Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Óttarr svarti, Knútsdrápa 2’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 770.
Út fylgðu þér Jótar,
auðmildr, flugar trauðir;
skauthreina bjó skreytir
Skônunga liðvánir.
Vôð blés of þér, vísi;
vestr settir þú flesta
— kunnt gørðir þú þannig
þitt nafn — í haf stafna.
Jótar, trauðir flugar, fylgðu þér út, auðmildr; {skreytir {skauthreina}} bjó liðvánir Skônunga. Vôð blés of þér, vísi; þú settir flesta stafna vestr í haf; þú gørðir nafn þitt kunnt þannig.
‘The Jótar, reluctant to flee, accompanied you abroad, wealth-generous one; the adorner of sail-reindeer [SHIPS > SEAFARER] prepared the expected troops of the Skánungar. The cloth billowed over you, prince; you directed a great many prows westwards across the sea; you made your name known in that way. ’
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Út fylgðu þeir Jótar,
auðmildr, flugar trauðir;
skauthreina bjó skreytir
Skônunga liðvánir.
Vôð blés of þér, vísi;
vestr settir þú flesta
— kunnt gørðir þú þenna
þitt nafn — í haf stafna.
Út fylgðu þér Jótar,
auðmildr, flugar trauðir;
skauthreina bjó skreytir
Skônunga liðvánir.
Vôð blés of þér, vísi;
vestr settir þú flesta
— kunnt gjǫrðu þú þenna
þitt nafn — í haf stafna.
Út fylgðu þér Jótar,
auðmildr, flugar trauðir;
skauthreina bjó skreytir
Skônunga liðvánir.
Vôð blés of þeir, vísi;
vestr settir þú flesta
— kunnt gørðir þú þenna
þitt nafn — í haf stafna.
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