R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorbjǫrn hornklofi, Haraldskvæði (Hrafnsmál) 17’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 111.
‘Þá eru þeir reifir, es vitu rómu væni,
ǫrvir upp at hlaupa ok árar at sveigja,
hǫmlur at brjóta en hái at slíta;
ríkuliga hygg ek þá vǫrru þeysa at vísa ráði.’
‘Þá eru þeir reifir, es vitu væni rómu, ǫrvir at hlaupa upp ok at sveigja árar, at brjóta hǫmlur en at slíta hái; ek hygg þá þeysa vǫrru ríkuliga at ráði vísa.’
‘‘Then they are glad, when they know [there is] prospect of battle, ready to leap up and to bend oars, to break thongs and to shatter oarports; I think they speed the oar-strokes powerfully at the bidding of the leader.’’
As for st. 15.
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.
‘Þá eru þeir reifir,
es vitu rómu væni,
ǫrvir upp at hlaupa
ok árar at †svægia†,
hǫmlur at brjóta
en hái slíta;
†ræiku-†liga hygg ek þá vǫrru þeysa
at vísa ráði.’
Þa ero þæir ræifir | er vitu romo væne | orvir upp at laupa | oc arar at svægia | ho᷎mlur at briota | en hae slita | ræikulega hygg ec þa | vorru þo᷎ysa at visa raðe. |
(RDF)
‘Þá eru þeir reifir,
es vita rómu væni,
†orpir† upp at hlaupa
ok árar at †svægia†,
hǫmlur at brjóta
en hái slíta;
†ræiku-†liga hygg ek þá vǫrru þeysa
at vísa ráði.’
Ða ero þæir ræífir | er vita romo væne | orpir upp at laupa | oc arar at svægia | homlur at briota | enn hae slita | ræikulega hygg ek þa vorru þꝍysa | at visa raðe |
(RDF)
‘Þá eru þeir reifir,
es vitu rómu væni,
ǫrvir upp at hlaupa
ok árar at †svægia†,
hǫmlur at brjóta
en hái slíta;
†ræiku-†liga hygg ek þá vǫrru þeysa
at vísa ráði.’
Þa ero þæir ræifir | er vitu romo væne | orvir upp at laupa | oc arar at svægia | ho᷎mlur at briota | en hae slita | ræiku(ku) lega hygg ec þa | vorru þo᷎ysa . at visa raðe . |
(VEÞ)
‘Þá eru þeir reifir,
es vitu rómu væni,
ǫrvir upp at hlaupa
ok árar at sveigja,
†homlr† at brjóta
en hái at slíta;
ríkuliga hygg ek þá vǫrru þeysa
at vísa ráði.’
Þa ero þeir reivir | er vito romo væne | orvir up at loupa | oc arar at sveighia | homlr at briota | en hai at slita | rikulegha hyɢ ec þa | vorru þꝍysa at visa raðe |
(RDF)
‘Þá eru þeir reifir,
es vitu rómu væni,
ǫrvir upp at hlaupa
ok árar at sveigja,
†homlr† at brjóta
en hái at slíta;
ríkuliga hygg ek þá vǫrru þeysa
at vísa ráði.’
Þa ero þeir reivir | er vito romu væni | orvir up at loupa | oc arar at sveighia | homlr at briota | enn hai at slita | rikuligha hyɢ ec þa | voʀu þꝍysa at visa raðe |
(VEÞ)
‘Þá eru þeir reifir,
es vitu rómu væni,
ǫrvir upp at hlaupa
ok árar at †sveghia†,
†homlr† at brjóta
en hái at slíta;
ríkuliga hygg ek þá vǫrru þeysa
at vísa ráði.’
Ða ero þeir reivir er | vito romo væne , orvir upp at loupa oc arar at | sveghia , homlr at briota enn hai at slita riku | legha hyɢ ec þa vorru þeysa at visa raðe . |
(VEÞ)
Skj: Þórbjǫrn hornklofi, 2. Haraldskvæði (Hrafnsmál) 17: AI, 27, BI, 24, Skald I, 15, NN §3205; Fsk 1902-3, 10, ÍF 29, 62 (ch. 2); Möbius 1860, 230, Jón Helgason 1946, 138, Jón Helgason 1968, 19.
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