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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hergunnr Lv 1VIII (HjǪ 15)/4 — vegar ‘honour’

Tölum ek treysti         at tala við höfþingja,
þó munum vér lítit,         þat er til vegar horfir.
Skulum til skála         skunda göngu
ok menn mildungs         merkja á seyði.

Ek treysti tölum at tala við höfþingja, þó munum vér lítit, þat er horfir til vegar. Skulum skunda göngu til skála ok merkja menn mildungs á seyði.

I trust in my powers of speech to talk with chieftains, yet we [I] will [do] little that leads to honour. We shall speed our course to the hall and observe the prince’s men on the fire.

readings

[4] vegar: vega 109a IIIˣ, vegs ÍBR5ˣ

notes

[4] til vegar ‘to honour’: Ms. 109a IIIˣ’s reading vega is emended to give a regular gen. form of vegr ‘honour’. Ms. ÍBR5ˣ has the alternative gen. sg. vegs, but this produces an unmetrical line.

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