Kálfsvísa — Þul KálfvIII
Anonymous Þulur
Kari Ellen Gade 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Kálfsvísa’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 663. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1044> (accessed 23 April 2024)
Dagr reið Drǫsli en Dvalinn Móðni,
Hǫð Hjálmþér en Haki Fáki.
Reið bani Belja Blóðughófa
en Skævaði skati Haddingja.
‘Dagr rode Drǫsull and Dvalinn Móðnir, Hjálmþér Hǫðr and Haki Fákr. The slayer of Beli <giant> [= Freyr] rode Blóðughófi and the champion of the Haddingjar <legendary family> [= Helgi] Skævaðr. ’
Vésteinn Vali en Vifill Stúfi,
Meinþjófr Mói en Morginn Vakri.
‘Vésteinn [rode] Valr and Vifill Stúfr, Meinþjófr Mór and Morginn Vakr. ’
Áli Hrafni, — til íss riðu —
en annarr austr und Aðilsi
grár hvarfaði geiri undaðr.
‘Áli [rode] Hrafn – they rode to the ice –, and another one, a grey one wounded by a spear, staggered to the east under Aðils. ’
Bjǫrn reið Blakki en Bíarr Kerti,
Atli Glaumi en Aðils Slungni,
Hǫgni Hǫlkvi en Haraldr Fǫlkvi,
Gunnarr Gota en Grana Sigurðr.
‘Bjǫrn rode Blakkr and Bíarr Kǫrtr, Atli Glaumr and Aðils Slungnir, Hǫgni Hǫlkvir and Haraldr Fǫlkvir, Gunnarr Goti and Sigurðr Grani. ’
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