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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Gestumbl Heiðr 8VIII (Heiðr 55)/8 — hyggðu ‘think’

Hvat er þat undra,         er ek úti sá
        fyrir Dellings durum?
Höfði sínu         vísar á helvega,
        en fótum til sólar snýr.
Heiðrekr konungr,         hyggðu at gátu.

Hvat undra er þat, er ek sá úti fyrir durum Dellings? Vísar höfði sínu á helvega, en snýr fótum til sólar. Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu.

What is the wonder that I saw outside before Dellingr’s doors? It points its head towards the roads to Hel, but with its feet turns towards the sun. King Heiðrekr, think about the riddle.

readings

[7-8] so 203ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h k h’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘h: kr. h:’ 281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h: K: h þu ad g’ 597bˣ

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