Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 26’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 27-8.
Mál fekk maðr, þars hvílir
margfríðr jǫfurr, síðan,
áðr sás orða hlýru
afskurðr farit hafði.
Frægð ríðr fylkis Egða
folksterks af því verki;
jǫfurs snilli fremsk alla
ungs á danska tungu.
Síðan fekk maðr mál, þars margfríðr jǫfurr hvílir, sás afskurðr {hlýru orða} hafði áðr farit. Frægð {folksterks fylkis Egða} ríðr af því verki; snilli ungs jǫfurs fremsk á alla danska tungu.
‘Then a man gained speech, where the very beautiful king rests, whose cut-off piece of the ship-bow of words [TONGUE] had earlier been destroyed. The fame of the army-strong leader of the Egðir [= Óláfr] travels because of that deed; the honour of the young king is advanced in the whole Norse tongue.’
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Mál fekk maðr, þars hvílir
margfríðr jǫfurr, síðan,
áðr sás orða hlýru
afskurðr farit hafði.
Frægð ríðr fylkis Egða
folksterks af því verki;
jǫfurs snilli fremsk alla
ungs á danska tungu.
Mál fekk maðr, †er† hvílir
margfríðr jǫfurr, síðan,
áðr sás orða hlýðu
†af skyfdr farezt† hafði.
Frægð ríðr fylkis Egða
folkssterks af því verki;
jǫfurs snilli þreifst alla
ungs á danska tungu.
Skj: Einarr Skúlason, 6. Geisli 26: AI, 464, BI, 433, Skald I, 214, NN §2536; Flat 1860-8, I, 3, Cederschiöld 1873, 5, Chase 2005, 76, 144-5.
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