R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Eiríksmál 2’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1007.
‘Es mér ór heimi hǫlða vánir
gǫfugra nǫkkurra, svá es mér glatt hjarta.’
‘Es mér vánir nǫkkurra gǫfugra hǫlða ór heimi, svá es hjarta mér glatt.’
‘‘I expect certain glorious men from the world [of the living], so my heart is glad.’’
As for st. 1 (Fsk).
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.
‘Es mér ór heimi
hǫlða vánir
gǫfugra nǫkkurra,
svá es mér glatt hjarta.’
er me[r] or heímí | haullda vaner | gofgra noccora | sva er mer glatt hiarta. |
(RDF)
‘Es mér ór heimi
hǫlða vánir
gǫfugra nǫkkurra,
svá es mér glatt um hjarta.’
er mer or heimi || haullda vanir | gaufgra noccora | sva er mer glatt um hiarta |
(RDF)
‘Es mér ór heimi
hǫlða vánir
gǫfugra nǫkkurra,
svá es mér glatt hjarta.’
er mer or heimi | hꜹlda vanir | gꜹfgra nockoʀa | sva er mer glatt hiarta |
(VEÞ)
‘Es †me† ór heimi
hǫlða vánir
gǫfugra nǫkkurra,
svá es mér glatt hjarta.’
er me or heimi | haullda vanir , gaufgra nocora , sva er mer glatt | hiarta .
(VEÞ)
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [X], I. A. [1]. Eiríksmál 2: AI, 175, BI, 165, Skald I, 89; Fsk 1902-3, 28 (ch. 7), ÍF 29, 78 (ch. 8); Möbius 1860, 231, Gordon 1957, 148, Jón Helgason 1968, 22.
Use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate between stanzas in a poem.
The text and translation are given here, with buttons to toggle whether the text is shown in the verse order or prose word order. Clicking on indiviudal words gives dictionary links, variant readings, kennings and notes, where relevant.
This is the text of the edition in a similar format to how the edition appears in the printed volumes.
This view is also used for chapters and other text segments. Not all the headings shown are relevant to such sections.