Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Eilífr Goðrúnarson, Þórsdrápa 12’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 101.
Ok †sifuna† síðan
sverðs liðhat*ar gerðu
hlífar borðs við Hǫrða
harðgleypnis dyn barða,
áðr hylriðar hæði
hrjóðendr fjǫru þjóðar
við skyld-Breta skytju
skálleik Heðins reikar.
Ok síðan gerðu †sifuna† sverðs liðhat*ar {dyn {harðgleypnis {borðs hlífar}}} við {Hǫrða barða}, áðr hylriðar, hrjóðendr {þjóðar fjǫru}, hæði {{Heðins {reikar skál}}leik} við {skyld-Breta skytju}.
‘And afterwards the … haters of the help of the sword [= Þórr and Þjálfi] held a din of the harsh swallower of the board of defence [SHIELD > SWORD > BATTLE] against the Hǫrðar of precipices [GIANTS], before the pool-steppers [= Þórr and Þjálfi], the destroyers of the people of the shore [GIANTS], could engage in the game of the bowl of the hair-parting [HAT] of Heðinn <legendary hero> [(lit. ‘bowl-game of the hair-parting of Heðinn’) HELMET > BATTLE] against the kin-Britons of the markswoman [= Skaði] [GIANTS]. ’
See Context to st. 1.
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Ok †sifv[…]† síðan
sverðs lið†h(attar)† gerðu
hlífar borðs við Hǫrða
harðgleipnis dyn barði ,
áðr hylriðar heiði
hrjóðendr fjǫru þjóðar
við skyld-Breta skytju
skal eik Heðins reikar.
Ok †sifuna† síðan
sverðs liðhattar gerðu
hlífar borðs við Hǫrða
harðgleipnis son barði ,
áðr hylriðar heiði
hrjóðendr fjǫru þjóðar
við skyld-†bretia† skytju
skal eik Heðins reikar.
Ok †sifuna† síðan
sverðs liðhattar gerðu
hlífar borðs við Hǫrða
harð†gleifnir† kynbarði ,
áðr hylriðar heiði
†hr(i)oðrvðr† fjǫru þjóðar
við skyld-Breta skytju
skal eik Heðins reikar.
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