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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hharð Lv 2bII/3 — veit ‘knows’

Nú lætk skóg af skógi
skreiðask lítils heiðar;
hverr veit, nema verðak
víða frægr of síðir?

Nú lætk skreiðask skóg af skógi lítils heiðar; hverr veit, nema verðak víða frægr of síðir?

Now I’m slinking from wood to wood with little honour; who knows if I won’t become famous far and wide in the end?

readings

[3] veit: ‘vit’ 972ˣ(537va), veit ek Bb

notes

[3] hverr veit, nema verðak ‘who knows if I won’t become’: The l. is unmetrical and the insertion of the expletive particle of would restore the reading (hverr of veit, nema verðak ‘who knows if I won’t become’).

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