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HSt Rst 33^I/3 — beztu ‘with the highest’

⬅︎ betri (adj. comp.; °superl. beztr/baztr; pos. góðr adj.): better, best

Þengill þróttarstrǫngum
þeim bauð Kristr af heimi
byrtjalds (beztu heilli)
bragningi (goð fagni).
Ygglaust alla þiggi
eljunfimr á himnum
Óláfr œzta sælu
ítrbóls með gram sólar.

Kristr, þengill byrtjalds, bauð þróttarstrǫngum bragningi af þeim heimi; goð fagni beztu heilli. Eljunfimr Óláfr þiggi ygglaust alla œzta sælu á himnum með gram ítrbóls sólar.

Christ, the prince of the wind-tent [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)], invited the ruler strong in valour out of the world; may God receive [him] with the highest grace. May the vigorous Óláfr receive without fear all the highest bliss in the heavens with the lord of the splendid abode of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN > = God].

notes

[3] beztu heilli ‘with the highest grace’: Lit. ‘with the best grace or fortune’: A specifically Christian sense ‘grace’ is appropriate here as, e.g., in Gamlkan Has 1/1^VII.

grammar

Strong form: in -r

note the u-mutation in certain forms

		masc.	fem.	neut.
sing.	N A G D	langr langan langs lǫngum	lǫng langa langrar langri	langt langt langs lǫngu
pl.	N A G D	langir langa langra lǫngum	langar langar langra lǫngum	lǫng lǫng langra lǫngum

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