ESk Geisl 7VII
Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 7’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 12-13.
text and translation
Nú skulum gǫfgan geisla
guðs hallar vér allir,
ítr þanns Óláfr heitir,
alstyrkan vel dyrka.
Þjóð veit hann und heiða
hríðblôsnum sal víða
— menn nemi môl, sem innik,
mín — jartegnum skína.
Nú skulum vér allir dyrka vel {gǫfgan geisla {guðs hallar}}, alstyrkan, þanns heitir ítr Óláfr. Þjóð veit hann skína jartegnum víða und {hríðblôsnum sal heiða}; menn nemi môl mín, sem innik.
‘Now we all should honour well the splendid light-beam of God’s hall [HEAVEN > = Óláfr], the all-strong one, who is called glorious Óláfr. People know he shines with miracles widely beneath the storm-blown hall of heaths [SKY/HEAVEN]; may men understand my words as I tell them.’
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Skj: Einarr Skúlason, 6. Geisli 7: AI, 460, BI, 428, Skald I, 211-12; Flat 1860-8, I, 2, Cederschiöld 1873, 2, Chase 2005, 57, 131-2.
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