Eyv Hál 8I
Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Háleygjatal 8’ 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. 206.
text and translation
Ok þar varð,
es vinir fellu
magar Hallgarðs,
manna blóði
Stafaness
við stóran gný
vinar Lóðurs
vágr of blandinn.
Ok þar, es vinir {magar Hallgarðs} fellu, varð vágr Stafaness of blandinn blóði manna við {stóran gný {vinar Lóðurs}}.
‘And there where the friends of the son of Hallgarðr [Grjótgarðr] [= Hákon] fell, the bay of Stavenes was mingled with the blood of men in the great din of the friend of Lóðurr <god> [= Óðinn > BATTLE].’
notes and context
See st. 7.
readings
- [1] þar: so F, FskBˣ, FskAˣ, þat Kˣ, J2ˣ, ‘þati’ J1ˣ
- [3] magar: margir FskAˣ
- [3] Hallgarðs: so F, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, ‘hallgar’ with ‘hallgarðz’ in margin Kˣ, Haralds FskBˣ, ‘alz’ FskAˣ
- [5] ‑ness: so FskAˣ, ‑nes Kˣ, F, J1ˣ, J2ˣ, FskBˣ
- [8] blandinn: blásinn corrected from blásnu F
sources
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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AM 35 folx (Kx) — 57v/18 - 57v/20
Ok þat varð,
images
es vinir fellu
magar †hallgar†,
manna blóði
Stafa-nes
við stóran gný
vinar Lóðurs
vágr of blandinn. -
AM 45 fol (F) — 10ra/20 - 10ra/21
imagesOk þar varð,
es vinir fellu
magar Hallgarðs,
manna blóði
Stafa-nes
við stóran gný
vinar Lóðurs
vágr of blásinn.ok þar varþ er vínir fello | magar hallgarðz manna bloði · stafa nes við storan gny vinar loðvrs, ⸍⸍ vágr of blasíɴ · |
(VEÞ)
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AM 37 folx (J1x) — 31v/17 - 31v/19
Ok †þati† varð,
images
es vinir fellu
magar Hallgarðs,
manna blóði
Stafa-nes
við stóran gný
vinar Lóðurs
vágr of blandinn. -
AM 38 folx (J2x) — 33r/5 - 33r/12
Ok þat varð,
images
es vinir fellu
magar Hallgarðs,
manna blóði
Stafa-nes
við stóran gný
vinar Lóðurs
vágr of blandinn. -
OsloUB 371 folx (FskBx) — 5r/5 - 5r/8
Ok þar varð,
images
es vinir fellu
magar Haralds,
manna blóði
Stafa-nes
við stóran gný
vinar Lóðurs
vágr of blandinn. -
AM 51 folx (51x) — 4r/14 - 4r/17
imagesOc þar varð er vinir fello | magar Harallz manna bloðe | stafa nes við storan gny vinar | loðors vagrum blandenn |
(VEÞ)
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AM 302 4°x (302x) — 7r/3 - 7r/6
Oc þar varð er vinir fello | magar Harallz manna bloðe | stafa nes við storan gny vinar | loðors vagr um blandenn. |
(VEÞ)
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AM 303 4°x (FskAx) — 14/15 - 14/22
imagesOk þar varð,
es vinir fellu
margir †alz†,
manna blóði
Stafaness
við stóran gný
vinar Lóðurs
vágr of blandinn.Oc þar varð | er vinir fello | marghir alz | manna bloðe | stava ness | við storan gny | vinar loðrs | vaghr vm blandinn |
(VEÞ)
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AM 52 folx (52x) — 6r/20 - 6v/1
imagesOc þar varð | er vinir fello | marghir allz | manna bloði | Stava ness | við storan gny | vinar loðors || vaghr um blandinn |
(VEÞ)
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AM 301 4°x (301x) — 5r/18 - 5r/21
Ok þar | varð er vinir fellu , marghir alz manna bloðe sta | vaness við storann gny vinar loðors vaghr um | blanndinn .
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Eyvindr Finnsson skáldaspillir, 2. Háleygjatal 10: AI, 69, BI, 61, Skald I, 38; Hkr 1893-1901, I, 115, IV, 32, ÍF 26, 108 (ch. 12), Hkr 1991, I, 66 (HHárf ch. 13), F 1871, 45; Fsk 1902-3, 14-15 (ch. 2), ÍF 29, 66 (ch. 3); Krause 1990, 175-8.
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