Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Haraldsdrápa 17’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 279-80.
Bœnir hefk fyr beini
bragna falls við snjallan
Girkja vǫrð ok Garða;
gjǫf launak svá jǫfri.
Hefk bœnir fyr {beini falls bragna} við {snjallan vǫrð Girkja ok Garða}; svá launak jǫfri gjǫf.
‘I raise up prayers for the dealer of warriors’ deaths [WARRIOR] to the wise guardian of the Greeks and of Russia (Garðar) [= God]; thus I repay the prince for his gift.’
Snorri quotes this among helmingar which illustrate kennings for Christ, and introduces it, Grikkja konungr, sem Arnórr kvað ‘King of the Greeks, as Arnórr said’. In LaufE, the st. is also given as an illustration of a kenning for Christ.
[1-2]: On prayers in Arnórr’s memorial poems, see Note to Arn Rǫgndr 3.
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
Bœnir hefk fyr beini
bragna falls við snjallan
Grikkja vǫrð ok Garða;
gjǫf launak svá jǫfri.
Bœnir hefk fyr beini
bragna falls við snjallan
Girkja vǫrð ok Garða;
gjǫf launat svá jǫfri.
bœn hefk fyr beini
bragna falls við †snja[…]a†
Girkja vǫrð ok Garða;
gjǫf launak †s[...]† jǫfri.
Bœnir hefk beini
bragna fjalls um snjallan
Grikkja vǫrð ok Garða;
gjǫf launak svá jǫfri.
bænar hefk frá beini
bragna falls við snjallan
Girkja vǫrð ok Garða;
gjǫf launak svá jǫfri.
bǽnar hæfik fra bæini bragna fallz við sniallan gir | kia vǫrð ok garða giǫf lꜹna æk sva iǫfri .
(VEÞ)
bœn hefk fyr beini
bragna falls við snjallan
Girkja vǫrð ok Garða;
gjǫf launak svá jǫfri.
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