Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 12’ 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. 708-9.
Ok ófár
austr með landi
snekkju brandr
svífa knátti
gulli glæstr
und göfugmenni;
varat auðligr
allvalds floti.
Ok ófár brandr snekkju knátti svífa und göfugmenni austr með landi, glæstr gulli; floti allvalds varat auðligr.
‘And not a few prows of warships rocked beneath the nobleman east along the coast, adorned with gold; the fleet of the mighty ruler was not paltry.’
As st. 11 above.
[7-8]: The ll. are missing in E and have been supplied from the majority readings.
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.
Ok ófár
austr með landi
snekkju brandr
svífa knátti
gulli glæst
und göfugmenni;
varat auðligr
allvalds floti.
oc úfar aústr med landi snekciu brandr suífa knatti gulli glæst und gauf | ug mennni.
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Ok ófár
austr með landi
snekkju brandr
svífa knátti
gulli glæstr
und göfugmenni;
varat auðligr
allvalds floti.
Ok vfár ꜹstr með landi sneckío brandr svífa | knatti gvlli glæstr vnd gofvg meɴí varat ꜹðlígr allvalldz | flóti·
(VEÞ)
Ok ófár
austr með landi
snekkju brandr
snúa knátti
gulli glæst
und göfugmenni;
varat auðligr
allvalds floti.
Ok ufar austr med lande . sneckíu br | andr snua knatte . gulli glæst vnd gofug menní | var at aud ligur allvallz flotí .
(VEÞ)
Ok ófár
austr með landi
snekkju brandr
svipa knátti
gulli
und göfugmenni;
†var audlingur†
allvaldr floti .
ocufar austur med landj sneckiu brandr suipa | knatti gulli vnd gaufug menní var audlingur allualldr floti·
(VEÞ)
Ok ófár
austr með landi
snekkju brandr
svífa knátti
gulli glæstr
und göfugmenni;
var ei auðligr
allvalds floti.
ok o fꜳʀr austr med landi sneckíu brandr suífa knꜳttí gulli glæstr vnd go᷎fug | menní var ei audlígr alualldz flotí.
(VEÞ)
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