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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þham Frag 1III/4 — gollbúit ‘a gold-adorned’

Mér réð senda         of svalan ægi
Vǫlsunga niðr         vápn gollbúit.

Niðr Vǫlsunga réð senda mér gollbúit vápn of svalan ægi.

The descendant of the Vǫlsungar <legendary family> [RULER] sent me a gold-adorned weapon across the cool sea.

readings

[4] gollbúit: so , U, A, B, gollbúinn R, gollbúin C

notes

[4] gollbúit (n. acc. sg.) ‘a gold-adorned’: The R reading gollbúinn m. nom. sg. ‘gold-adorned’ can only qualify niðr m. nom. sg. ‘descendant’, which is unlikely. Gollbúin n. acc. pl. (so C) provides the reading gollbúin vôpn ‘gold-adorned weapons’. For weapons decorated with gold, see ESk Øxfl and Introduction to that poem.

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