Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Sexstefja 24’ 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. 138.
Áræðis naut eyðir
aldyggr Selundbyggva;
hugr ræðr hǫlfum sigri
— Haraldr sannar þat — manna.
{Aldyggr eyðir Selundbyggva} naut áræðis; hugr manna ræðr hǫlfum sigri; Haraldr sannar þat.
‘The most excellent destroyer of Sjælland-dwellers [= Haraldr] deployed his valour; men’s courage determines half the victory; Haraldr is the proof of that.’
In an epitaph to Haraldr, his sagacity and valour are praised. He was also sigrsæll ‘blessed with victory’.
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.
Áræðis naut eyðir
aldyggr Selund†byggia†;
hugr ræðr hǫlfum sigri
— Haraldr sannar þat — manna.
Aræðis nꜹt eyðir | aldyɢr selund byɢia | hugr ræðr hálfvm sigri | Haraldr sannar þat maɴa |
(VEÞ)
Áræðis naut eyðir
aldyggr Selund†byggia†;
hugr ræðr hǫlfum sigri
— Haraldr sannar þat — manna.
Áræðis naut eyðir
aldyggr Selund†byggia†;
hugr ræðr hǫlfum sigri
— Haraldr sannar þat — manna.
Aræðís nꜹ́t eyðir aldyɢr | selund byɢia hvgr ræðr halfom sigri haralldr · saɴar þat manna· |
(VEÞ)
Áræðis naut eyðir
aldyggr Selundbyggva;
hugr ræðr hǫlfum sigri
— Haraldr sannar þat — manna.
Áræðis naut eyðir
aldyggr Selundbyggva;
hugr ræðr hǫlfum sigri
— Haraldr sannar þat — manna.
Áræðis naut eyðir
aldyggr Selund†byggir†;
hugr ræðr hǫlfum sigri
— Haraldr sannar þat — manna.
Áræðis naut eyðir
aldyggr sælund†byggir†;
hugr ræðr hǫlfum sigri
— Haraldr sannar þat — manna.
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