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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ESk Lv 9III

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Lausavísur 9’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 172.

Einarr SkúlasonLausavísur
8910

text and translation

Blárs baldrekr Síra;
Brú gyrðill þvær fyrðum;
sundr springr Lygru lindi;
Leku veltr af þrǫm belti.
Kjǫl skolar Karmtar helsi;
klýfr stjórn sila Þjórnar;
bǫrð skera Gizka girði;
grafask borð í men Storðar.

Blárs {baldrekr Síra}; {gyrðill Brú} þvær fyrðum; {lindi Lygru} springr sundr; {belti Leku} veltr af þrǫm. {Helsi Karmtar} skolar kjǫl; stjórn klýfr {sila Þjórnar}; bǫrð skera {girði Gizka}; borð grafask í {men Storðar}.
 
‘Blue is the baldric of Sira <island> [SEA]; the girdle of Bru <island> [SEA] washes men; the band of Lygra <island> [SEA] bursts asunder; the belt of Leka <island> [SEA] rolls from the railing. The necklace of Karmøy <island> [SEA] rinses the keel; the rudder cleaves the harness-strap of Tjörn <island> [SEA]; prows cut the girdle of Giske <island> [SEA]; plankings dig themselves into the necklace of Stord <island> [SEA].

notes and context

As Lv 8 above.

[1]: In LaufE and RE 1665 this line is given as l. 1 of Lv 8 above.

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: Einarr Skúlason, 11. Lausavísur 12: AI, 484-5, BI, 457, Skald I, 225; SnE 1848-87, II, 491-2, III, 172-3; LaufE 1979, 267, 342-3; Resen 1977, Ee3.

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