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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Sturl Hákkv 30II/7 — yrþjóð ‘mankind’

Ok þar sat
seggja dróttinn
gulli grimmr
á gjafstóli.
Þá hverr maðr
af hringskata,
þat er yrþjóð
æskja kunni.

Ok þar sat dróttinn seggja, grimmr gulli, á gjafstóli. Hverr maðr þá af hringskata, þat er yrþjóð kunni æskja.

And there the lord of men [KING = Hákon], fierce towards gold, sat on the gift-chair. Each man received from the ring-generous one that which mankind could wish for.

readings

[7] yrþjóð: so F, 81a, ‘urðioð’ E, ‘ur þioð’ 42ˣ, ‘yþioð’ 8, öll þjóð Flat

notes

[7] yrþjóð ‘mankind’: Not attested in prose (see LP: yrþjóð). The etymology of the first element of the cpd is obscure (see AEW: yrþjóð). The l. echoes Egill Arkv 17/3V.

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