Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Haraldsdrápa II 5’ 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, p. 548.
Eyddi oddum
ey benþeyjar
Hlés helfýsir
hungr gollunga.
Líkn gefi læknir
lofaðr friðrofa
heims hafljóma
hár lausnari.
{Helfýsir} eyddi hungr {gollunga {benþeyjar}} oddum Hlésey. {Lofaðr læknir heims}, hár lausnari, gefi líkn {friðrofa {hafljóma}}.
‘The death-precipitator [WARRIOR] destroyed the hunger of young hawks of wound-thaw [BLOOD > RAVENS/EAGLES] with spear-points on Læsø. May the praised healer of the world [= God], the noble redeemer, give mercy to the peace-disturber of sea-radiance [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN].’
For this battle, see ESk Hardr I, 2 above.
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