Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 34’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 102-3.
Vér getk, fátt at fœrim
framm í orða glammi
at dáðgeymis dómi
dýrðargjarns of varnir,
áðr ef eigi réðum
aldar kyns fyr synðir
— heldr reynisk þat hǫlðum
hætt — við gram til sættar.
Getk, at vér fœrim fátt framm of varnir í glammi orða at dómi {dýrðargjarns dáðgeymis}, ef réðum eigi áðr til sættar fyr synðir við {gram {aldarkyns}}; þat reynisk hǫlðum heldr hætt.
‘I believe that we will advance our defences poorly in a babble of words at the Judgement of the glory-eager deed-guardian [= God (= Christ)], if previously we have not made peace for our sins with the prince of the race of men [MANKIND > = God]; that will prove rather dangerous for men.’
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.
Vér getk, fátt †[...]t† fœrim
framm í orða glammi
at dáðgeymis †[...]e†
dýrðgjarns of †[...]†,
†[...]r ef† eigi †re᷎dum†
aldar kyns fyr synðir
— heldr reynisk þat hǫlðum
hætt — við gram til sættar.
Ver get ek fátt …t fęrim fram í orda glamme at dádgeymiss …e dýrd gi– | arns of …r ef eigi re᷎dum alldar kýns fyrer sýnnder helldr reýniz þat ho᷎lldum hętt vid gram til sęttar |
(EB)
Vér getk, fátt at fœrim
framm í orða glammi
at dáðgeymis †(do)me†
dýrðargjarns of varnir,
†[...]dr ef† eigi †rẹndum†
aldar kyns fyr synðir
— heldr reynisk þat hǫlðum
hætt — við gram til sættar.
Skj: Gamli kanóki, 2. Harmsól 34: AI, 567, BI, 557, Skald I, 270, NN §2926; Sveinbjörn Egilsson 1844, 24, Kempff 1867, 10, Rydberg 1907, 26, Jón Helgason 1935-6, 258, Black 1971, 226, Attwood 1996a, 230.
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