Lǫgr þvær flaust, en fagrir,
— flóðs vaskar brim glóðum —
þars sær á hlið hvára
hlymr, veðrvitar glymja.
Lǫgr þvær flaust, en fagrir veðrvitar glymja, þars sær hlymr á hvára hlið; brim vaskar glóðum flóðs.
The ocean washes the ships, and fair weather-vanes resound where the sea roars on each side; the surf cleanses embers of the flood [GOLD].
[2] glóðum flóðs ‘embers of the flood [GOLD]’: Earlier eds emend to stóðum flóðs ‘stud-horses of the flood’, i.e. ‘ships’. That reading is not supported by any of the ms. witnesses, and the gold that is washed by the ocean must be the golden ornaments on the ships (see Fidjestøl 1982, 208). For similar imagery of such ornaments being sprayed by the sea, see Valg Har 11II and Gísl Magnkv 16II.
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