Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 21’ 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. 977.
Hauðr frák Hákun verja
hart, svát eigi skorti;
Eirekr hefr eggjar
ótrauðr verit rjóða.
Ok sǫgðu þar ýtar
Ármóð vera síðan
— sá var greppr við gumna
glaðr — hǫfðingja inn þriðja.
Frák Hákun verja hauðr hart, svát eigi skorti; Eirekr hefr verit ótrauðr rjóða eggjar. Ok ýtar sǫgðu þar síðan Ármóð vera inn þriðja hǫfðingja; sá greppr var glaðr við gumna.
‘I have heard that Hákon defended the land hard, so that nothing was lacking; Eiríkr was not reluctant to redden sword-edges. And men said that Ármóðr was then the third commander there; that man was cheerful towards [his] men. ’
[2] hart, svát eigi skorti ‘hard, so that nothing was lacking’: The line closely resembles ESk Lv 1/3II. — [3] Eirekr hefr eggjar: The line has only five syllables. Reading the younger form hefir (as in RCP, RFJ) would supply an extra syllable, but hefr is the normal form in Jóms.
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.
Hauðr frák Hákun verja
hart, svát eigi skorti;
Eirekr †hef[…]† eggjar
ótrauðr verit †[…]†.
†[…] […]avgðv† þar ýtar
Ármóð vera síðan
— sá var greppr við gumna
glaðr — hǫfðingja inn †[…]iþia†.
Havðr fra ec hakvn veria hart sva at eigi skorti eirikr hefir eɢiar otravðr verit | [...]avgðv þar ytar armod vera siþan sa var grepr við gvmna glaðr havfþingia hin | [...]iþia |
(DW)
Hauðr frák Hákun verja
hart, svát eigi skorti;
Eirekr †hetir† eggjar
ótrauðr verit rjóða.
ok lǫgðu þar ýtar
Ármóð vera síðan
— sá var greppr við gumna
glaðr — hǫfðingja inn .
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