Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Einarr skálaglamm Helgason, Vellekla 20’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 307.
Búinn lézk valdr, ef vildi
valmey konungr heyja,
haulda morðs at halda
— herr fell of gram — velli.
{Valdr {morðs haulda}} lézk búinn at halda velli, ef konungr vildi heyja {valmey}; herr fell of gram.
‘The controller of the killing of men [BATTLE > RULER = Hákon jarl] declared himself ready to hold the field, if the king [Ragnfrøðr] wanted to wage the maiden of the battle-slain [VALKYRIE = Hildr (hildr ‘battle’)]; the host fell around the ruler. ’
See st. 19 above.
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.
Búinn lézk valdr, ef vildi
valmey konungr heyja,
haulda njǫrðr at halda
— herr fell of gram — velli.
buin lezk valldr ef villdi | val mꝍy konungr hæyia | haulda niorðr at hallda | herr fellum gram vælle
(KS)
Búinn lézk valdr, ef vildi
valmey konungr heyja,
haulda njǫrðr ok halda
— herr fell of gram — velli.
Búinn lézk valdr, ef vildi
valmey konungr heyja,
haulda njǫrðr ok halda
— herr fell of gram — velli.
Búinn lézk valdr, ef vildi
valmey konungr heyja,
haulda morðs ok halda
— herr fell of gram — velli.
Buinn Lezt valldr af villdi | valmꝍy konongr hꝍyia | haullda morz oc hallda | herfell of gram vælli, |
(VEÞ)
Búinn lézk valdr, ef vildi
valmey konungr heyja,
haulda morðs ok halda
— herr fell of gram — velli.
Búinn lézk valdr, ef vildi
valmey konungr heyja,
haulda morðs ok halda
— herr fell of gram — velli.
Use the buttons at the top of the page to navigate between stanzas in a poem.
The text and translation are given here, with buttons to toggle whether the text is shown in the verse order or prose word order. Clicking on indiviudal words gives dictionary links, variant readings, kennings and notes, where relevant.
This is the text of the edition in a similar format to how the edition appears in the printed volumes.
This view is also used for chapters and other text segments. Not all the headings shown are relevant to such sections.