Alison Finlay (ed.) 2012, ‘Glúmr Geirason, Gráfeldardrápa 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. 259.
Heinþynntan lét hvína
hrynjeld at þat brynju
foldar vǫrðr, sás fyrðum,
fjǫrnharðan, sik varði.
{Vǫrðr foldar}, sás varði sik fyrðum, lét {heinþynntan, fjǫrnharðan hrynjeld brynju} hvína at þat.
‘The guardian of the land [RULER], who defended himself against men, made the whetstone-sharpened, amazingly hard resounding fire of the mail-shirt [SWORD] whistle at that. ’
In Fsk, the stanza follows immediately after st. 8. In SnE, it is cited as one of a sequence of citations illustrating kennings for ‘swords’.
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.
Heinþynntan lét hvína
hryn-eld at þat brynju
fyldar vǫrðr, sás fyrðum,
fjǫrnharðan, sik varði.
heinþýntan let hvina hryneld at þat bryniv | fyldar vorðr sa er fyrþvm fiornharþan sic varþi
(KS)
Heinþynntan lét hvína
hryn-eld at þat brynju
fylda vǫrðr, sás fyrðum,
fjǫrnharðan, sik varði.
Heinþynntan lét hvína
hryn-eld at þat brynju
foldar vǫrðr, sás fyrðum,
fjǫrnharðan, sik varði.
heim†þy[…]† lét †hv(ina)†
hryn--eldr at þeim †br[…]†
foldar vǫrðr, sás fyrðum,
†fior[…]†harðan, sik varði.
Heinþungan lét hvína
hryn--eldr at þat brynju
foldar vǫrðr, sás fyrðum,
fjǫrnharðan, sik varði.
hæinþvn | gan læt hvína hrynælldr at þat bryniv folldar vǫrðr sa ær fyrðvm fiǫrnhar | ðan sik varði .
(VEÞ)
†hæm†þynntan lét †huma†
hrynjeld at þar brynju
foldar vǫrðr, sás firðum,
fjǫrnharðan, sik varði.
Heinþynntan lét hvína
hrynjeldar þat brynju
foldar vǫrðr, sás forðum,
fjǫrr-harðan, sik varði.
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