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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hundk Lv 7VIII (HjǪ 40)/3 — sóttan ‘visited’

Æ ertu illr gestum,         opt hefir þú hölða,
þá er mik hafa heim sóttan,         til heljar færða.
Gakk á bekk annan,         garpr meinhugaðr,
hnyttr inn harðleiti;         harðr er á borð annat.

Ertu æ illr gestum, þú hefir opt færða hölða til heljar, þá er hafa sóttan mik heim. Gakk á annan bekk, meinhugaðr garpr, inn harðleiti hnyttr; harðr er á annat borð.

You are always ill-disposed to guests, you have often sent men to Hel, those who have visited me at home. Go to the other bench, malevolent fighter, hard-faced gnome; otherwise you will have a hard choice.

readings

[3] sóttan: sótta papp6ˣ

notes

[3] þá er hafa sóttan mik heim ‘those who have visited me at home’: Most eds, beginning with HjǪ 1720, have emended the mss’ heim sóttan to heimsóttu to produce the line þá er mik heimsóttu ‘those who visted me’.

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