Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Ingadrápa 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. 562-3.
Frák við Holm at heyja
hildinga* framm gingu
(lind varð grœn) inn grána
geirþing (í tvau springa).
Frák hildinga* gingu framm við Holm inn grána at heyja {geirþing}; grœn lind varð springa í tvau.
‘I heard the rulers advanced near Holmengrå to hold a spear-assembly [BATTLE]; the green linden-shield had to split in two.’
Hildingr is given in Skm as a heiti for ‘ruler’.
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.
Frák við Holm at heyja
hildingar framm gingu
(lind varð grœn) inn grána
geir-þings (í tvau springa).
Frák við Holm at heyja
hildingar framm gingu
(lind varð grœn) margna
geir†-ding† (í tvau springa).
Frák †við [...]olm at† †h[...]yia†
hildingar framm gingu
(lind varð grœn) inn grána
geirþing (†vam[...]inga† ).
Frák við Holm at heyja
hildingar framm gingu
(lind varð grœn) inn grána
geirþing (í tvau springa).
Fra æk við hólm at hæyia hilldingar fram gængv | lind varð græn hín grana gæirþing itvꜹ springa .
(VEÞ)
Frák †[...]† †[...]†
†[...]illdingar† framm gingu
(lind varð grœn) †hin [...]†
geirþing (í tvau springa).
Frák †uið holm at† heyja
hildingar framm gingu
(lind varð grœn) †hin grunna†
geirþing (í tvau springa).
Frák við Holm at heyja
hildingar framm gingu
(lind varð grœn) inn grána
geir-þings (í tvau springa).
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