Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 28’ 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. 983.
Þar frák vápnum verjask
— Vagn felldi lið — þegna;
hann klauf breiðra brúna
borg hundruðum mǫrgum.
Grimmr var snarpra sverða
sǫngr; burgusk vel drengir;
vann arfþegi Áka
ǫs; fell blóð á kesjur.
Þar frák þegna verjask vápnum; Vagn felldi lið; hann klauf {borg breiðra brúna} mǫrgum hundruðum. {Sǫngr snarpra sverða} var grimmr; drengir burgusk vel; {arfþegi Áka} vann ǫs; blóð fell á kesjur.
There I have heard retainers defended themselves with weapons; Vagn felled the troop; he split {the fortress of broad brows} [HEAD] on many hundreds. {The song of sharp swords} [BATTLE] was grim; warriors defended themselves well; {the heir of Áki} [= Vagn] made tumult; blood fell onto halberds.
Mss: R(54r)
Editions: Skj AII, 6, Skj BII, 6-7, Skald II, 4, NN §3256; Fms 11, 170-1, Fms 12, 245, Jvs 1879, 112-13.
Notes: [1-2]: These lines are closely similar to st. 36/3-4 (as noted by Kock, NN §3256). — [1] þar frák ... verjask vápnum ‘there I have heard ... defended themselves with weapons’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B and LP: 1. verja) understands the dat. vápnum as ‘against [enemy] weapons’, but Kock (NN §3256) points out that in constructions of verjask + dat., a dat. referring to an opponent is a pure dat. meaning ‘against’ whereas a dat. referring to defensive weapons, as here, is instr., meaning ‘with’. — [8] ǫs ‘tumult’: The only other skaldic attestation of this rare word is in Ormrs Lv 1/1IV (LP: ǫs).
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