Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Runhent poem about Haraldr 2’ 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. 105-6.
Eykr Ôleifs feðr
Járnsǫxu veðr
harðræði hvert,
svát hróðrs es vert.
{Veðr Járnsǫxu} eykr hvert harðræði {feðr Ôleifs}, svát hróðrs es vert.
‘His gale of Járnsaxa <giantess> [MIND] increases every tough exploit for Óláfr’s father [= Haraldr], so that it is worthy of praise poetry.’
The st. is cited within a discussion of kennings and terms for rulers and their men.
The introductory words in SnE specify origins in a poem about Haraldr: En Þjóðólfr kvað svá um Harald ‘And Þjóðólfr spoke thus about Haraldr’.
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.
Uex olafs feðr iarnsaxa veðr harðræþit hvert sva at hroðrs er vert.
(DW)
Eykr Ôleifs feðr
Járnsǫxu veðr
harðræði hvert,
svát †hrodis† es vert.
Eykr Ôleifs feðr
Járnsǫxu veðr
harðræði hvert,
svá hróðrs es vert.
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