Míkáll vegr, þats misgǫrt þykkir,
mannvitsfróðr, ok allt it góða;
tyggi skiptir síðan seggjum
sólar hjalms á dœmistóli.
Mannvitsfróðr Míkáll vegr, þats þykkir misgǫrt ok allt it góða; tyggi hjalms sólar skiptir síðan seggjum á dœmistóli.
Michael, wise with discernment, weighs what seems wrongly done, and all that is good; the sovereign of the helmet of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] then separates out men at his judgement-seat.
[2] mannvitsfróðr ‘wise with discernment’: The adj., written as two words in the mss, is a hap. leg., though cf. Anon Níkdr 3/3 manvitsfrægr ‘famous of understanding’ and Note. Compounds with the first element in the gen. are more characteristic of later poetry (see, e.g. examples in þróttar- ‘strength-’ in LP: þróttar-).