Judith Jesch (ed.) 2009, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl Kali Kolsson, Lausavísur 20’ 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. 598.
Vôn ák — út á Spáni
vas skjótt rekinn flótti —
— flýði margr af mœði
menlundr — konu fundar.
Því erum vér, at vôru*
væn hljóð kveðin þjóðum,
— valr tók vǫll at hylja —
verðir Ermingerðar.
Ák vôn fundar konu; flótti vas rekinn skjótt út á Spáni; {margr menlundr} flýði af mœði. Því erum vér verðir Ermingerðar, at væn hljóð vôru* kveðin þjóðum; valr tók at hylja vǫll.
‘I have hopes of meeting the woman; the fleeing host was chased swiftly out in Spain; many a neck-ring tree [MAN] fled because of exhaustion. This is why we are worthy of Ermingerðr, because beautiful sounds were spoken to people; corpses began to cover the field.’
While harrying in Spánland it heiðna ‘heathen Spain’ (ÍF 34, 218), Rǫgnvaldr’s troops attack a village where they meet resistance, but eventually chase the inhabitants away.
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Vôn ek — út á Spáni
vas skjótt rekinn flótti —
— flýði margr af mœði
menlundr — konu fundar.
Því erum vér, at vrum
væn hljóð kveðin þjóðum,
— valr tók vǫll at hylja —
verðir Ermingerðar.
Von ek vt a spá | ni var skiott rekinn flotti flydi margr af mædi menlundr konufundar þui erum | vær at vorum væn hliod kuedin þiodum valr tok vo᷎ll at hylia verdir ermingerdar.
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