Þhorn Harkv 16I/5 — Féi ‘valuables’
‘Mjǫk eru reifðir rógbirtingar,
þeir es í Haralds túni húnum verpa.
* Féi eru þeir gœddir ok fǫgrum mætum,
malmi húnlenzkum ok mani austrœnu.
‘Rógbirtingar eru mjǫk reifðir, þeir es verpa húnum í túni Haralds. Þeir eru gœddir * féi ok fǫgrum mætum, húnlenzkum malmi ok austrœnu mani.
‘Strife-displayers [WARRIORS] are greatly enriched, those who cast dice at Haraldr’s court. They are endowed with valuables and handsome treasures, with Hunnish metal and an eastern bondwoman.
readings
[5] * Féi: í fé 51ˣ, FskBˣ, 302ˣ, ‘IIfe’ or ‘Ufe’ FskAˣ, 301ˣ, ‘Ufe’ 52ˣ
notes
[5] * féi ‘with valuables’: The dat. ending -i is required here by the metre, but the later monosyllabic form fé seems to have replaced it in transmission, with a prep. added to compensate. In the FskA transcripts this prep. appears as a heavy mark that may be ‘II’ or ‘U’, perhaps a corruption of Ii (= Í).