. Ph.D. thesis. University of Leeds.
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9. Internal references
10. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 69’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 803.
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