Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 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. 714.
Reið blóðlaukr
á berum knerri
örvar áss
járni slunginn,
en gandreið
grænna skjalda
Svölnis vegg
sleit á lopti.
{Blóðlaukr}, slunginn járni, reið á {berum knerri {áss örvar}}, en {gandreið grænna skjalda} sleit {vegg Svölnis} á lopti.
‘The blood-mast [SWORD], encircled by iron, swung onto the bare ship of the god of the arrow [= Ullr > SHIELD], and the riding troll-women of green shields [AXES] tore the wall of Svǫlnir <= Óðinn> [SHIELD] in the air.’
The Birkibeinar sundered byrnies and shields, and most of Skúli’s men fell (see st. 19 above).
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.
Reið blóð†laúgr†
á berum knerri
örvar ás
járni slunginn,
en gandreið
grænna skjalda
Svölnis vegg
sleit á lopti.
Reið bloð laúgr aberum knǽʀi ꜹ́rvar || ás iarni slunginn en gandreið grǽnna skiallda svꜹlnis ueɢ sleit a lopti
(VEÞ)
Reið blóðlaukr
á berum knerri
örva ás
járni slunginn,
en gandreið
grænna skjalda
Svölnis egg
sleit á lopti.
Reið bloð lꜹkr | a berum knerri ꜹrva ás iarní slungíɴ . eɴ gand reið græn || na skiallda svꜹlnís eɢ sleít a loptí·
(VEÞ)
Reið blóðlaukr
á berum knerri
örvar ás
járni slunginn,
en gandreið
grænna skjalda
Svölnis vegg
sleit á lopti.
Reid blodlaukur ꜳ ber · | um knerí . auruar as jarní slungínn . en gandreid grænna sk | íallda . sualnís vegg sleít ꜳ loptí .
(VEÞ)
Reið blóð-ugr
á berum knerri
örvar ás
járni slunginn,
en gandreið
grænna skjalda
Svölnis vegg
sleit á lopti.
ʀeid blodugr ꜳ berum kneʀrí aurfar ꜳs iarní slungínn enn gand reíd grænna skiallda | suo᷎lnís veɢg sleít ꜳ loptí.
(VEÞ)
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