Guðl Lv 1III
Tarrin Wills (ed.) 2017, ‘Guðlaugr, Lausavísa 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. 200.
text and translation
Hrǫkk at Haugabrekku
hóts meirr en til gátum
fyr hyrgœði hríðar
Halldórr í bug skjaldi.
At Haugabrekku hrǫkk Halldórr hóts meirr en gátum til í bug skjaldi fyr {{hríðar hyr}gœði}.
‘At Haugabrekka Halldórr recoiled a great deal more than we expected in the hollow of the shield before the increaser of the fire of battle [(lit. ‘fire-increaser of battle’) SWORD > WARRIOR].’
notes and context
This helmingr is cited as an example of cacosyntheton or faulty juxtaposition of words, as shown by the inverted kenning in l. 3.
readings
sources
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.
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AM 748 I b 4° (A) — 5r/32 - 5r/33
imagesHrǫkk at Haugabrekku
hóts meirr en til gátum
fyr hríðar
Halldórr í bug skjaldi.hravkk at hꜹga br⸌e⸍kkv hotz | mæiʀ ænn til gotvm fyrir hæ̣yrgæði hríðar halldoʀr i bvg skialldi .
(VEÞ)
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AM 242 fol (W) — 104/31 - 104/32
imagesHrǫkk at Haugabrekku
hóts meirr en til gátum
fyr hyrboði hríða
Halldór í bug skjaldi.Hrokk at hauga brekkv hotz meiʀ en til | gꜳtum fyr hyrboði hriða halldor i bug skialldí.
(TW)
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 139r - 139r
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