Lauren Goetting (ed.) 2009, ‘Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson, Hrynhenda 1’ 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. 658-9.
Mærir glǫddusk miklu ári
menn; báru þá ávǫxt tvennan
(veglig sýndisk) viðr ok fuglar
(vísa grein) á sumri einu.
Mærir menn glǫddusk miklu ári; viðr ok fuglar báru þá tvennan ávǫxt á einu sumri; grein vísa sýndisk veglig.
‘Illustrious men were gladdened by the great prosperity; trees and birds then produced offspring twice in one summer; the ruler’s circumstances appeared magnificent.’
The st. documents the agricultural abundance in Norway during the summer after Hákon was elected king in 1217.
The prosperity in Norway around the time of Hákon’s election as king is described in very similar terms in Sturl Hákkv 4.
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.
Mærir glaudduz miklu ári menn baru þa avꜹxt tuennnan ueglig syndiz viðr | ok fuglar visa greín asumri einv.
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Mærir glód | dvz miclo ári · menn baro þa avoxt tveɴan veglíg syndiz | viðr ok fvglar visa greín a svmri eíno·
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Mærir glǫddusk miklu ári
menn; báru þá ávǫxt †uennan†
(veglig sýndisk) viðr ok fuglar
(†vísis rein† ) á sumri einu.
Mærir glodduz miclo are | menn baru þa avoxt tvennann | veglig syndiz viþr oc fuglar | visis rein a sumri einu |
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Mærír g | lodduzt mícklv arí . menn baru þa auoxt | uennann . veglig syndizt vidr ok fuglar | visa grein ꜳ̇ sumri eínu.
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Mærir glǫddusk miklu ári
menn; báru þá ávǫxt tvennan
(veglig sýndisk) viðr ok fugla
(vísa grein) á sumri einu.
Męrir glaudduz miklu arí . ᴍenn baru þa áuo᷎xt tueɴaɴ vęgleg syndíz uiðr ok | fugla visa grein a sumri einv.
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Mærir glǫddusk miklu ári
menn; báru þá ávǫxt tvennan
(veglig sýndr) viðr ok fuglar
(vísa grein) á sumri einu.
Mærir glodduz miklu ꜳ | rí menn bꜳru þa auoxt tuennan veglig syndr vídr ok fuglar visa greín a sumri | eínu.
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