Heil - vertu, - drottning - dýrðar,-
dáð - lífs og vit ráða,
himins … og hjálp aumum,
…
höll guðs, frægðar fylling,
friðar gnótt og líkn ótta,
skuggsjó bjartra …
…
Heil vertu, drottning dýrðar, dáð lífs og vit ráða, himins … og hjálp aumum, … höll guðs, fylling frægðar, gnótt friðar og líkn ótta, skuggsjó bjartra …
Hail to you, queen of glory, courage of life and understanding of counsels, heaven’s … and help to the wretched; … hall of God, fulfilment of renown, abundance of peace and salve of fear, mirror of the bright …
[7] skuggsjó bjartra: ‘sk[...]gsío[...]’ B, ‘skuggsió ḅjartra’ 399a‑bˣ, ‘sk(u)gsio[...] biartra’(?) BRydberg, ‘skvgsio hiart[...]’ BFJ
[7] skuggsjó ‘mirror’: The word is rare in skaldic poetry (LP: skuggsjó, skuggsjón) and is always used in a religious context, though not elsewhere of the Virgin. Rydberg (1907, 40 n. 7) claimed to be able to see traces of a final <n>.