Hróksv Hrkv 9VIII (Hálf 59)/2 — höptu* ‘a female captive’
Bað ekki hann í her höptu* græta,
né manns konu mein at vinna.
Mey bað hann hverja mundi kaupa,
fögru gulli, at föður ráði.
Hann bað ekki græta höptu* í her, né at vinna konu manns mein. Hann bað kaupa hverja mey mundi, fögru gulli, at ráði föður.
He forbade [men] to make a female captive in the army weep nor to do harm to a man’s wife. He ordered every girl to be bought for a bride-price, for fine gold, with the consent of her father.
readings
[2] höptu*: hoptum 2845
notes
[2] höptu* ‘a female captive’: The emendation höptu (so also Edd. Min., Hálf 1909 and FSGJ) is very close to the ms. reading, giving perfect sense to an otherwise incomprehensible line. The ms. reads hoptum. Skj B and Skald read hapt, m. acc. sg. of haptr ‘male captive’.