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Anon Bjark 4III/7 — Draupnis ‘Draupnir’s’

Gramr inn gjǫflasti         gœddi hirð sína
Fenju forverki,         Fáfnis miðgarði,
Glasis glóbarri,         Grana fagrbyrði,
Draupnis dýrsveita,         dúni Grafvitnis.

Inn gjǫflasti gramr gœddi hirð sína forverki Fenju, miðgarði Fáfnis, glóbarri Glasis, fagrbyrði Grana, dýrsveita Draupnis, dúni Grafvitnis.

The most munificent prince enriched his retinue with Fenja’s <giantess’s> toil [GOLD], Fáfnir’s <dragon’s> land [GOLD], Glasir’s <grove’s> glowing foliage [GOLD], Grani’s <horse’s> fair burden [GOLD], Draupnir’s <mythical ring’s> precious sweat [GOLD], Grafvitnir’s <snake’s> feather-bed [GOLD].

readings

[7] Draupnis: ‘[…]raupnis’ C, Drupnis papp10ˣ, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ

notes

[7] dýrsveita Draupnis ‘Draupnir’s <mythical ring’s> precious sweat [GOLD]’: Draupnir ‘Dripper’ was the name of a gold ring owned by the god Óðinn, which had the property that every ninth night there dripped from it eight equally heavy gold rings (SnE 2005, 47); cf. drógar Draupnis ‘of the drawing of Draupnir’ OBarr Frag 1/1.

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