Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Markús Skeggjason, Lausavísur 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. 297.
The helmingr (Mark Lv 2) is found in mss R (main ms.), Tˣ, A, B (and 744ˣ) of Skm (SnE), and it is attributed to Markús in all mss. Nothing is known about the circumstances that prompted the composition of this half-stanza, but it bears all the marks of being a lausavísa.
Sœgs munk síðr an eigi
— sás illr, es brag spillir —
sólar sverri málan,
slíðráls regin, níða.
Munk síðr an eigi níða {málan sverri {sólar sœgs}}, {regin {slíðráls}}; sá, es spillir brag, [e]s illr.
‘ I shall by no means deride the prattling flinger of the sun of the sea [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN], gods of the scabbard-eel [SWORD > WARRIORS]; the one who spoils a praise poem is wicked.’
Sœgr (lit. ‘noisy one, restless one’) is given in Skm as one of many heiti for ‘sea’.
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.
Sægs mvn ec siðr en eigi sa er illr er brag spillir solar sverri malan sliðr | als regin niþa.
(VEÞ)
Sǽgs man ec síðr ænn eigi | sa ær illr ær brag spillir sólar sverri málan sliðr áls rægin niða ,̈
(VEÞ)
Sœgs munk síðr an eigi
— †[…]† , —
†[…]lar suerri m[…]† ,
slíðráls †[…]n […]iða†, .
Sœgs munk síðr an eigi
— †s . er illr er brag spiller† , —
†solar suerrí mala† ,
slíðráls †regín vida†, .
Sœgs munk síðr an eigi
— sás illr, es brag spillir —
sólar sverri málan,
slíðráls regin niðja, .
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