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Hrókr inn svarti (Hróksv)

volume 8; ed. Hubert Seelow;

VIII. Hrókskviða (Hrkv) - 27

Hrókskviða — Hróksv Hrkv^VIII (Hálf)

Not published: do not cite (Hróksv Hrkv^VIII (Hálf))

stanzas: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

SkP info: VIII, 348

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4 — Hróksv Hrkv 4^VIII (Hálf 54)

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Cite as: Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 54 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 348.

Höfðu vér allir
hauk manna lið,
hvar sem fróð hugaðr
frama kostaði.
Gengum vér í gegnum
með grá hjálma
full stór öll
fóstr lönd níu.

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We all had a host of hawk-like men, wherever the wise-minded one tried his luck. We went with grey helmets through all nine vast home lands.

texts: ‹Hálf 54›

editions: Skj Anonyme digte og vers [XIII]: E. 6. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Hálfssaga IX 4 (AII, 265; BII, 287); Skald II, 151, NN §3192; Hálf 1864, 32, Hálf 1909, 120-1, FSGJ 2, 125, Hálf 1981, 133, 191; Edd. Min. 44.

sources

GKS 2845 4° (2845)

38r, 8 - 38r, 10

(Hálf)

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