Diana Whaley (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísa from Óláfs saga helga 1’ 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. 1087.
Ôleifr knýr und ôrum
orðsnjallr Visund norðan;
brýtr annarr gramr úti
unnheim dreka sunnan.
Orðsnjallr Ôleifr knýr Visund norðan und ôrum; annarr gramr brýtr {unnheim} dreka sunnan úti.
‘The word-sharp Óláfr [Haraldsson] propels Visundr (‘Bison’) from the north using oars; another monarch cleaves the wave-world [SEA] with a dragon-ship from the south, out at sea.’
Óláfr launches a fleet southwards, headed by his ship Visundr. Hearing that Knútr inn ríki Sveinsson has called up a leiðangr ‘naval levy’ and is intending to attack Norway, but unable to get reliable confirmation, King Óláfr Haraldsson decides to sail with his choicest troops to Denmark, giving the others leave to go home.
[3-4]: The J2ˣ version of the lines, indeed of the whole helmingr, is clearly an oral variant which departs considerably from the consensus of the other mss. Lines 3-4 would mean ‘The hull cleaves the slopes of waves [SEA] where the valiant prince travels from the east’.
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Ôleifr knýr und ôrum
orðsnjallr Visund norðan;
brýtr annarr gramr úti
unnbein dreka sunnan.
Olafr knyr und arom | orðsniallr visund norþan | brytr aɴaʀ gramr uti | uɴbein dreka suɴan
(KS)
Ôleifr knýr und ôrum
orðsnjallr Visund norðan;
brýtr annarr gramr úti
unnheim dreka sunnan.
Ôleifr knýr undrum
orðsnjallr Visund norðan;
brýtr annarr gramr úti
unnheim dreka sunnan.
Olafr knyr uɴdrum orþ | sniallr visvɴd norðan brytr aɴaʀ gramr v́ti vɴheim dreca suɴan.
(VEÞ)
Ôleifr knýr und ôrum
orðsnjallr Visund norðan;
brýtr annarr grannr úti
unnheim dreka sunnan.
Ôleifr of knýr ára
unnheim Visund geima;
húfr skerr hranna kleifar
hraustr þar er gramr ferr austan .
Ôleifr of knýr ǫndrum
orðsnjallr Visund norðan;
brýtr annarr gramr úti
um heim dreka sunnan.
Olafr of knyr aundrum. ord sniallr visund nordan. brytr | annar gramr uti. um heim dreka sunnan.
(VEÞ)
Ôleifr knýr und ôrum
orðsnjallr Visund norðan;
brýtr annarr gramr úti
unnheim dreka sunnan.
Ôleifr knýr und ôrum
orðsnjallr Visund norðan;
brýtr annarr gramr úti
unnheim dreka sunnan.
Ôleifr knýr und ôrum
orðsnjallr Visund norðan;
brýtr annarr gramr úti
unnheim dreka sunnan.
Olafr knyr vnd ꜳrum ordsníallr visund | nordan brytur aɴar gramr vti vɴheim dreka svɴan·
(VEÞ)
Ôleifr knýr und ôrum
orðsnjallr Visund norðan;
brýtr annarr gramr úti
undheim dreka sunnan.
Ôleifr knýr und ôrum
orðsnjallr Visund norðan;
†byr† annarr gramr úti
unnheim dreka sunnan.
Ôleifr knýr með ári
orðsnjallr Visund norðan;
brýtr annarr gramr úti
unnheim dreka sunnar.
Ôleifr knýr und ôrum
orðsnjallr Visund norðan;
brýtr annarr gramr úti
undvigg dreka sunnan.
Ôleifr knýr und ôrum
orðsnjallr †vishund† norðan;
brýtr annarr gramr úti
undheims dreka sunnan.
Ôleifr †kyr† und ôrum
orðsæll Visund norðan;
brýtr annarr gramr úti
unnheim dreka sunnan.
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