Valg Har 9II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Valgarðr á Velli, Poem about Haraldr harðráði 9’ 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. 307-8.
text and translation
Dvalði daprt of skilða
(drifu, þeirs eptir lifðu)
ferð, en fengin urðu
fǫgr sprund (Danir undan).
Láss helt líki drósar;
leið fyr yðr til skeiða
(bitu fíkula fjǫtrar)
fljóð mart (hǫrund bjartir).
Dvalði daprt of skilða ferð; Danir, þeirs lifðu eptir, drifu undan, en fǫgr sprund urðu fengin. Láss helt líki drósar; mart fljóð leið fyr yðr til skeiða; bjartir fjǫtrar bitu hǫrund fíkula.
‘The pitifully scattered crowd was delayed; the Danes who were still alive fled away, but fair women were captured. A lock secured the girl’s body; many a maiden went before you to the warships; bright fetters bit greedily into the flesh. ’
notes and context
As sts 7-8 above.
For the capture and possible mistreatment of women by marauding vikings, see Note to ÞjóðA Magn 7/5, 6, Grani Har 1/1, 4, st. 3/4 above and Hskv Útdr 5.
readings
- [1] Dvalði: so 39, F, E, Dulði Kˣ, J2ˣ, Dvǫlðum FskBˣ, Dvǫlðu Mork, H, Hr
- [1] daprt: djarft 39, F, ‘dafrt’ E
- [1] of: om. E, ok Hr
- [2] drifu: ‘drifa’ F
- [2] þeirs (‘þeir er’): þeir sem H
- [4] sprund: sprund en E
- [5] helt: hefr E
- [5] drósar: ‘drosat’ E
- [6] leið: leiðr 39, F
- [6] til skeiða: of skeiðar F, til skeiðar E, FskBˣ
- [7] bitu: ‘bittv’ H
- [7] fjǫtrar: ‘fionrar’ E, ‘fiortrar’ H
- [8] fljóð: fjǫl‑ E
- [8] bjartir: ‑bjartra FskBˣ, ‑bjarta Mork, ‑bjartar Hr
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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AM 63 folx (Kx) — 532v/24 - 533r/1
Dulði daprt of skilða
images
(drifu, þeirs eptir lifðu)
ferð, en fengin urðu
fǫgr sprund (Danir undan).
Láss helt líki drósar;
leið fyr yðr til skeiða
(bitu fíkula fjǫtrar)
fljóð mart (hǫrund bjartir). -
AM 39 fol (39) — 21rb/22 - 21rb/22
Dvalði djarft of skilða
images
(drifu, þeirs eptir lifðu)
ferð, en fengin urðu
fǫgr sprund (Danir undan).
Láss helt líki drósar;
leiðr fyr yðr til skeiða
(bitu fíkula fjǫtrar)
fljóð mart (hǫrund bjartir). -
AM 45 fol (F) — 44ra/15 - 44ra/18
Dvalði djarft of skilða
images
(†drifa†, þeirs eptir lifðu)
ferð, en fengin urðu
fǫgr sprund (Danir undan).
Láss helt líki drósar;
leiðr fyr yðr of skeiðar
(bitu fíkula fjǫtrar)
fljóð mart (hǫrund bjartir). -
AM 47 fol (E) — 13r/24 - 13r/25
Dvalði †dafrt† skilða
images
(drifu, þeirs eptir lifðu)
ferð, en fengin urðu
fǫgr sprund en (Danir undan).
Láss hefr líki †drosat†;
leið fyr yðr til skeiðar
(bitu fíkula †fionrar†)
fjǫl- mart (hǫrund bjartir). -
AM 38 folx (J2x) — 264v/3 - 264v/10
Dulði daprt of skilða
images
(drifu, þeirs eptir lifðu)
ferð, en fengin urðu
fǫgr sprund (Danir undan).
Láss helt líki drósar;
leið fyr yðr til skeiða
(bitu fíkula fjǫtrar)
fljóð mart (hǫrund bjartir). -
OsloUB 371 folx (FskBx) — 65v - 65v
Dvǫlðum daprt of skilða
images
(drifu, þeirs eptir lifðu)
ferð, en fengin urðu
fǫgr sprund (Danir undan).
Láss helt líki drósar;
leið fyr yðr til skeiðar
(bitu fíkula fjǫtrar)
fljóð mart (hǫrund -bjartra). -
GKS 1009 fol (Mork) — 3v/16 - 3v/16
Dvǫlðu daprt of skilða
images
(drifu, þeirs eptir lifðu)
ferð, en fengin urðu
fǫgr sprund (Danir undan).
Láss helt líki drósar;
leið fyr yðr til skeiða
(bitu fíkula fjǫtrar)
fljóð mart (hǫrund -bjarta). -
AM 66 fol (H) — 29r/18 - 29r/18
Dvǫlðu daprt of skilða
images
(drifu, þeir sem eptir lifðu)
ferð, en fengin urðu
fǫgr sprund (Danir undan).
Láss helt líki drósar;
leið fyr yðr til skeiða
(†bittv† fíkula †fiortrar†)
fljóð mart (hǫrund bjartir). -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 21rb/33 - 21rb/33
Dvǫlðu daprt ok skilða
images
(drifu, þeirs eptir lifðu)
ferð, en fengin urðu
fǫgr sprund (Danir undan).
Láss helt líki drósar;
leið fyr yðr til skeiða
(bitu fíkula fjǫtrar)
fljóð mart (hǫrund -bjartar). -
AM 51 folx (51x) — 59r/27 - 59r/34
images
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