Eyv Hák 9I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Hákonarmál 9’ 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. 184.
text and translation
Sôtu þá dǫglingar með sverð of togin,
með skarða skjǫldu ok skotnar brynjur.
Vasa sá herr í hugum ok átti
til Valhallar vega.
Þá sôtu dǫglingar með sverð of togin, með skarða skjǫldu ok skotnar brynjur. Sá herr vasa í hugum ok átti vega til Valhallar.
‘Then kings were sitting with swords drawn, with hacked shields and pierced mail-shirt. That army was not in good spirits and was on its way to Valhǫll.’
notes and context
As for st. 1.
[5-7]: Here the metre changes from málaháttr to ljóðaháttr. Emendations to put the entire stanza into ljóðaháttr were proposed by Ettmüller (1858, 26; 1861, 26).
readings
- [2] sverð of (‘sverð um’): sverðum J1ˣ, J2ˣ
- [4] skotnar: skornar F
- [6] ok: so F, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, ok corrected from er Kˣ, er 761bˣ
sources
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.
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AM 35 folx (Kx) — 105v/25 - 106r/4
imagesSôtu þá dǫglingar
með sverð of togin,
með skarða skjǫldu
ok skotnar brynjur.
Vasa sá herr
í hugum ok átti
til Valhallar vega.Sáto þá dꜹglingar | með sverð um togin || með scarða scioldo | ok scotnar brynior | vara sa heʀ i hugom | er átti til valhallar vega. |
(RDF)
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AM 45 fol (F) — 18va/22 - 18va/23
imagesSôtu þá dǫglingar
með sverð of togin,
með skarða skjǫldu
ok skornar brynjur.
Vasa sá herr
í hugum ok átti
til Valhallar vega.Sáto þa dꜹglíɴgar með sverð of togín með skarða skiolldo ok | skornar bryníor. vara sa herr i hvgum ok atti til val hallar vega. |
(RDF)
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AM 37 folx (J1x) — 63v/19 - 63v/21
imagesSôtu þá dǫglingar
með sverðum togin,
með skarða skjǫldu
ok skotnar brynjur.
Vasa sá herr
í hugum ok átti
til Valhallar vega.Satu þa dꜹglingar | með sverðum togin með skarþa skiolldv ok skotnar brynior | vara sa herr i hugum ok atti til valhallar vega.
(RDF)
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AM 38 folx (J2x) — 60r/21 - 60r/26
imagesSôtu þá dǫglingar
með sverðum togin,
með skarða skjǫldu
ok skotnar brynjur.
Vasa sá herr
í hugum ok átti
til Valhallar vega.Satu þa dꜹglingar | með sverþum togim | með skarða skiolldu | oc skotnar brynior | vara sa herr i hugum | oc atti til valhallar vega
(RDF)
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 98v/7 - 98v/13
imagesSôtu þá dǫglingar
með sverð of togin,
með skarða skjǫldu
ok skotnar brynjur.
Vasa sá herr
í hugum er átti
til Valhallar vega.Sáto þá dauglingar | með sverð vm toginn || með scarða scioldo | oc scotnar brynior | vara sá herr | i hugom er átti | til valhallar vega. |
(RDF)
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