Anon Harst 1II
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Haraldsstikki 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 807-8.
text and translation
Lôgu fallnir í fen ofan
Valþjófs liðar vôpnum hǫggnir,
svát gunnhvatir ganga môttu
Norðmenn yfir at nôum einum.
Liðar Valþjófs lôgu fallnir ofan í fen hǫggnir vôpnum, svát gunnhvatir Norðmenn môttu ganga yfir at nôum einum.
‘The forces of Waltheof lay fallen down in the marsh, hacked by weapons, so that the battle-bold Norwegians could walk across on corpses alone.’
notes and context
The st. is cited in illustration of the battle of Fulford, following citation of Steinn Óldr 1.
readings
sources
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.
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AM 63 folx (Kx) — 578r/12 - 578r/19
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AM 39 fol (39) — 31ra/26 - 31ra/26
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AM 45 fol (F) — 52rb/38 - 52va/1
Lôgu fallnir
images
í fen ofan
Valþjófs liðar
vôpnum hǫggnir,
svát gunnhvatir
ganga môttu
Norðmenn yfir
á nôum einum. -
AM 47 fol (E) — 26v/1 - 26v/2
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AM 38 folx (J2x) — 294v/18 - 294v/25
Lôgu fallnir
images
í fen ofan
Valþjófs liðar
vôpnum hǫggnir,
svát gunnhvatir
ganga môttu
Norð yfir
at nôum einum. -
AM 66 fol (H) — 74r/18 - 74r/18
Lôgu fallnir
images
í fen ofan
Valþjófs liðar
vôpnum hǫggnir,
svát gunnhvatir
ganga môttu
Norð yfir
á nôum einum. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 53ra/6 - 53ra/6
Lôgu fallnir
images
í fen ofan
Valþjófs liðar
vôpnum hǫggnir,
svát gunnhvatir
ganga môttu
Norðmenn yfir
á nôum einum. -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 498r/3 - 498r/10
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