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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Sól 66VII/6 — slegin ‘set’

Menn sá ek þá,        er af mikillæti
        virðuz vánum framar;
klæði þeira        váru kýmiliga
        eldi um slegin.

Ek sá menn þá, er af mikillæti virðuz framar vánum; klæði þeira váru kýmiliga um slegin eldi.

I saw men then who from pride esteemed themselves beyond expectation; their clothes were amusingly set on fire.

readings

[6] slegin: so papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, 167b 6ˣ, 214ˣ, 10575ˣ, 2797ˣ, ‘skiginn’ 166bˣ, ausin 1441ˣ

notes

[6] slegin eldi ‘set on fire’: 166bˣ’s ‘skigin’ occurs only in one other ms.; ausin ‘drenched, soaked’, unique to 1441ˣ, is a suggestive evocation of the flames permeating the garments of the proud.

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