Hfr ErfÓl 8I
Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Óttarsson, Erfidrápa Óláfs Tryggvasonar 8’ 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. 413.
text and translation
Upp sǫgðu lǫg — lagðisk
líf skjótt firum — hlífa
gnóg til gumna feigðar
gǫlkn við randar bǫlku.
{Gǫlkn hlífa} sǫgðu upp lǫg, gnóg til feigðar gumna, við {bǫlku randar}; líf lagðisk skjótt firum.
‘Monsters of shields [AXES] proclaimed the laws, enough for the doom of warriors, at the walls of the rim [SHIELDS]; life was quickly laid aside for men.’
notes and context
Óláfr’s Norwegians hold the Swedes’ ships with grappling hooks as they had the Danes’, and overrun them: Saugdu suerd þeirra eín log aullum Suium þeim er þeir komu hoggum vid ‘Their [the Norwegians’] swords spoke one law to all the Swedes they landed blows on’.
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 54 fol (54) — 64rb/27 - 64rb/29
imagesUpp sǫgðu lǫg — †lo᷎gþiss†
líf skjótt firum — hlífa
gnóg til gumna feigðar
gǫlkn við randar bǫlku.Wpp saugdu lo᷎g lo᷎gþiss · lif | skiott firum hlifa · gnog til gumna feigdar · gal | kn vid randar balku .
(DW)
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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 100ra/5 - 100ra/7
Upp sǫgðu lǫg — †lęgiss†
images
líf skjótt firum — hlífa
gnóg til gumna feigðar
gǫlkn við randar bǫlku. -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 64va/42 - 64va/44
Upp sǫgðu lǫg — †lo᷎gdar†
images
líf skjótt firum — hlífa
gnóg til gumna feigðar
gǫlkn við randar bǫlku.
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