Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Sigurðardrápa I 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, p. 538.
Vásǫflugr réð vísi
vestr helmingi mestum;
óð at ensku láði
ægis marr und harra.
Stôl lét hilmir hvílask
heiptglaðr ok vas þaðra
(né gramr af Val Vimrar)
vetrlengis (stígr betri).
Vásǫflugr vísi réð vestr mestum helmingi; {marr ægis} óð at ensku láði und harra. Heiptglaðr hilmir lét stôl hvílask ok vas þaðra vetrlengis; né stígr betri gramr af {Val Vimrar}.
‘The tireless leader went west with the largest unit; the horse of the ocean [SHIP] advanced toward the English land beneath the lord. The war-happy prince let the prows rest and was there all winter long; a better ruler will not step off a Valr <horse> of Vimur <river> [SHIP].’
Sigurðr set out on his journey to Palestine and wintered with King Henry I in England on the first leg of the journey.
For Sigurðr’s journey to England, see also Þstf Stuttdr 3.
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.
Vásǫflugr réð vísi
vestr helmingi mestum;
óð at ensku láði
ægis marr við harra.
Stôl lét hilmir hvílask
heiptglaðr ok vas þaðra
(né gramr á Val Vimrar)
vetrlengis (stígr betri).
Vásǫflugr réð vísi
vestr helmingi mestum;
óð at ensku láði
ægis marr við harra.
Stôl lét hilmir hvílask
heiptglaðr ok vas þaðra
(né gramr á Val Vimrar)
vetrlengis (kemr betri).
Vásǫflugr réð vísi
vestr helmingi mestum;
óð at ensku láði
ægis marr við harra.
Stôl lét hilmir hvílask
heiptglaðr ok vas þaðra
(né gramr af Val Vimrar)
vetrlengis (stígr betri).
Vás†ꜹfligr† réð vísi
vestr helmingi mestum;
óð at ensku láði
ægis marr við harra.
Stôl lét hilmir hvílask
heiptglaðr ok vas þaðra
(né gramr af Val Vimrar)
vetrlengis (stígr betri).
Vásǫflugr réð vísi
vestr helmingi mestum;
óð at †æsku saþi†
ægis marr viðr harra.
Stôl lét hilmir hvílask
heiptglaðr ok vas þaðra
(né gramr af Val Vimrar)
vetrlengis (stígr betri).
Vás-auðigr réð vísi
vestr helmingi mestum;
óð at ensku láði
ægis marr und harra.
Stôl lét hilmir hvílask
heiptglaðr ok vas þaðra
(né gramr af Val Vimrar)
vetrlengis (stígr betri).
Vás-auðigr réð vísir
vestr helmingi mestum;
óð at ensku láði
ægis marr †udir† harra.
Stôl lét hilmir hvílask
heiptglaðr ok vas þaðra
(né gramr at Val Vimrar)
vetrlengis (stígr betri).
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