Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Fragments 18’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 168.
The helmingr (ESk Frag 18) describes a sea-voyage during which the poet, who is identified as Einarr (no patronymic) in all mss, may have been present. It is recorded in Skm (SnE) in mss R (main ms.), Tˣ, A, B and C. Ms. B is now too damaged to be read with any certainty, and 744ˣ has been used in its place.
Né framlyndir fundu
fyrr, (hykkat lô kyrrðu)
þars sær á við varra
(vini óra) fell stórum.
Framlyndir né fundu fyrr, þars sær fell stórum á {við varra}; hykkat lô kyrrðu vini óra.
‘The confident ones did not discover it earlier, where the sea fell violently on the wood of the wake [SHIP]; I do not believe the wave calmed our friends.’
Lá is given among the heiti for ‘wave’ in Skm.
The sense of the helmingr is that, during a sea-voyage, the poet’s friends were surprised by a wave that either hit the ship or poured in over the railing.
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.
Né framlyndir fundu
fyrr, (hykkat lô kyrrðu)
þars sær á við †vorv†
(vini óra) fell stórum.
Né framlynd fundu
fyrr, (†hyck acla† kyrrðu)
þars sær á við fóru
(†ymi vra† ) fell stórum.
Né framlyndir fundu
fyrr, (hykkat lô kyrrðu)
þars sær á við †varv†
(vini óra) fell stórum.
Næ framlyndir fvn | dv fyʀ hykkat la kyrðv þar ær siór a víð várv vini óra fæll storvm .
(VEÞ)
Né †framlý..dir† fundusk
fyrr, (hykkat lô kyrrðu)
þars sær á við †varo†
(vini óra) fell stórum.
Né framlyndir fundu
fyrr, (hykkat ek lô kyrra)
þars sær um við †vara†
(vini óra) fellr stórum.
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