Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þórarinn stuttfeldr, Stuttfeldardrápa 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, p. 474.
Dreif til handa
herr framr grami
hollr hauksnjǫllum
hvaðanæva svá,
sem fyrr í fǫr
frétt hǫfðu rétt
konunga kyn
Kraka margspǫkum.
Framr, hollr herr dreif til handa hauksnjǫllum grami svá hvaðanæva, sem hǫfðu rétt frétt kyn konunga fyrr í fǫr margspǫkum Kraka.
‘An outstanding, loyal army gathered around the hawk-brave lord from everywhere, just as [men] have rightly heard that the kin of kings earlier [were] in the company of the very sagacious Kraki (‘Pole-ladder’) <legendary king>.’
Sigurðr prepared to set out on his journey to Palestine and men gathered around him.
[3] hauksnjǫllum ‘the hawk-brave’: See also Ólhv Hryn 7/1. — [8]: Hrólfr kraki ‘Pole-ladder’ was a legendary Dan. king (see Hrólf; SnE 1998, I, 58-9). See also ÞjóðA Sex 27.
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Dreif til handa
herr framr grami
hollr hauksnjǫllum
hvaðanæva svá,
sem fyrr í fǫr
frétt hǫfðu rétt
konunga kyn
Kraka marg†-spraukum†.
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