Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 38’ 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. 523-4.
Stunðu seggir; stôl roðnuðu;
skaut bjartr konungr bôðum hǫndum.
Hǫrð spjót bitu; benjar svíddu;
herskip hruðusk hvárratveggju.
Seggir stunðu; stôl roðnuðu; bjartr konungr skaut bôðum hǫndum. Hǫrð spjót bitu; benjar svíddu; herskip hruðusk hvárratveggju.
‘Men moaned; weapons were reddened; the bright king shot with both hands. Hard spears bit; wounds smarted; warships were cleared on both sides.’
As st. 37 above.
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Stunðu seggir;
stôl roðnuðu;
skaut bjartr konungr
bôðum hǫndum.
Hǫrð spjót bitu;
benjar svíddu;
herskip ruðusk
hvárratveggju.
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