Jayne Carroll (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórðr Kolbeinsson, Eiríksdrápa 5’ 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. 496.
Jǫfrum varð, en urðu
allhvasst Danir falla,
blóðhelsingja bræðir,
brœðr Sigvarðar, œðri.
{Bræðir {blóðhelsingja}} varð œðri jǫfrum, en Danir urðu falla allhvasst {brœðr Sigvarðar}.
‘The feeder of blood-geese [RAVENS/EAGLES > WARRIOR] overcame princes, and the Danes had to fall most rapidly before the brother of Sigurðr [= Eiríkr]. ’
After Hákon jarl’s success against the Jómsvíkingar, his harsh rule and immoral conduct provoke an uprising. Staying at a farmstead in Gaulardalr (Gauldalen), Hákon is killed by his servant Skopti karkr. Eiríkr, who has been at odds with his father, flees from Norway to the court of the Swedish king, Óláfr.
This helmingr’s sole source, Fsk, presents it as a stanza with st. 6/1-4. However, it is likely to refer to the battle of Hjǫrungavágr (Liavågen), which is the subject of sts 1-4, but not of sts 6-7; see Introduction.
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.
Jǫfrum varð, en urðu
allhvasst Danir falla,
blóðhelsingja bráðir,
brœðr Sigvarðar, œðri.
Iofrom varð enn urðo / allhvast daner falla / bloð hælsingia braðer / bræðir Sigurðar (corrected from Siggurðar) æðre
(KS)
Jǫfrum varð, en urðu
allhvasst Danir falla,
blóð†hesingia† bráðir,
†broðr† Sigvarðar, œðri.
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