Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 20’ 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, p. 513.
Hrauð ungr konungr átta snekkjur
— vargr gein of val — Vinða ferðar.
Hné fyr eggju óþjóðar lið.
Ungr konungr hrauð átta snekkjur ferðar Vinða; vargr gein of val. Lið óþjóðar hné fyr eggju.
‘The young king cleared eight warships of the force of the Wends; the wolf gaped over carrion. The host of evildoers fell before the sword-edge.’
As st. 19 above.
Two ll. are missing from the second helmingr.
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