Anon Liðs 7I
Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Liðsmannaflokkr 7’ 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. 1024.
text and translation
Knútr réð ok bað bíða
(baugstalls) Dani alla;
(lundr gekk rǫskr und randir
ríkr) vá herr við díki.
Nær vas, sveit þars sóttum,
Syn, með hjalm ok brynju,
elds sem olmum heldi
elg Rennandi kennir.
Knútr réð ok bað alla Dani bíða; {ríkr lundr {baugstalls}} gekk rǫskr und randir; herr vá við díki. Syn, vas nær sem {kennir {elds Rennandi}} heldi olmum elg, þars sóttum sveit með hjalm ok brynju.
‘Knútr decided and commanded all the Danes to wait; the mighty tree of the ring-support [SHIELD > WARRIOR = Knútr] went, brave, under the shields; the army fought by the moat. Syn [lady], it was nearly as if the master of the fire of Rennandi <river> [GOLD > MAN] were holding a maddened elk, where we attacked the army with helmet and mail-shirt. ’
notes and context
As for st. 1.
readings
sources
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.
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 186vb/37 - 186vb/37
Knútr réð ok bað bíða
images
(baugstalls) Dani alla;
(lundr gekk rǫskr und randir
ríkr) vá herr við díki.
Nær vas, sveit þars sóttum,
Syn, með hjalm ok brynju,
elds sem olmum heldi
†elgr ennanda† kennir. -
DG 8 (DG8) — 73r/24 - 73r/27
imagesKnútr réð ok bað bíða
(baugstalls) Dani alla;
(lundr gekk rǫskr und randir
ríkr) vá herr við díki.
Nær vas, sveit þars sóttum,
Syn, með hjalm ok brynju,
elds sem olmum heldi
elg Rennandi kennir.Knutr reð ok bað biða, baug | stallz dane alla, lundr gecc roskr und rander, rikr va hærr við dici, iner var svæit þar er sottom, syn með hialm oc bryniu, ællz sem olmom hellde, | elgrænnande kænnir.
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