Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Runhenda 8’ 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. 556-7.
Drap dǫglingr gegn
— dreif strengjar regn —
við Skǫrpusker
skjaldkœnan her.
Rauf styrjar garð,
þás støkkva varð
randǫlun sótt
reiðmanna gnótt.
Gegn dǫglingr drap skjaldkœnan her við Skǫrpusker; {regn strengjar} dreif. {Garð styrjar} rauf, þás gnótt reiðmanna, sótt {randǫlun}, varð støkkva.
‘The reliable ruler killed the shield-skilled company at the Farne Islands; the rain of the bow-string [ARROWS] streamed. The enclosure of strife [SHIELD] shattered when plenty of horsemen, attacked by the rim-fish [SWORD], were forced to scatter.’
As sts 5-7 above.
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Drap dǫglingr gegn
— dreif strengjar regn —
við Skǫrpusker
skjaldkœnan her.
Rauf styrjar garð,
þás støkkva varð
†ranndølom† sótt
reiðmanna gnótt.
Drap dǫglingr gegn
— dreif strengjar regn —
við skarpa-sker
skjaldkœnan her.
Rauf styrjar garð,
þás støkkva varð
randǫlun sótt
reiðmanna gnótt.
Drap dǫglingr gegn
— dreif strengjar regn —
við Skǫrpusker
†skiallkonan† her.
Rauf styrjar garð,
þás støkkva varð
randǫlun sótt
reiðmanna gnótt.
Drap dǫglingr gegn
— dreif strengja regn —
við Skǫrpusker
skjaldkœnan her.
Rauf styrjar garð,
þás støkkva varð
randǫlun sótt
reiðmanna gnótt.
Drap dǫglingr gegn
— dreif strengjar regn —
við Skǫrpusker
skaldkœnan her.
Rauf styrjar garð,
þás støkkva varð
randǫlun sótt
reiðmanna gnótt.
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