Darraðarljóð — Anon DarrV (Nj)
Anonymous PoemsDarraðarljóð — Vol. 5 — R. D. Fulk
R. D. Fulk (forthcoming), ‘ Anonymous, Darraðarljóð’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1008> (accessed 19 April 2024)
fyr valfalli
rifs reiðiský;
rignir blóði;
nú's fyr geirum
grár uppkominn
vefr, verþjóðar
es vinur fylla.
[rauðum vepti
Randvés bana].
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ýta þǫrmum
ok harðkléaðr
hǫfðum manna;
eru dreyrrekin
dǫrr at skǫptum,
járnvarðr yllir,
en ǫrum hrælaðr.
[skulum slá sverðum
sigrvef þenna].
This text is from an old edition
ok Hjǫrþrimul,
Sanngríðr, Svipul
sverðum tognum;
skapt mun gnesta,
skjǫldr mun bresta,
mun hjalmgagarr
í hlíf koma.
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vef Darraðar,
þann's ungr konungr
átti fyrri;
framm skulum ganga
ok í folk vaða,
þars vinir órir
vôpnum skipta.
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vef Darraðar
ok siklingi
síðan fylgjum;
þar séa bragnar
blóðgar randir,
Gunnr ok Gǫndul
es grami fylgðu.
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vef Darraðar,
þars vé vaða
vígra manna;
lôtum eigi
líf hans farask,
eigu valkyrjur
vals of kosti.
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lǫndum ráða,
es útskaga
áðr of byggðu,
kveðk ríkjum gram
ráðinn dauða;
nú's fyr oddum
jarlmaðr hniginn.
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angr of bíða,
þats aldri mun
ýtum fyrnask.
Nú's vefr ofinn,
en vǫllr roðinn;
mun of lǫnd fara
læspjǫll gota.
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umb at lítask,
es dreyrugt ský
dregr með himni;
mun lopt litat
lýða blóði,
es sóknvarðir
syngva kunnu.
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of konung ungan
sigrhljóða fjǫlð,
syngum heilar;
en hinn nemi
es heyrir á,
geirfljóða hljóð
ok gumum segi.
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hart út berum,
brugðnum sverðum,
á brott heðan.
This text is from an old edition
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