Cite as: Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bjǫrn krepphendi, Magnússdrápa 3’ 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, pp. 398-9.

Hrafngreddir vann hrædda hlífar styggr í byggðum þrœnzka drótt, es þótti þeim markar bǫl sveima. Hygg, at hersa tveggja her-Baldr lyki aldri sinn; jór vasa svôru svangr; fló ǫrn til hanga. Hrafngreddir vann hrædda hlífar styggr í byggðum þrœnzka drótt, es þótti þeim markar bǫl sveima. Hygg, at hersa tveggja her-Baldr lyki aldri sinn; jór vasa svôru svangr; fló ǫrn til hanga. Hrafngreddir, styggr hlífar, vann hrædda þrœnzka drótt í byggðum, es þeim þótti bǫl markar sveima. Hygg, at her-Baldr lyki sinn aldri tveggja hersa; jór svôru vasa svangr; ǫrn fló til hanga.

text prose order   {The raven-feeder}, [WARRIOR] shy of protection, frightened the host from Trøndelag in the settlements, when it seemed to them that {the harm of the forest} [FIRE] was raging. I believe that {the army-Baldr} [WARRIOR] ended simultaneously the lives of two hersar; {the horse of the troll-woman} [WOLF] was not hungry; the eagle flew to the hanged ones.

context: Magnús punished people in Trøndelag who had been part of the conspiracy against him (in 1094; see st. 2 and Notes).

notes: In J2ˣ and 42ˣ this st. precedes st. 2 above.

texts: ‹H-Hr 256›, ‹Mberf 8 (III 177)›, ‹Hkr 556 (III 177)›

editions: Skj Bjǫrn krepphendi: Magnúsdrápa 4 (AI, 435; BI, 405); Skald I, 200, NN §806; ÍF 28, 218 (Mberf ch. 7), E 1916, 113; Fms 7, 14-15 (Mberf ch. 8).

sources

AM 63 folx (Kx)	596v, 3 - 596v, 10	(Hkr)
AM 39 fol (39)	34rb, 2 - 34rb, 2	(Hkr)
AM 47 fol (E)	32r, 18 - 32r, 20	(Hkr)
AM 38 folx (J2x)	307r, 26 - 307v, 1	(Hkr)
AM 42 folx (42x)	8v - 8v	(Hkr)
AM 66 fol (H)	83r, 12 - 83r, 12	(H-Hr)
GKS 1010 fol (Hr)	58rb, 12 - 58rb, 12	(H-Hr)