Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Einarr skálaglamm Helgason, Vellekla 34’ 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. 326.
Né sigbjarka serkir
sómmiðjungum rómu
Hôars við Hǫgna skúrir
hléðut fast of séðir.
Né hléðut {fast of séðir serkir {sigbjarka}} {sómmiðjungum} við {skúrir Hǫgna} {rómu Hôars}.
‘Nor did the firmly sewn shirts of the battle-birches [WARRIORS > ARMOUR] protect the bow-miðjungar [WARRIORS] against the showers of Hǫgni <legendary hero> [ARROWS] in the noise of Hárr <= Óðinn> [BATTLE]. ’
The helmingr is cited in SnE (Skm) in a passage containing examples of battle-kennings.
This dramatic moment in the battle against the Jómsvíkingar is also commemorated in Tindr Hákdr 1 and Hfr Hákdr 2III, and described by Snorri in Hkr (ÍF 26, 281). So many arrows get lodged in Hákon jarl’s armour that he is forced to remove it during the battle. These are likely to have been special arrow-heads capable of piercing armour and mail-shirts (see Paulsen 1999, 137-9).
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.
Ne sigbiarka serkir svm miðivngvm ro | mv hars við havgna skvrir hleþvt fast of sedir.
(KS)
Ne sig biarca sercir | som midiungom romo hars vid haugna scurir hleðut fast of sedir
(KS)
Ne sigbiarka serkir som midivngvm romo hars |vid hǫgna skvrir hledvt fast of sedir.
(KS)
Né sigbjarka serkir
sóm-niðjungum †[…]o†
†has† við Hǫgna skúrir
†hleiþv(t)† fast of reiðir.
Né sig-bjarkar serkir
sóm-niðjungum rómu
Hôars við Hǫgna skúrir
†hlæðu† fast of séðir.
Næ sigbiarkar særkir sóm | niðivngvm romv hárs við hǫgna skv́rir hlæðv fast of sæðir .
(VEÞ)
Né sigbjarka serkir
sóm-mildingum rómu
Hôars við †haugnar† skúrir
hléðut fast of seðit.
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