Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Einarr skálaglamm Helgason, Vellekla 10’ 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. 295.
Rignði hjǫrs á hersa
hríðremmis fjǫr víða
— þrimlundr of jók Þundi
þegns gnótt — méilregni.
Ok hald-Viðurr haulda
haffaxa lét vaxa
Laufa veðr at lífi
lífkǫld Hôars drífu.
{Méilregni} {{hjǫrs hríð}remmis} rignði víða á fjǫr hersa; þrimlundr of jók Þundi gnótt þegns. Ok {hald-Viðurr {haffaxa}} lét {lífkǫld veðr Laufa} vaxa at lífi haulda {drífu Hôars}.
‘The arrow-rain [BATTLE] of the strengthener of the storm of the sword [(lit. ‘storm-strengthener of the sword’) BATTLE > WARRIOR] rained widely on the life of the hersar; the battle-minded one increased the abundance of retainers for Þundr <= Óðinn>. And the steering Viðurr <= Óðinn> of sea-horses [SHIPS > SEAFARER] let the life-cold storms of Laufi <sword> [BATTLES] grow against the life of men in the snow-storm of Hárr <= Óðinn> [BATTLE]. ’
See st. 9.
There is no intervening prose between sts 9 and 10, but 10/1-4 and 10/5-8 are thematically much more similar than sts 9 and 10/1-4 and are therefore given as a unitary stanza here and in most eds. In contrast, ÓT 1958-2000, Davidson 1983, 264-5, 170 and Hkr 1991 combine st. 9 and 10/1-4 into one stanza and let 10/5-8 stand as a single helmingr.
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.
Rignði hjǫrs á hersa
†h[...]rð-†remmis fjǫr víða
— þrimlundr of jók Þundi
þegns gnótt — méilregni.
Ok hald-Viðurr haulda
haffaxa lét vaxa
Laufa veðr at lífi
lífkǫld Hôars drífu.
rigndi hiors á hersa | hriðremmis fior viða | þrimlundr umjoc þundi | þegns gnott mæil regni | Oc halldviþuʀ hꜹlda | haf faxa let vaxa | lꜹfa veðr at lifi | lifcꜹld hars drifo |
(KS)
Rignði hjǫrs á hersa
hríðremmis fjǫr víða
— þver--lyndr of jók Þundi
þegn gnótt ok — méilregni.
Ok hald-Viðurr haulda
haffaxa lét vaxa
†lꜹpa† veðr at lífum
lið-kǫld Hôars drífu.
Rignði hjǫrs á hersa
hríðremmis fjǫr víða
— þver--lyndr of jók Þundi
þegn gnótt ok — men-regni.
Ok hald-Viðurr haulda
haffaxa lét vaxa
Laufa veðr at lífum
lífkǫld Hôars drífu.
Rignði hjǫrs á hersa
hríðremmis fjǫr víða
— þrim†-lunðar† ok jók Þundi
†þ(e)gns† gnótt — méilregni.
Ok hald-Viðurr haulda
haffaxa lét vaxa
†lꜹpa† veðr at lífum
lífkǫld Hôars drífu.
ringðe hiors a || hersa hirþ remmnis fiǫr viða þrimlunðar ok iok þu | nðr þ(e)gns gnott meil regni Oc hallduiður ha | lDa haf faxa let vaxa lꜹpa vedr at lifom lif kꜹ | ld hars drifv.
(KS)
Rignði hjǫrs á hersa
hríð†-remnis† fjǫr víða
— þrim-lundar ok jók Þundi
þegns gnótt — méilregni.
Ok hald-Viðurr haulda
haffaxa lét vaxa
†lꜹpa† veðr at lífum
lífkǫld Hôars drífu.
Rignði hjǫrs á hersa
hríðremmis fjǫr víða
— þrym--lyndr ok jók Þundi
þegns gnótt — mél-regni.
Ok hjald--Viðurr haulda
haffaxa lét vaxa
Laufa veðr at lífum
lífkǫld Hôars drífu.
Rignði hjǫrs á hersa
hríðremmis fjǫr víða
— þrym-lundr ok jók Þundi
þegns gnótt — méilregni.
Ok hald-Viðurr haulda
haffaxa lét vaxa
Laufa veðr at lífum
lífkǫld †harlldz† drífu.
Rignði hjǫrs á hersa
hríðremmis fjǫr víða
— þrym-lundr ok jók Þundi
þegns gnótt — meðal-regni.
Ok haldinn--rúnr haulda
hár-faxa lét vaxa
Laufa veðrs at lífum
lífkǫld Haralds drífu.
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