Bragi Frag 4III/1 — sem ‘as’
Þars, sem lofðar líta
lung váfaðar Gungnis.
Þars, sem lofðar líta lung váfaðar Gungnis.
It is there as men see the longship of the swinger of Gungnir <Óðinn’s spear> [= Óðinn > HORSE = Sleipnir].
readings
[1] sem: er W
notes
[1] sem ‘as’: The force of sem in the clause is not clear; Skj B understands it as som om ‘as if’, but one would then expect a subj. (líti) and not an indic. verb (líta). The probable meaning of the whole clause is also obscure: ‘there’, wherever that is, it is as men see Sleipnir.