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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Ldn 68bIV

Landnámabók 68b — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (Anon Ldn 68bIV)

Anonymous íslendingasögurLandnámabók
68b69

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The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):

Þórir þursasprengir hét maðr; hann var fœddur í Ǫmð á Hálogalandi ok varð missáttr við Hákon jarl Grjótgarðsson ok fór af því til Íslands; hann nam Øxnadal allan ok bjó at Vatsá. Hans son var Steinrøðr enn rammi, er mǫrgum manni vann bót, þeim er aðrar meinvættir gerðu mein. Geirhildr hét fjǫlkunnig kona ok meinsǫm. Það sá ófreskir menn, at Steinrøðr kom at henni óvarri, en hún brá sér í nautsbelgs líki vatsfulls. Steinrøðr var járnsmiðr; hann hafði járngadd mikinn í hendi. Um fund þeirra er þetta kveðit:



Fork lætr æ sem orkar

atglamrandi hamra

á glotkylli gjalla

Geirhildar hví meira.

Járnstafr skapar œrna,

eru sollin rif trolli,

hár á Hjaltaeyri

hríð kerlingar síðu.

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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.

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