Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 42’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 42.
Hô*s lætr helgan ræsi
heims dómari sóma
— fyllir framlyndr stillir
ferð himneska — verðan.
Greitt má gumnum létta
guðs ríðari stríðum;
rǫskr þiggr allt, sem œskir,
Óláfr af gram sólar.
{Dómari heims} lætr helgan ræsi verðan hô*s sóma; framlyndr stillir fyllir himneska ferð. {Guðs ríðari} má greitt létta stríðum gumnum; rǫskr Óláfr þiggr allt, sem œskir, af {gram sólar}.
‘The judge of the world [= God] causes the holy king to be worthy of high honour; the bold-minded king completes the heavenly band. God’s knight [SAINT = Óláfr] can easily alleviate afflictions for men; brave Óláfr gets all he desires from the king of the sun [= God].’
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.
†Hꜳrs† lætr helgan ræsi
heims †domara domara† sóma
— fyllir framlyndr stillir
ferð himneska — verða.
;
, ,
.
†Hars† lætr helgan ræsi
heims dómari sóma
— fyllir framlyndr stillir
ferð himneska — verðan.
;
, ,
.
Skj: Einarr Skúlason, 6. Geisli 42: AI, 466, BI, 437, Skald I, 215; Flat 1860-8, I, 4, Cederschiöld 1873, 6, Chase 2005, 92, 153.
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