Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bjǫrn krepphendi, Magnússdrápa 9’ 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. 402-3.
Sanntíri laut sunnar
seggja kind und eggjar;
sigrgœðir réð síðan
snjallr Manverja falli.
Kind seggja laut und eggjar sunnar Sanntíri; {snjallr sigrgœðir} réð síðan falli Manverja.
‘The progeny of people bent beneath sword-blades south of Kintyre; the courageous victory-increaser [WARRIOR] then caused the fall of the Manxmen.’
As sts 5-8 above.
In the Hkr and H-Hr versions, the poet is named and sts 8/1-4 and 9 are given as one. Lines 1-2 are not recorded in Mork and F, where ll. 3-4 form a helmingr with st. 6/1-2 above.
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.
†Sa-†tíri laut sunnar
seggja kind und eggjar;
sigrgœðir réð síðan
snjallr Manverja falli.
Sann†-tir† laut sunnar
seggja kind und eggjar;
sigrgœðir réð síðan
snjallr mann-verja falli.
†sa-†tíri laut sunnar
seggja kind und eggjar;
sigrgœðir réð síðan
snjallr Manverja falli.
†sa-†tíri laut sunnar
seggja kind und eggjar;
sigrgœðir réð síðan
snjallr mun-verja falli.
†sa-†tíri laut sunnan
seggja kind und eggjar;
sigr†-greþir† réð síðan
snjallr Manverja †fialli†.
†Sa-†,†sa-††tírís† hné sveitar
seggja kind und eggjar;
sigrgœðir réð síðan
snjallr mann-verja falli.
Sann†tírís† hné sveitar
seggja kind und eggjar;
sigrgœðir réð síðan
snjallr Manverja falli.
Sanntíri laut sunnar
seggja kind und eggjar;
sigrgœðir réð síðan
snjallr mann-verja falli.
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