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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Sigv Vestv 7I/8 — sœma ‘was fitting’

Knútr spurði mik mæta
mildr, ef hônum vildak
hendilangr sem hringa
hugreifum Ôleifi.
Einn kvaðk senn, en sǫnnu
svara þóttumk ek, dróttinn
— gefin eru gumna hverjum
góð dœmi — mér sœma.

Knútr, mildr mæta, spurði mik, ef vildak hendilangr hônum sem Ôleifi, hugreifum hringa. Kvaðk einn dróttinn senn sœma mér, en þóttumk ek svara sǫnnu; góð dœmi eru gefin hverjum gumna.

Knútr, generous with treasures, asked me if I wanted [to be] of service to him as to Óláfr, bountiful with rings. I declared that one lord at a time was fitting for me, and I thought I answered truthfully; good examples are given to every man.

readings

[8] sœma: so J2ˣ, 321ˣ, 73aˣ, Holm4, 61, 75c, 325V, Bb, Flat, Tóm, sóma , Holm2, ‘[…]ma’ 68

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