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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Svart Skauf 19VIII/6 — ferðum ‘travels’

Kallar kámleitr         á konu sína
heldr hvasseygður         hunds jafningi:
‘Má eg segja þier         frá mínum ferðum
heldr hrakliga,         sem mier hugr sagði.

Kámleitr kallar á konu sína, heldr hvasseygður, jafningi hunds: ‘Eg má segja þier frá ferðum mínum, heldr hrakliga, sem hugr sagði mier.

The dark-coloured one calls to his wife, rather keen-eyed, a dog’s equal: ‘I can tell you about my travels, rather ignominiously, as my mind told me.

readings

[6] frá mínum ferðum: frá ferðum mínum 603, hvað mier hugr sagði Rask87ˣ

notes

[6]: Ms. 603 has ferðum mínum (so also Rask87ˣ for l. 8) but this word order is unmetrical because the alliteration then falls on the second lift rather than on the first in an even line.

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