Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 32 (Innsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Innsteinskviða 12)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 329.
Hart skulum ganga ok hliða ekki *;
verðr vísis lið at vega með söxum.
Þeir skulu sjálfir á sér bera
blóðgar benjar, áðr braki létti.
Skulum ganga hart ok hliða ekki *; lið vísis verðr at vega með söxum. Þeir sjálfir skulu bera á sér blóðgar benjar, áðr braki létti.
‘We shall go [forth] fast and not give way; the prince’s troop has to fight with swords. They themselves shall bear bloody wounds on their bodies before the din ceases. ’
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.
Hart skulum ganga
ok hliða ekki við;
verðr vísis lið
at vega með söxum.
Þeir skulu sjálfir
á sér bera
blóðgar benjar,
áðr braki létti.
hartt skulum ganga ok hli ǀ da ecki uid verdr uísis líd at uega med sauxum þeir skulu sialfer a síer ǀ bera blodgar beniar adr braki letti
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