Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Magnússdrápa 15’ 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. 225.
Sveins manna rekr sunnan
sǫndug lík at strǫndum;
vítt sér ǫld, fyr útan
Jótland hvar hræ fljóta.
Vitnir dregr ór vatni
(vann Ôleifs sonr bannat)
— búk slítr vargr í víkum —
valkǫst (ara fǫstu).
Sǫndug lík manna Sveins rekr sunnan at strǫndum; vítt sér ǫld, hvar hræ fljóta fyr útan Jótland. Vitnir dregr valkǫst ór vatni; {sonr Ôleifs} vann bannat fǫstu ara; vargr slítr búk í víkum.
‘Sandy corpses of Sveinn’s men are cast from the south onto the beaches; far and wide people see where bodies float off Jylland. The wolf drags a heap of slain from the water; Óláfr’s son [= Magnús] made fasting forbidden for the eagle; the wolf tears a corpse in the bays.’
In H-Hr, st. 15 is cited after st. 14, with a remark that much of Sveinn’s army fell, while some jumped overboard and perished, as Arnórr says. In Flat the context, as for st. 14, is the battle of Áróss.
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Sveins manna rekr sunnan
sǫndug lík at strǫndu;
vítt sér ǫld, til útan
Jótland hræ fljóta.
Vitnir dregr ór vatni
(vann Ôleifs sonr bannat)
— búk slítr vargr í víkum —
valkǫst (ara fǫstu).
Sveins manna rekr
sǫndug lík at strǫndum;
vítt sér ǫld, fyr útan
Jótland hvar hræ fljóta.
Vitnir dregr ór vatni
(vann Ôleifs sonr bannat)
— búk slítr vargr í víkum —
valkǫst (ara fǫstum).
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