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Lausavísur — Humli LvVIII (Heiðr)

Humli konungr

Humli konungr, Lausavísur — Vol. 8 — Hannah Burrows

Hannah Burrows (forthcoming), ‘ Humli konungr, Lausavísur’ 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=3139> (accessed 23 April 2024)

 

Sitja skulum vér í vetr         ok sælliga lifa,
drekka ok dæma         dýrar veigar,
kenna Húnum         vápn at búa,
þau er djarfliga         skulum fram bera.
 
‘We shall sit during winter and live prosperously, drink costly draughts and make conversation, teach the Huns to prepare the weapons that we shall carry forth boldly.
Vel skulum þér, Hlöðr,         herlið búa
ok framliga         hildi heyja
með tólfvetra mengi         ok tvævetrum fola.
Svá skal Húna         her um safna.
 
‘We shall prepare the war-troop well for you, Hlǫðr, and wage war boldly, with a multitude of twelve-year-olds and [with] a two-year-old [multitude] of foals. Thus shall the army of the Huns be assembled.
Eigi skulum         árum spilla,
þeim er fara         einir saman.
 
‘We must not harm messengers, those who travel alone.
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