Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Magnúss saga berfœtts 4’ 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. 831-2.
The couplet (Anon (Mberf) 4) is preserved in mss Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ and 42ˣ of MberfHkr, as well as in H, Hr (H-Hr), Mork (Mork) and FskAˣ and FskBˣ (Fsk). Kˣ is the main ms.
Allengi dvelr Ingi
ofanreið inn þjóbreiði.
Inn þjóbreiði Ingi dvelr ofanreið allengi.
‘The broad-arsed Ingi delays his descent overly long.’
During his campaign in Sweden (c. 1100), Magnús berfœttr leaves behind troops in a stronghold by Lake Vänern under the command of the district chieftains Finnr Skoptason and Sigurðr ullstrengr Loðinsson. As they are waiting for the arrival of the Swed. king, Ingi Steinkelsson, the Norwegians recite this couplet.
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.
All lengi dvelr Ingi
ofanreið inn þjóbreiði.
dvelr Ingi
ofanreið inn þjóbreiði.
Allengi dvelr Ingi
ofanreið inn þjóbreiði.
All lengí dvelr íɴgi ofan | reið híɴ þío breiði·
(VEÞ)
Allengi dvelr Ingi
ofanreið inn þjóbreiði.
Allengi duelr Jn | gi ófan reið inn þíobreiðe ·
(VEÞ)
Allengi dvelr Ingi
ofanreið inn þjóbreiði.
Allengi dvelr Ingi
ofanreið inn þjóbreiði.
Allengi dvelr Ingi
ofanreið inn þjóbreiði.
Allengi dvelr Ingi
ofanreið inn þjóbreiði.
Allengi dvelr Ingi
ofanreið inn þjóbreiði.
Allengi dvalsk Ingi
ofan-reiðr inn þjóbreiði.
Allengi dvelr Ingi
ofanreið inn stjǫl-breiði.
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