Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur<i> from </i>Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka

Hubert Seelow

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Lausavísur from Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka — Anon (Hálf)^VIII

Lausavísur from Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka — Vol. 8 — Hubert Seelow

Hubert Seelow (forthcoming), ‘ Anonymous, Lausavísur from Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=2950> (accessed 24 April 2024)

Veit ekki görla         víf þitt, konungr,
hvat hnekkja mun         hennar sælu.
Óverðum þér         …
Hildr, Hjörleifi,         haltu nær loga.

‘Your woman, king, does not quite know what will thwart her happiness. To you, undeserving … Hildr, to Hjǫrleifr, move near the flame. ’

Ek sé Hringju         haug um orpinn,
en Hera hníga         hvátinn spjóti.
Sé ek Hjörleifi         haptbönd snúin,
en Hreiðari         höggvinn gálga.

‘I see a burial mound thrown up for Hringja and [see] Heri fall dead, pierced by a spear. I see captive bonds twisted for Hjǫrleifr and gallows hewn for Hreiðarr. ’

Minntiz Hreiðarr,         hvar Hera fellduð;
vá vakðiz þar         fyrir vestrdyrum.
Enn man hon sinna         til sala þinna,
byrsæl kona;         bíð þú enn, konungr.

‘Hreiðarr remembered, where you slew Heri; woe was roused there before the western gate. Still she, the woman who is lucky in getting a fair wind, will travel to your hall; just you wait, king. ’

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