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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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GizGrý Lv 7VIII (Heiðr 117)/6 — hundruð ‘hundreds’

Sex ein eru         seggja fylki,
í fylki hverju         fimm þúsundir,
í þúsund hverri         þrettán hundruð,
í hundraði hverju         halir fjórtaldir.

Eru ein sex fylki seggja, í hverju fylki fimm þúsundir, í hverri þúsund þrettán hundruð, í hverju hundraði fjórtaldir halir.

There are around six troops of warriors, in each troop [are] five thousand, in every thousand thirteen hundreds, in every hundred men four times counted.

readings

[6] hundruð: manna placed in parentheses in another hand 203ˣ, manna R715ˣ

notes

[6] hundruð ‘hundreds’: The reading of the mss, manna ‘of men’ (with parentheses as signs of deletion in another hand in 203ˣ) would be distinctly underwhelming. The emendation (made by all eds) can be safely assumed on the basis of the pattern of repetition across ll. 2-3 and 4-5.

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