Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorkell Gíslason, Búadrápa 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. 949.
Hagl vá hvert eyri;
hraut á lǫg dreyri
— blóð þó bens ôrum —
ór bragna sôrum.
Þar fell valr víða;
vé sá gylld ríða;
barðisk sveit snarla
á snekkjum jarla.
Hvert hagl vá eyri; dreyri hraut á lǫg ór sôrum bragna; blóð þó {ôrum bens}. Valr fell þar víða; sá gylld vé ríða; sveit barðisk snarla á snekkjum jarla.
‘Each hailstone weighed an ounce; gore spurted onto the sea from the wounds of men; blood washed the oars of the wound [SWORDS]. The slain fell there widely; [one] saw gilded standards sway; the company fought boldly on the warships of the jarls. ’
Hákon returns to his ship and urges on his men; a great storm blows up to the disadvantage of the Jómsvíkingar; each hailstone is so large it weighs an ounce.
Bb has numerous corrupt readings.
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.
Hagl vá hvert eyri;
hraut á lǫg dreyri
— blóð þó beimsôrum —
ór bragna sôrum.
þó fell valr víða;
vé sá †gulld† ríða;
barðisk sveit snarla
á snekkjum jarla.
Hagl vá hvert eyri;
hraut á lǫg dreyri
— blóð þó beinsôrum —
ór bragna sôrum.
þó fell valr víða;
vé sá gild ríða;
barðisk sveit snarla
á snekkjum jarla.
Hagl vá hvert eyri;
hraut á †lo† dreyri
— blóð þó beinsôrum —
ór bragna sôrum.
þó fell vals víða;
vé sá gild hríða;
barðisk sveit snarla
á snekkjum jarla.
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