R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2017, ‘Einarr skálaglamm Helgason, Haraldsdrápa blátannar 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 138.
Né ættstuðill ættar
ógnherði mun verða
— skyldr emk hróðri at halda —
Hilditanns in mildri.
Né mun verða {ættstuðill ættar Hilditanns} in mildri {ógnherði}; emk skyldr at halda hróðri.
‘There will not be a lineage-pillar of the family of Hilditann (‘War-tooth’) [DANISH KING] more generous than the terror-enhancer [WARRIOR]; I am bound to uphold praise. ’
The helmingr is cited to illustrate the point that persons may be referred to in skaldic verse by their descent. In the present instance, the person addressed is identified simply as a descendant of Haraldr hilditǫnn (see Note to l. 4 below).
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.
Ne ætt stvþill | ættar ogn herþi mvn verþa skylldr em ek hroðri at hallda hill | di tanz inn milldri. |
(RDF)
Né ættstuðill ættar
ógnherði mun verða
— skyldr emk hróðri at halda —
Hilditanns in mildi.
Ne ætt stvþill ættar ogn herþer mvn verþa skyldr emec hroðri at halda hildi | taɴz in mildi. |
(RDF)
Né †et-†stuðill ættar
ógnherði mun verða
— skyldr emk hróðri at halda —
Hilditanns in mildri.
Ne ėt studill ettar ogn herdir mun verda scyldr em ek | hrodri at halda hilditanz inn mildri. |
(RDF)
Né átt-stuðill ættar
ógnherði mun verða
— skyldr emk hróðri at halda —
Hilditanns in mildi.
Ne | att stuðill ættar ogn herðer mun verða skylldr em ek hroðri at hallda hillditannz | hinn milldi
(RDF)
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