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Rígsþula

English for the 1 passage of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.

1.321–1.338

1.321

ſkeẏtí ſkoꝼu

shaved arrow-shafts,

1.322

ſkelꝼðu aſka

shook ash-spears;

1.323

en konr ungr

but Kon the Young

1.324

kunní runar

knew runes,

1.325

æꝼinrunar

runes of eternity

1.326

ok allꝺꝛrunar.

and runes of life;

1.327

meiʀ̇ kunni hann

further he knew how

1.328

monnum biarga

to save men,

1.329

eggiar ꝺeẏꝼa

to blunt edges,

1.330

ægi lęgia.

to calm the sea.

1.331

klǫk nam ꝼugla

He learned the speech of birds,

1.332

kẏrra ellꝺa

to quell fires,

1.333

ſæva ok ſveꝼia

to soothe and lull to sleep,

1.334

ſoꝛger lægia

to allay sorrows;

1.335

aꝼl ok eliun

[he had] the strength and vigour

1.336

.viii. manna

of eight men.

1.337

hann við rig Iarl

He with Rig Jarl

1.338

runar ꝺeillꝺi

contended in runes,

Translator's note. Konr ungr, 'Kon the Young' (literally 'young kinsman'), plays on konungr, 'king'. ævinrúnar and aldrrúnar, 'runes of eternity' and 'runes of life', are of uncertain force. Rig Jarl is Jarl ('Earl'), Kon's father, who bears Rig's name.

The whole original: Menota's corpus at Clarino (open AM 242 fol).