Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 26’ 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, p. 719.
Enn sú rausn
ríða knátti
Hörða grams
með himinskautum,
hvé völsungr
veita knátti
sæmðardag
sinnar vígslu.
Enn sú rausn {grams Hörða} knátti ríða með himinskautum, hvé völsungr knátti veita sæmðardag vígslu sinnar.
‘And that splendour of the lord of the Hǫrðar [NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon] spread along the corners of heaven, how the king entertained on the glorious day of his consecration. ’
After his coronation, Hákon hosted a three-day long magnificent feast in Bergen.
This and the following st. are not recorded in E, and F is the main ms. Also note that the readings of the mss vary significantly, especially those given in Flat.
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.
Enn sú rausn
ríða knátti
Hörða grams
með himinskautum,
hvé völsungr
veita knátti
sæmðardag
sinnar veizlu .
Eɴ sv rꜹsn riða knatti hꜹrða grams | með hímin skꜹ́tom · hversv vꜹlsvngr veíta knatti sæmdar dag | siɴar veízlu·
(VEÞ)
Enn sú rausn
rísa knátti
Hörða grams
með himinskautum,
hvé völsungr
veita knátti
sæmðardag
sinnar vígslu.
Enn su rꜹsn | risa knatti | sæmdar dag | sinnar vixlu |
(VEÞ)
Enn †sam† rausn
ríða †gnadí†
Hörða grams
með skautum,
hvé völsungr
veita knátti
sæmðardag
sinnar vígslu.
En sam . | rausn rída gnadí haurda grams med skauttum . huerssu volsungur | veíta knattí . sæmdar dag sinnar vígslu.
(VEÞ)
Enn sú rausn
renna knátti
Hörða grams
með himinskautum,
hvé völsungr
veita gáði
sæmðardag
sinnar vígslu.
Enn su rausn renna knatti haurða | grams með híminskautum . huę uo᷎lsungr ueita gáði . sæmdar dag . sinnar vigslu.
(VEÞ)
Enn sú rausn
ríða knátti
vörsa grams
með vell-skautum,
hvé völsungr
veita mátti
valinndag
vígslu sinnar .
Enn su rausn ri | da knattí vaursa grams med vell skautum . huersu vaulsungr veita mꜳttí vá | línn dag víxlu sinnar.
(VEÞ)
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