StarkSt Vík 30VIII (Gautr 38)/3 — sjöt ‘the residence’
Nú sótta ek til Svíþjóðar,
Ynglinga sjöt, til Uppsala.
Hér láta mik, sem ek lengi mun,
þöglan þul, þjóðans synir.
Nú sótta ek sjöt Ynglinga, til Svíþjóðar, til Uppsala. Synir þjóðans láta mik hér þöglan þul, sem ek mun lengi.
I now sought the residence of the Ynglingar, [made my way] to Sweden, to Uppsala. The prince’s sons allow me [to stay] here [as] a silent poet, as I shall [be] for a long time.
readings
[3] sjöt: ‘sio᷎’ 152
notes
[3] sjöt Ynglinga ‘the residence of the Ynglingar’: The Ynglingar were the ancient ruling house of the Svíar, based in Old Uppsala, and celebrated in Þjóð YtI, which gives the names of twenty Swedish Ynglingar at Uppsala and six rulers over Norway. Legendary and historical sources claim that the Norwegian royal house that was dominant in the historical period descended from the Swedish dynasty. The pl. form Ynglingar appears only here in Old Norse poetry, although the sg. ynglingr ‘ruler, prince’ is more common; for a discussion, see Introduction to Þjóð YtI.