R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Eiríksmál 3’ 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. 1008.
‘Hvat þrymr þar *, sem þúsund bifisk
eða mengi til mikit?
Braka ǫll bekkþili, sem myni Baldr koma
eptir í Óðins sali.’
‘Hvat þrymr þar *, sem þúsund bifisk eða mengi til mikit? Ǫll bekkþili braka, sem Baldr myni koma eptir í sali Óðins.’
‘‘What is making a din there, as if a thousand were in motion, or an exceedingly great throng? All the bench-planks creak, as if Baldr were coming back into Óðinn’s residence.’’
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.
Hvat þrymr þar Brage | sem þusund bivizt || eða mængi til mikit, | braca oll becc þili | sem muni Balldr koma | eftir í Oðens sale ᷎ |
(RDF)
Hvat þrymr þar Bragi | sem þusund bivizt | eþa mænge til mikit | braka oll beccþili | sem muni balldr coma | eptir i Oðins sale |
(RDF)
Hvat þrymr þar Bragi | sem þusund bivizt | eþa mængi til mikit | braca oll beccþile | sem mone Balldr coma | eptir i Oþins sale |
(VEÞ)
Hvat þrymr þar Brage , sem þusund bi | vizt , eða mængi til mikit , braca oll becc þili , sem | muni balldr coma eptir i oðins sale .
(VEÞ)
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [X], I. A. [1]. Eiríksmál 3: 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.
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