Þar svá hreinn
með heilu liggr
lofsæll gramr
líki sínu,
svát þar kná
sem á kvikum manni
hár ok negl
hônum vaxa.
Lofsæll gramr liggr þar svá hreinn með heilu líki sínu, svát þar hár ok negl kná vaxa hônum, sem á kvikum manni.
The praise-blessed prince lies there so pure, with his body incorrupt, that there hair and nails grow on him, as on a living man.
[6] á: ‘[…]’ 39
[6] á kvikum manni ‘on a living man’: Skj B, Skald, Magerøy and ÍF 27 all omit á ‘on’ here, to achieve a four-syllable line; but the prep. is present in all mss, even though the parallel construction with hnum ‘on him’ indicates that it is unnecessary.