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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Gestumbl Heiðr 25VIII (Heiðr 72)/8 — hyggðu ‘think’

Fara ek sá         foldar moldbúa;
        á sat nár á nái;
blindr reið blindum         brimleiðar til;
        jór var andar vanr.
Heiðrekr konungr,         hyggðu at gátu.

Ek sá moldbúa foldar fara; á sat nár á nái; blindr reið blindum til brimleiðar; jór var vanr andar. Heiðrekr konungr, hyggðu at gátu.

I saw a soil-dweller <snake> of the earth travelling; a corpse sat on a corpse; a blind thing rode on a blind thing to the surf-way [SEA]; the steed was lacking in breath. King Heiðrekr, think about the riddle.

readings

[7-8] abbrev. as ‘h k’ 2845, abbrev. as ‘heid: kr281ˣ, abbrev. as ‘h K:’ 597bˣ

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