Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Einarr skálaglamm Helgason, Vellekla 33’ 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. 325.
Hjalmeldum bauð hildi
hjaldrǫrr, með Sigvalda
hinns fór í gný Gunnar,
gunndjarfr Búi, sunnan.
Hjaldrǫrr gunndjarfr Búi, hinns fór með Sigvalda sunnan í {gný Gunnar}, bauð hildi {hjalmeldum}.
‘The fight-eager, battle-daring Búi, the one who travelled from the south with Sigvaldi to the din of Gunnr <valkyrie> [BATTLE], offered battle with helmet-fires [SWORDS]. ’
The helmingr is cited in SnE (Skm) in a passage containing examples of kennings for weapons and other battle-gear.
Stanzas 33-4 concern the sea-battle between the Norwegian jarls and the Jómsvíkingar at Hjǫrungavágr (probably Liavågen, Møre og Romsdal, Norway, c. 985). For the battle and skaldic poetry associated with it, see the entry on Hákon jarl Sigurðarson in ‘Ruler biographies’ in Introduction to this volume.
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.
Hjalm bauð hildi
hjaldrǫrr, Sig-valdi
hinns fór í gný Gunnar,
gunndjarfr Búi, sunnan.
hialm bꜹd hilði hialðr ꜹʀ sigvaldi· hiɴ er for igny gvɴar | guɴdiarfr bvi svɴan.
(KS)
Hjalm bauð hildi
hjaldrǫrr, ok Sig-valdi
hinns fór †ygni† Gunnar,
gunndjarfr Búi, sunnan.
hialm bauð hildi hialdr aurr ok sigualði hinn er for ygni | gunnar, gundiarfr bui sunnan.
(KS)
Hjalm †beraud hildi olmum†
hjaldrǫrr, ok Sigvalda
hinns fór í gný Gunnar,
gunndjarfr Búi, sunnan.
Hialm beravd hilldi olmvm hialtor ǫʀ ok si(g)vallda hinn er | for i gny gvnnar gvndiarfr bvi svnnan.
(KS)
Hjalm-faldinn bauð hildi
hjaldrǫrr, ok Sig-valdi
hinns fór í gný Gunnar,
gunndjarfr Búi, sunnan.
Hjalm-faldinn bauð hildi
hjaldrǫrr, ok Sig-valdi
hinns fór í gný geira,
gunndjarfr Búi, sunnan.
Hialmfalldinn bꜹð hilldi hialldrǫʀ ok sigvall | di hinn ær fór igný gæíra gvnndiarfr bvi svnnan .
(VEÞ)
Hjalmeldum bauð †h[...]i†
†hi[...]lldr-†ǫrr, með Sigvalda
hinns fór í gný Gunnar,
gunndjarfr Búi, sunnan.
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