Carolyne Larrington and Peter Robinson (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Sólarljóð 2’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 296-7.
Einn hann át, opt, harðliga;
aldri bauð hann manni til matar,
áðr en móðr ok meginlítill
gestr gangandi af götu kom.
Hann át einn, opt, harðliga; hann bauð aldri manni til matar, áðr en móðr ok meginlítill gestr kom gangandi af götu.
‘He ate alone, often, sternly; he never invited anyone for a meal, before a weary, exhausted stranger came walking from the road.’
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Einn hann át,
opt, harðla;
aldri bauð hann manni til matar,
áðr en móðr
ok meginlítill
gestr gangandi af götu kom.
Einn hann át,
opt, harðla;
aldri bauð hann manni til matar,
áðr en móðr
ok meginlítill
gestr gangandi af götu kom.
Einn hann át,
opt, †harla†;
aldri bauð hann manni til matar,
áðr en móðr
ok meginlítill
gestr gangandi af götu kom.
Einn hann hann át ,
opt, †harla†;
aldri bauð hann manni til matar,
áðr en móðr
ok meginlítill
gestr gangandi at garði kom.
Eirn haṅ haṅ ȧat opt hȧrla ȧlldrei | baud haṅ maṅe til matar ȧadur eṅ mȯd | ur og meigeṅ lytill giestur gängandi ad gardi | kȯm
(TW)
Einn hann át,
opt, †harla†;
aldri bauð hann manni til matar,
áðr en móðr
ok meginlítill
gestr gangandi af götu kom.
Einn hann át,
opt, †harla†;
aldri bauð hann manni til matar,
áðr en móðr
ok meginlítill
gestr gangandi af götu kom.
Einn át hann ,
opt, †harla†;
aldri bauð manni til matar,
áðr en móðr
ok meginlítill
gestr gangandi af götu kom.
Einn hann át,
opt, harðla;
aldri bauð hann manni til matar,
áðr en móðr
ok meginlítill
gestr gangandi af götu kom.
Eiɴ haɴ at | opt harla aldri || bauþ haɴ maɴi til matar | aþr en moþr | oc meginlitiL gezr | gangandı af gauto kuam
(TW)
Einn hann át,
opt, harðla;
aldri bauð hann manni til matar,
áðr en móðr
ok meginlítill
gestr gangandi um götu kom.
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], G [6]. Sólarljóð 2: AI, 628, BI, 635, Skald I, 308, NN §57; Bugge 1867, 357, Falk 1914, 1, Björn M. Ólsen 1915, 6, Fidjestøl 1979, 60, Njörður Njarðvík 1991, 43-4, Njörður Njarðvík 1993, 8, 91.
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