R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2017, ‘Steinþórr, Fragment 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 390.
Forngǫrvan ák firnum
farms Gunnlaðar arma
horna fors at hrósa
hlítstyggs ok þó lítinn.
Ák at hrósa firnum {{fors horna} {hlítstyggs farms arma Gunnlaðar}} forngǫrvan ok þó lítinn.
‘I have to praise vehemently the waterfall of horns [MEAD] of the trust-wary freight of the arms of Gunnlǫð <giantess> [LOVER = Óðinn > POETRY] made of old, and yet meagre. ’
In both Skm and LaufE, the helmingr is one of several cited to illustrate poetic circumlocutions referring to Óðinn.
The overall sense is that the poet is proud of his poetic craft (the mead of Óðinn, as poetry is called, for the reason offered in Skm, SnE 1998, I, 3-5), though it is modest.
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.
Forngǫrvan ák firnum
farms Gunnlaðar arma
horna fors at hrósa
hlít†-styks† ok þó lítinn.
orngervan a ec firnvm farms gvnn | laþar arma horna fors at hrosa hlir styks ok þo litlvm.
(RDF)
Forngǫrvan ák firnum
farms Gunnlaðar arma
horna fors at hrósa
hlítstigs ok þó lítinn.
forngo᷎ruan a ek firnom farms gunnladar ar- | ma, horna fors at hrosa hlit stigs ok þo litinn.
(RDF)
Forngǫrvar ák firnum
farms Gunnlaðar arma
horna fors at hrósa
hlítstyggs ok þó lítinn.
Forngior | var aek firnum farms gvnnlaðar arma horna fors at hrosa hlitstyggs ok þo litlvm |
(RDF)
Forn-gǫrvum ák fyrðum
farms Gunnlaðar arma
horna fors at hrósa
hlítstyggs ok þó lítinn.
Forngervom a ek fyrþvm . farms gvnnlaþar arma . | horna fors at hrosa hlitstyɢs ok þo litlvm.
(RDF)
Forngǫrvan ák firnum
farms Gunn-hlaðar arma
horna fors at hrósa
hlítstyggs ok þó lítinn.
Forngerfan a ek firnum farms gu[…]hladar arma | horna […]ors at hrosa hlit styggs ok þo litlum.
(RDF)
Forngǫrvar ák firnum
farms Gunnlaðar arma
horna fors at hrósa
hlítstyggs ok þó lítinn.
Forngǫrvar ák firnum
farms Gunnlaðar arma
horna fors at hrósa
hlítstyggs ok þó lítinn.
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