Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þorkell hamarskáld, Magnússdrápa 2’ 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. 411.
Vestr lét varga nistir
— vann hilmir frið bannat —
— hrǫnn brutu hlýr in stinnu —
hugprúðr fǫru snúðat.
{Hugprúðr nistir varga} lét fǫru snúðat vestr; hilmir vann bannat frið; in stinnu hlýr brutu hrǫnn.
‘The staunch-hearted feeder of wolves [WARRIOR] set out on a swift journey to the west; the prince prohibited peace; the stiff prows broke the wave.’
Magnús embarked on his first expedition to the Northern and Western Isles in 1098.
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Vestr lét varga nistir
— vann hilmir lið bannat —
— hrǫnn brutu stýri in stinnu —
hugprúðr fǫr snúðat.
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