Angantýr Lv 8VIII (Heiðr 41)/5 — selja ‘give’
Heimsk ertu, Hervör, hugar eigandi,
er þú at augum í eld hrapar.
Heldr vil ek selja þér sverð ór haugi,
mær in unga; mákat ek þér synja.
Ertu heimsk, Hervör, eigandi hugar, er þú hrapar í eld at augum. Ek vil heldr selja þér sverð ór haugi, in unga mær; ek mákat synja þér.
You are foolish, Hervǫr, [but] in possession of courage, since you rush into the fire with your eyes open. I will rather give you the sword from the mound, young woman; I cannot refuse you.
readings
[5] selja: sverð R715ˣ
notes
[5-6] selja þér sverð ‘give you the sword’: Skj B and Skald reverse the order of selja and sverð, which is the reading of R715ˣ, and avoid the heavy anacrusis in the B-line. This is not necessary, however, and the verbal echo in the following stanza perhaps indicates that the order retained here is original, and aesthetically preferable.