Kate Heslop (ed.) 2017, ‘Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Óttarsson, Hákonardrápa 4’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 219.
Grams rúni lætr glymja
gunnríkr, hinns hvǫt líkar,
Hǫgna hamri slegnar
heiptbráðr of sik váðir.
{Gunnríkr rúni grams}, heiptbráðr, hinns líkar hvǫt, lætr {váðir Hǫgna}, slegnar hamri, glymja of sik.
‘The battle-powerful prince’s confidant [RULER], quick to enmity, the one who likes boldness, makes the clothes of Hǫgni <sea-king> [MAIL-SHIRT], pounded with the hammer, ring around him. ’
Skm cites this helmingr as the first in a set of instances of ruler-kennings, here rúni grams ‘prince’s confidant’.
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.
Grams rvni lætr | glymia guɴ rikr hiɴ er hvꜹt likar hꜹgna hamri slegnar heipt braðr | of sic vaþir.
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Grams runi letr glymia || gunn ricr hinn er huartt licar haugna hamri slegnar heiptbradr of sic v- | ader.
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Gra- | ms rvm lætr glymia gvnnríkr hinn er hvot likar hogna hamre slegnar heipt braðr | vm sik vaðir.
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gramr rúni lætr glymja
gunnlíkr, sá er hvǫt líkar,
†havgnar† hamri slegnar
heiptbráðr und sik váðir.
Gramr rvni lætr glymia gvnnlikr | sa er hvot likar havgnar hamri slegnar heiptbraþr und si[...] vaþir
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