Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Halldórr skvaldri, Útfarardrápa 11’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 491-2.
Borg heiðna tókt, bræðir
benja tíkr, af ríki
— háðisk hver við prýði
hildr — en gaft af mildi.
{Bræðir {tíkr benja}}, tókt heiðna borg af ríki en gaft af mildi; hver hildr háðisk við prýði.
‘Feeder of the bitch of wounds [SHE-WOLF > WARRIOR], you captured the heathen city by means of force and gave [it] away with generosity; every battle was fought with honour.’
The helmingr describes the siege and capture of Sidon by Sigurðr and King Baldwin of Jerusalem (19 October-5 December 1110). According to the ON sources, Sigurðr gave the city to Baldwin after the victory.
For this siege, see also ESk Sig I 5 and Note to [All].
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.
Borg heiðna tókt, bræðir
benja tíkr, af ríki
— háðisk hver við prýði
hildr — en gaft við mildi.
Borg heiðna þátt, bræðir
benja tíkr, við ríki
— háðisk hver við prýði
hildr — en gaft af mildi.
Borg heiðna tók, bræðir
benja tíkr, af ríki
— háðisk hver við prýði
hildr — en gaft af mildi.
Borg heiðna tók, bræðir
benja tíkr, af ríki
— háðisk hver við prýði
hildr — en gaft af mildi.
Borg heiðna tók, bræðir
beina tíkr, af ríki
— háðisk hver við prýði
hildr — en gaft af mildi.
Borg heiðna þátt, bræðir
benja tíkr, af ríki
— háðisk hver við prýði
hildr — en gaft af mildi.
Borg eina þátt, bræðir
benja tíkr, af ríki
— háðisk hver var prýði
hildr — en gaft af mildi.
Borg heiðna vann, bræðir
†bæmia† tíkr, af ríki
— hðusk hver við prýði
hildr — en gaft af mildi.
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