Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 22’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 978.
Lǫgðu heiptar hvattir
herðimenn, þar er bǫrðusk,
— herr var hauðr at verja
hundmargr — saman randir.
Ok víkingi váru
— varð raun at því — einum
— þat kveða eigi aukit —
ýtar fimm at móti.
Herðimenn hvattir heiptar lǫgðu randir saman, þar er bǫrðusk; hundmargr herr var at verja hauðr. Ok fimm ýtar váru at móti einum víkingi; raun varð at því; kveða þat eigi aukit.
‘Brave men, urged into combat, laid shields together where they fought; there was an immense army to defend the land. And five men were against one viking; there was proof of that; they say that is not exaggerated. ’
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.
†[…]augþv […]ptar† hvattir
herðimenn, þar er bǫrðusk,
— herr var hauðr at verja
†hund[…]† — †[…]† .
†[...]† víkingum váru
— varð raun at því — einum
— þat kveða eigi †av[...]† —
ýtar fimm †[…] […]†.
[...]avgþv [...]ptar hvattir herðimenn þar er bavrþvz herr var havðr at veria hvnd[...] | [...] vikingvm varo varþ ravn at þvi einvm þat qveþa eigi av[...] ytar fim[...]
(DW)
lǫgðu heiptar hvattir
herðimenn, þar er bǫrðusk,
— herr var hauðr at verja
†hundingiar† — †þvi þra saman n† .
ok víkingum váru
— varð raun at því — einum
— þat kveða eigi †av(ll)† —
ýtar fimm at mótum.
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