R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2017, ‘Einarr skálaglamm Helgason, Haraldsdrápa blátannar 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 137.
Liðbrǫndum kná Lundar
landfrœkn jǫfurr granda;
hykka ræsis rekka
Rínar grjót of þrjóta.
{Landfrœkn jǫfurr Lundar} kná granda {liðbrǫndum}; hykka {grjót Rínar} of þrjóta rekka ræsis.
‘The land-valiant prince of Lund [DANISH KING] harms limb-fires [ARM-RINGS]; I do not think that the stones of the Rhine <river> [GOLD] run short for the warriors of the chieftain. ’
The helmingr is cited to illustrate a kenning referring to gold.
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.
Liðbrǫndum kná Lundar
landfrœkn jǫfurr granda;
†hycka ec† ræsis rekka
Rínar grjót of þrjóti.
lið brꜹndvm kna lundar land | frækn iofvʀ granda hycka ec ræsis recka rinar griot of þrioti .
(RDF)
Liðbrǫndum kná lund
frœkn jǫfurr granda;
hykka ræsis rekka
Rínar grjót of þrjóta.
Lið | braundom kna lund fro᷎cn jo᷎fr lgranda hycka ec resis | recca rinar griot of þriota .
(RDF)
Lið brondvm kna lvndar landfrækn iofur granda hykka ek | ræsis rekka rinar griot of þriota .
(RDF)
Liðbrǫndum kná landa
landfrœkn jǫfurr branda;
hykka ræsis rekka
Rínar grjót of þrjóta.
liþbrꜹndvm kna landa | landfrækn jofvʀ branda hycka ek […]sis recka ʀinar griot | vm þriota .
(RDF)
lið brǫndvm kna lvndar land | frækn iǫfvrr granda hykka æc ræsis rækka rínar griót of þrióta .
(VEÞ)
Liðbrǫndum †ligr kna† Lundar
landfrœkn jǫfurr granda;
†[…]† ræsis rekka
Rínar grjót of þrjóta.
Liðbrondum ligr kna lundar land […] ek ræsiss | recka rinar griot of þriota .
(RDF)
Liðbrǫndum †l[…] kna† Lundar
landfrœkn jǫfurr granda;
hykkað ek ræsis rekka
Rínar grjót of þrjóta.
[…]bro[…] kna lundar land frækn jo᷎furʀ granda hyckad æk | ræsiss recka rinar griot of þriota .
(RDF)
Liðbrǫndum kná Lundar
landfrœkn jǫfurr granda;
†hýck . d ek† ræsis rekka
Rínar grjót of þrjóta.
Liðbrǫndum †l . gr kna† Lundar
landfrœkn jǫfurr granda;
hykka ræsis rekka
Rínar grjót of þrjóta.
Lidb | rondum kna lundar landfrækn iofur granda hyck a ek ræsis recka rinar gri | ot of þriota
(RDF)
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