Rolf Stavnem (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallar-Steinn, Rekstefja 8’ 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. 905.
Haukjóðs harða víða
(hôtt) norrœnar dróttir*
(Þundregns þeim of vandak)
þengils á bý gengu.
Óráð illri þjóðu
Óláfr of galt dála;
vígrunnr velja kunni
víkingum hlut slíkan.
Norrœnar dróttir* gengu harða víða á {bý {haukjóðs}} þengils; of vandak þeim hôtt {Þundregns}. Óláfr of galt dála illri þjóðu óráð; {vígrunnr} kunni velja víkingum slíkan hlut.
‘Norwegian troops placed themselves very widely in the homestead of the hawk-offspring [HAWK > HAND] of the ruler; I fashion for him the metre of Þundr’s <= Óðinn’s> rain [POETRY]. Óláfr thoroughly paid evil people for their misdeeds; the battle-tree [WARRIOR] was able to deal vikings such a fate. ’
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Haukjóðs harða víða
(hôtt) norrœnar †drottirir†
(Þundregns þeim of vandak)
þengils á bý gengu.
Óráð illri þjóðu
Óláfr †ok gatt† dála;
vígrunnr velja kunni
víkingum hlut slíkan.
Hꜹk iods harda vída hott noręnar drottirír . þvnd | regns þeim of vandagek þeíngils a by gengv | orad illri þiodv olafr ok gatt dala . vigrvnnr | velia kvnní vikíngvm hlvt slikann. |
(VEÞ)
Skj: Hallar-Steinn, 1. Rekstefja 8: AI, 545, BI, 527, Skald I, 256, NN §1174; SHI 3, 248-9, CPB II, 296, Wisén 1886-9, I, 47, Finnur Jónsson 1893b, 164, Konráð Gíslason 1895-7, I, 207-12.
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