SnSt Ht 46^III

Virðandi gefr virðum
verbál liðar skerja;
gleðr vellbroti vellum
verðung afarþungum.
Ýtandi fremr ýta
auðs sæfuna rauðum,
þars mætum gram mæti
marblakks skipendr þakka.

{Virðandi {skerja liðar}} gefr virðum {verbál}; {vellbroti} gleðr verðung afarþungum vellum. {Ýtandi auðs} fremr ýta {rauðum sæfuna}, þars {skipendr {marblakks}} þakka mætum gram mæti.

{The appraiser {of the limb’s skerries}} [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] gives {ocean-pyre} [GOLD] to men; {the gold-breaker} [GENEROUS MAN] gladdens the crew with extremely heavy gold. {The despatcher of wealth} [GENEROUS MAN] promotes people {with red sea-flame} [GOLD] where {occupants {of the sea-steed}} [SHIPS > SEAFARERS] thank the worthy lord for valuable objects.

Mss: R(49v), Tˣ(51v), W(145), U(54r) (SnE)

Readings: [2] ‑bál: so all others, ‑báls R;    liðar: ‘ladar’ Tˣ    [3] ‑broti: so all others, ‑brjóti R    [4] afar‑: so all others, ‘avrar’ R    [6] auðs: auð W    [7] gram: ‘grar’ Tˣ

Editions: Skj AII, 64-5, Skj BII, 73, Skald II, 41; SnE 1848-87, I, 658-9, II, 392, III, 122-3, SnE 1879-81, I, 8, 79, II, 19, SnE 1931, 235, SnE 2007, 22; Konráð Gíslason 1895-7, I, 28.

Context: The dróttkvætt variant is samhent ‘coincidental-rhymed’. The odd lines have aðalhendingar which fall on the alliterating syllables, thus causing a repetition of root syllables (the same rhetorical device as in st. 45 above).

Notes: [All]: Like rétthent ‘consistently rhymed’ (st. 42 above), this rhyme scheme in the odd lines does occur elsewhere, but not systematically. — [All]: The heading in Tˣ is 38. — [3] -broti (m. nom. sg.) ‘-breaker’: The R variant, -brjóti (m. dat. sg.) ‘-breaker’ is metrically possible but cannot be construed to make any sense syntactically. — [6] auðs ‘of wealth’: Altered to auð in R (R*).

References

1. Bibliography
2. SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
4. SnE 1931 = Snorri Sturluson. 1931. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar. Ed. Finnur Jónsson. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
5. Konráð Gíslason. 1895-7. Efterladte skrifter. 2 vols. I: Forelæsninger over oldnordiske skjaldekvad. II: Forelæsninger og videnskablige afhandlinger. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
6. SnE 2007 = Snorri Sturluson. 2007. Edda: Háttatal. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
7. SnE 1879-81 = Möbius, Theodor, ed. 1879-81. Hattatal Snorra Sturlusonar. 2 vols. Halle an de Saale: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses.