verses — Hallvarðr FragVIII (Frið)
HallvarðrHallvarðr, verses — Vol. 8 — Margaret Clunies Ross
Margaret Clunies Ross (forthcoming), ‘ Hallvarðr, verses’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3111> (accessed 27 April 2024)
Er á skála skjól at sitja
vestrvíkingi, sem vera inni.
Eru hraustari, þeir er hlunngota,
drengir, ausa í drifaveðri.
‘There is shelter from the hall, as a place of refuge inside, for the viking on a westward expedition to sit. Those men who bale the roller-steed [SHIP] in the storm of seaspray, are braver. ’
Sex sé ek ausa en sjau róa
dæsta drengi í drifaveðri.
Þat er gunnhvötum glíkt í stafni,
Friðþjófr er framm fellr við árar.
‘I see six exhausted men baling and seven rowing in the storm of sea-spray. That is like [seeing] a battle-bold one in the prow, when Friðþjófr falls forward over the oars. ’
Taktu af gólfi, gangfögr kona,
horn hólfanda; hef ek af drukkit.
Menn sé ek á mar, þá er munu þurfa
hreggmóðir liðs, áðr höfn taki.
‘Nicely moving woman, take [this] upside down horn from the hall-floor; I have drained it. I see storm-weary men out at sea, who will need help before they reach the harbour. ’
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