R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2022, ‘Fóstbrœðra saga 2 (Þormóðr Kolbrúnarskáld, Þorgeirsdrápa 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 484.
The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):
Starf hófsk upp, þás arfa
auðveitir lét dauðan
(hestrennir vas hlunna
hugsnjallr) Klœings falla;
efnð tóksk Hávars hefnðar,
hafstóðs þás vas Móði
(hann hlaut happ at vinna
hvettr) fimtían vetra.
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.
Starf þreifz upp þa er arfa | auðveitir let dauðann | hestrennir var hlunna | hugsniallr klængs falli | efnd tok Havars hefnðar | haf stoðs þa við moði | hann varð haupp at vinna | hvetr ok xv vetra ||
(VEÞ)
imagesStarf þreifz vpp þá er arfa | avðveitir let davðan | hestrennir var hlunna | hugsnjallr Klœngs falli | efnd tók Hávars hefndar | hafstóðs þá var móði | hann varð haupp at vinna | hvetr ok xv. vetra. |
(RDF)
imagesStarf þreifz upp þá er arfa | auðveitir let dauðan | hestrennir var hlunna | hugsniallr klængs falli | efnd tók Hávars hefndar | haf stóðs þá er móði | hann varð haupp at vinna | hvetr ok xv. vetra. |
(KSH)
Starf þreifst | vp þa er arfa aud viter veiter liet daudann hestrenner var | hlunna hugsniallur klænngs falli efnd tok Havars hef | ndar hafstodz þa vid modi hann vard haupp ad vinna huetvr | ok xv. vetra .
(RDF)
imagesSto᷎rf þrifua upp þä arfa . audveyter liet daudann , hest renner | ver hlunna , hugsniallur klængs falle , jafnnade Hävars hefnði | hafsiöds þö vid möde , hann vard ho᷎pp at vinna , huetur of fimtjän | vetra.
(RDF)
imagesStarf þreifz upp þa er arfa | auðveitir let dauðan, hestreɴir var hluɴa, hugsniallr klængs | falli, efnd tok Havarz hefndar, happ stoðs þa er moði, hann varþ | haupp at vinna, hvetr ok xv vetra.
(VEÞ)
imagesStarf hofzst upp þaer arfa || auduæitir síg daudan hastrennir var hlunna haugsníallr klęngs f | alla efnnd tokzst hauars hefndar hapstods þa er var mode hann hla | aut happ at vínna huatr xv uetra·
(RDF)
imagesStarf þreifz | upp þaer arfa, auð veitir let dauðann, hestrennir var hlunna, hug | sniallr klœngs falli, efnd tok Havars hefndar, happ stoðs þaer | moði, hann varð haupp at vinna, hvetr ok xv vetra,
(TW)
imagesStarf hofz up þa er arfa | auðveitir sik dauðan | hastrennir var hlunna | haugsniallr klængs falla | efnd tokz Havarz hefndar | hap stoðs þa er var moðr | hann hlaut hap at vinna | hvatr xv vetra |
(VEÞ)
imagesStarf hofz upp þa er arfa | auþveitir sik dauþan | hastrennir var hlunna | haugsniallr Klęngs falla | efnd tokzt Havars hefndar | hafstoþs þa er var moþe | hann hlaut happ at vinna | hoatr xv. vetra.
(VEÞ)
imagesSkj: Þórmóðr Bersason Kolbrúnarskáld, 1. Þórgeirsdrápa 1: AI, 277, BI, 256, Skald I, 132, NN §447B; Flat 1860-8, II, 96 (Fbr (ÓH ch. 77)), Fbr 1852, 10 (ch. 3), Fbr 1925-7, 14 (ch. 3), Loth 1960, 88 (ch. 4), ÍS 780 (ch. 3), ÍF 6, 130-1 (Fbr ch. 3); Gaertner 1907, 308, 313-14, Finnur Jónsson 1932-3, 33-4.
Use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate between stanzas in a poem.
The text and translation are given here, with buttons to toggle whether the text is shown in the verse order or prose word order. Clicking on indiviudal words gives dictionary links, variant readings, kennings and notes, where relevant.
This is the text of the edition in a similar format to how the edition appears in the printed volumes.
This view is also used for chapters and other text segments. Not all the headings shown are relevant to such sections.