ESk Hardr I 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Haraldsdrápa I 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. 542-3.
text and translation
Ótryggum lét eggjar
eljunfrár und hôri
Hveðn á hǫlðum roðnar
hrafns munnlituðr þunnar,
áðr, þars ógnarprúðum
ulfnistanda, missti
hungr, á hǫnd at ganga,
hræskurðr, Danir urðu.
{Eljunfrár munnlituðr hrafns} lét þunnar eggjar roðnar á ótryggum hǫlðum und hôri Hveðn, áðr {hræskurðr} missti hungr, þars Danir urðu at ganga á hǫnd {ógnarprúðum ulfnistanda}.
‘The courage-quick mouth-colourer of the raven [WARRIOR] let thin blades be reddened on disloyal freeholders beneath lofty Ven, before the carrion-cleaver [RAVEN/EAGLE] lost its hunger, where the Danes were obliged to surrender to the battle-proud wolf-feeder [WARRIOR].’
notes and context
readings
- [1] Ótryggum: Ótryggjum FskAˣ, F, 42ˣ, ‘Bryggum’ E
- [1] lét: lézt FskBˣ, FskAˣ, Kˣ, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, H, lét ek Hr
- [2] ‑frár: ‑þrár FskBˣ, FskAˣ, F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ, H, Hr
- [2] hôri: ‘harre’ FskBˣ
- [3] Hveðn á: ‘h[...]’ FskBˣ
- [3] roðnar: roðna F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ
- [4] hrafns: ‘rams’ FskBˣ, FskAˣ
- [4] munn‑: munnr FskAˣ
- [4] ‑lituðr: ‑brúðr FskBˣ, ‑litaðr FskAˣ, Kˣ
- [4] þunnar: þunnan Hr
- [6] missti: misstu Mork
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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GKS 1009 fol (Mork) — 32r/19 - 32r/19
Ótryggum lét eggjar
images
eljunfrár und hôri
Hveðn á hǫlðum roðnar
hrafns munnlituðr þunnar,
áðr, þars ógnarprúðum
ulfnistanda, misstu
hungr, á hǫnd at ganga,
hræskurðr, Danir urðu. -
OsloUB 371 folx (FskBx) — 94v - 94v
Ótryggum lézt eggjar
images
eljun-þrár und †harre†
†h[...]† hǫlðum roðnar
†rams† munn-brúðr þunnar,
áðr, þars ógnarprúðum
ulfnistanda, missti
hungr, á hǫnd at ganga,
hræskurðr, Danir urðu. -
AM 51 folx (51x) — 82v/16 - 82v/19 [1-4]
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AM 303 4°x (FskAx) — 372/1 - 372/4
Ótryggjum lézt eggjar
images
eljun-þrár und hôri
Hveðn á hǫlðum roðnar
†rams† munnr-litaðr þunnar,
áðr, þars ógnarprúðum
ulfnistanda, missti
hungr, á hǫnd at ganga,
hræskurðr, Danir urðu. -
AM 63 folx (Kx) — 639v/1 - 639v/4
Ótryggum lézt eggjar
images
eljunfrár und hôri
Hveðn á hǫlðum roðnar
hrafns munn-litaðr þunnar,
áðr, þars ógnarprúðum
ulfnistanda, missti
hungr, á hǫnd at ganga,
hræskurðr, Danir urðu. -
AM 45 fol (F) — 69va/3 - 69va/4
Ótryggjum lét eggjar
images
eljun-þrár und hôri
Hveðn á hǫlðum roðna
hrafns munnlituðr þunnar,
áðr, þars ógnarprúðum
ulfnistanda, missti
hungr, á hǫnd at ganga,
hræskurðr, Danir urðu. -
AM 47 fol (E) — 50v/22 - 50v/23
†Bryggum† lézt eggjar
images
eljun-þrár und hôri
Hveðn á hǫlðum roðna
hrafns munnlituðr þunnar,
áðr, þars ógnarprúðum
ulfnistanda, missti
hungr, á hǫnd at ganga,
hræskurðr, Danir urðu. -
AM 38 folx (J2x) — 343r/20 - 343r/23
Ótryggum lézt eggjar
images
eljun-þrár und hôri
Hveðn á hǫlðum roðna
hrafns munnlituðr þunnar,
áðr, þars ógnarprúðum
ulfnistanda, missti
hungr, á hǫnd at ganga,
hræskurðr, Danir urðu. -
AM 42 folx (42x) — 37r/1 - 37r/1
Ótryggjum lézt eggjar
images
eljun-þrár und hôri
Hveðn á hǫlðum roðna
hrafns munnlituðr þunnar,
áðr, þars ógnarprúðum
ulfnistanda, missti
hungr, á hǫnd at ganga,
hræskurðr, Danir urðu. -
AM 66 fol (H) — 117r/31 - 117r/31
Ótryggum lézt eggjar
images
eljun-þrár und hôri
Hveðn á hǫlðum roðnar
hrafns munnlituðr þunnar,
áðr, þars ógnarprúðum
ulfnistanda, missti
hungr, á hǫnd at ganga,
hræskurðr, Danir urðu. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 77ra/33 - 77ra/35 [1-4]
Ótryggum lét ek eggjar
images
eljun-þrár und hôri
Hveðn á hǫlðum roðnar
hrafns munnlituðr þunnan,
áðr, þars ógnarprúðum
ulfnistanda, missti
hungr, á hǫnd at ganga,
hræskurðr, Danir urðu. -
AM 301 4°x (301x) — 138r/1 - 138r/3 [1-4]
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