Anon Leið 21VII/1 — Einn ‘alone’
Einn es sælstr of sinni
— samir lýðum trú þýðask —
heims stýrandinn hár*i
hallar skepnu allri.
Lúta englar ítrum
óttlaust ok lið dróttni;
einn es siklingr sunnu
setrs hvívetna betri.
Stýrandinn hallar heims es einn sælstr of allri sinni hár*i skepnu; lýðum samir þýðask trú. Englar ok lið lúta óttlaust ítrum dróttni; siklingr setrs sunnu es einn betri hvívetna.
The steerer of the hall of the world [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] is alone most blessed throughout all his exalted creation; it befits people to submit to the faith. Angels and people bow down fearlessly before the glorious Lord; the king of the seat of the sun [SKY/HEAVEN > = God] is alone better than everything else.
notes
[1] einn ‘alone’: Finnur Jónsson construes einn stýrandi heims hallar which he glosses himlens eneste styrer ‘heaven’s sole steerer’ (Skj B). Kock’s arrangement, adopted here (see NN §2560) takes einn as a predicative adj. ‘alone’. This interpretation is anticipated by Sveinbjörn Egilsson in a marginal note to Jón Sigurðsson’s transcription of the 624 text in 444(2)ˣ. Fritzner: einn cites several examples in which einn or einna is followed by a sup. adj. The same construction, with the comp. form of the adj., is found in the first refrain (13/5-8; 17/5-8; 21/5-8), thus providing parallelism between the two helmingar of this st.