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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ESk Lv 15III

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Lausavísur 15’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 179.

Einarr SkúlasonLausavísur
1415

text and translation

Barð rístr Gælu girði;
grefr saumr fjǫtur Tauma;
geist ferr umbgerð Óstrar;
opts men klofit Senju.
Brand þvær Bolgu lindi;
bifask stinnr sili Kinnar;
hringr þýtr Hveðru lǫngum;
hart veltr Glanar belti.

Barð rístr {girði Gælu}; saumr grefr {fjǫtur Tauma}; {umbgerð Óstrar} ferr geist; opts {men Senju} klofit. {Lindi Bolgu} þvær brand; {stinnr sili Kinnar} bifask; {hringr Hveðru} þýtr lǫngum; {belti Glanar} veltr hart.
 
‘The prow carves the girdle of Gæla <island> [SEA]; nails incise the fetter of Taumar <island> [SEA]; the sheath of Osterøy <island> [SEA] moves violently; often is the necklace of Senja <island> [SEA] cloven. The band of Bolga <island> [SEA] washes the bow; the stiff harness-strap of Kinn <island> [SEA] quivers; the ring of Hveðra <island> [SEA] roars for a long time; the belt of Glǫn <island> [SEA] rolls hard.

notes and context

As Lv 14 above.

The islands of Gæla (l. 1), Taumar (l. 2), Bolga (l. 5), Hveðra (l. 7) and Glǫn (l. 8) have not been identified. LP: hveðra suggests that Hveðra could be a scribal corruption of ‘herðlu’, the island of Herdla (ON Herðla), south of Askøy in Hordaland, Norway (see Note to Lv 8/2 above), or of ‘hveðnar’, the island of Hven (ON Hveðn) in Denmark.

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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 14: AI, 485, BI, 457, Skald I, 225, NN §355; LaufE 1979, 268, 343; Resen 1977, Ee3.

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