KrákÁsl Lv 4VIII (Ragn 6)/3 — †hressvar† ‘…’
Þrjár nætr skulum þessar,
ok þó saman, byggja
†hressvar† nætr í höllu,
áðr vit heilug goð blótim.
Þó munu mein á mínum
megi til löng of verða;
heldr ertu bráðr at byrja
þann, er bein hefir engi.
Skulum byggja þessar þrjár nætr, †hressvar† nætr, í höllu, ok þó saman, áðr vit blótim heilug goð. Þó munu mein á megi mínum of verða til löng; ertu heldr bráðr at byrja þann, er hefir engi bein.
Let us live for these three nights, … nights, in the hall, and moreover together, before the two of us sacrifice to the holy gods. Yet the harmful consequences for my son will be too long-lasting; you are rather hasty in begetting the one who has no bones.
readings
[3] †hressvar† nætr (‘hressuar nętr’): ‘huessar […]tur’ 147
notes
[3] †hressvar† nætr ‘… nights’: The form hressvar cannot be the f. acc. pl. of the adj. hress ‘cheerful, in high spirits’, because hress is not a wa-stem adj. Another difficulty with any form of the adj. hress qualifying nætr ‘nights’ is that hress seems to be used in Old Norse only of animate beings (cf. ONP: hress).