Judith Jesch (ed.) 2009, ‘Oddi inn litli Glúmsson, Lausavísur 5’ 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, pp. 618-19.
[1] þar ‘there’: This adverbial refers back to the p. n. Akrsborg in Lv 4, assuming the two sts are linked. The Flat variant (þá ‘then’) would have no obvious antecedent, but it is possible that there were intervening sts, now lost.
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2. sjá (verb): see < 2. sjá (verb): see
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me < 2. sjá (verb): see
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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3. at (prep.): at, to
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hǫfuðkirkja (noun f.): cathedral
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siklingr (noun m.; °; -ar): king, ruler
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vinr (noun m.; °-ar, dat. -/(-i OsvReyk 92.17); -ir): friend
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sandr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): sand, beach
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2. ausa (verb; °eyss; jós, jósu/jusu; ausinn): sprinkle, bail
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nú (adv.): now
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3. þruma (verb): ? - used this one
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
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grýttr (adj.): stony, graveled
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hann (pron.; °gen. hans, dat. honum; f. hon, gen. hennar, acc. hana): he, she, it, they, them...
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sól (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -u/-; -ir): sun
[7] birt ‘brightened’: The Flat variant, signuð ‘blessed’, is unmetrical, as kviðuháttr is characterised by its three-syllable odd-numbered ll.
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3. á (prep.): on, at
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1. suðr (noun n.; °-s): [southern, the] < suðrvegr (noun m.)
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1. vegr (noun m.; °-s/-ar, dat. -i/-; -ar/-ir, gen. -a/-na, acc. -a/-i/-u): way, path, side < suðrvegr (noun m.)
[8] ‑vegum: lǫndum Flat
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