Peter Jorgensen (ed.) 2017, ‘Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar 7 (Ásbjǫrn, Ævikviða 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 611.
Annat var, þá er inni.
Ormr at Hildar stormi
gekk enn gráðgum blakki
Geitis sylg at veita.
Rekk at rómu dökkri
raunmargan gaf vargi
seggr ok sárt nam höggva
svinnr at Ífu minni.
Annat var, þá er inni. Ormr gekk enn at {stormi Hildar} at veita {gráðgum blakki Geitis} sylg. Svinnr seggr gaf vargi raunmargan rekk at dökkri rómu ok nam höggva sárt at minni Ífu.
‘It used to be different, when inside. Ormr went again to the storm of Hildr <valkyrie> [BATTLE] to give a drink to the greedy horse of Geitir <giant> [WOLF]. The swift warrior gave very many a man to the wolf in dark battle and dealt hard blows at the mouth of the Ífa.’
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Annat var, þá er inni.
Ormr at Hildar stormi
gekk ek gráðgum blakki
Geitis sylg at veita.
Rekk at rómu dökkri
†run†margan vargi
seggr ok sárt nam höggva
†suinz† at Ífu minni.
Annat var, þá er inni.
Ormr at Hildar stormi
gekk ek †af bräkuðum† blakki
†gellur† sigling at veita.
rak eg rómu dökkri
raunmargan vel vargi
seggr sárt †mun sǫggva†
svinnr at jǫfu minni.
Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XIII], E. 18. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar IV 4: AII, 343-4, BII, 366, Skald II, 198, NN §185; ÓT 1689, 13, Fms 3, 219, Flat 1860-8, I, 528, Þorleifur Jónsson 1904, 213, Guðni Jónsson 1935, 184 (ch. 7), Guðni Jónsson 1946-9, 11, 457-8 (ch. 7), Faulkes 2011b, 70 (ch. 7) (OStór).
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