Cookies on our website

We use cookies on this website, mainly to provide a secure browsing experience but also to collect statistics on how the website is used. You can find out more about the cookies we set, the information we store and how we use it on the cookies page.

Continue

skaldic

Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

Menu Search

Vitg Lv 1I/2 — síðim ‘perform sorcery’

Þats vô lítil,         at vér síðim
karla bǫrn         ok kerlinga,
es Rǫgnvaldr síðr         réttilbeini
hróðmǫgr Haralds         á Haðalandi.

Þats lítil vô, at vér síðim, bǫrn karla ok kerlinga, es Rǫgnvaldr réttilbeini, hróðmǫgr Haralds, síðr á Haðalandi.

It is [does] little harm that we perform sorcery, children of lowly men and women, when Rǫgnvaldr réttilbeini, Haraldr’s glorious son, performs sorcery in Hadeland.

readings

[2] síðim: seiðim 61(2va), 53, Bb, Flat, 325VI, 73aˣ, 78aˣ, 61(75vb), 325V, seiðum R686ˣ, 972ˣ, Tóm

notes

[2] síðim (1st pers. pl. pres. subj.) ‘perform sorcery’: Both síðim (from síða, first class strong verb) and seiðim (from seiða, weak verb) are possible grammatically and metrically, but the strong verb is preferred here (see Note to l. 5 síðr below).

grammar

Close

Log in

This service is only available to members of the relevant projects, and to purchasers of the skaldic volumes published by Brepols.
This service uses cookies. By logging in you agree to the use of cookies on your browser.

Close

Word in text

This view shows information about an instance of a word in a text.