Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Lausavísa 1’ 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. 280-1.
Drengrs í gegn at ganga
— gótts fylgja vel dróttni —
— ǫld leynik því aldri —
ófúss syni Brúsa.
Oss’s, ef jarlar þessir
ógnbráðir til ráðask,
— hǫrð mun vinraun verða —
vandligr kostr fyr hǫndum.
Drengrs ófúss at ganga í gegn {syni Brúsa}; leynik aldri því ǫld; gótts fylgja dróttni vel. Oss’s vandligr kostr fyr hǫndum, ef þessir ógnbráðir jarlar ráðask til; hǫrð vinraun mun verða.
‘[This] warrior is not keen to go against the son of Brúsi [= Rǫgnvaldr]; I shall never conceal that from men; it is good to support one’s lord well. I [lit. we] have a hard choice on my hands, if these battle-hasty jarls attack one another; a harsh ordeal of friendship will come about.’
Part-way through the sea-battle off Rauðabjǫrg between the jarls Þorfinnr and Rǫgnvaldr, Arnórr is put ashore along with the dead and wounded and speaks the st.
For this battle, see also Arn Þorfdr 19-22 (as mentioned above) and BjHall Kálffl 8I.
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Dreng er í gegn at ganga
— gott er at fylgja dróttni —
— eld leynik því aldri —
ófúss syni Brúsa.
Oss’s, ef jarlar þessir
ógnbráðir til ráðask,
— hǫrð mun vinraun verða —
vandligr kostr fyr hǫndum.
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