Diana Whaley (ed.) 2017, ‘Gizurr svarti (gullbrárskáld), Fragment 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 192.
Fylkir gleðr í folki
flagðs blakk ok svan Hlakkar;
Ôleifr of viðr élum
Yggs gǫgl fegin Skǫglar.
Fylkir gleðr {blakk flagðs} ok {svan Hlakkar} í folki; Ôleifr of viðr {gǫgl Yggs} fegin {élum Skǫglar}.
‘The ruler gladdens the steed of the troll-woman [WOLF] and the swan of Hlǫkk <valkyrie> [RAVEN/EAGLE] in battle; Óláfr makes the goslings of Yggr <= Óðinn> [RAVENS] joyful with the storms of Skǫgul <valkyrie> [BATTLES]. ’
The lines are cited in SnE (Skm) within a sequence illustrating terms for rulers. They are followed by a remark that a king is called fylkir because he lines up his army in their fylkingar ‘battle ranks’ (SnE 1998, I, 100).
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.
Fylkir gleðr í folki
flakk ok svan Hlakkar;
Ôleifr of viðr élum
†ygs† gǫgl fegin †skavgar†.
Fylkir gleðr í folki
†flac† ok svan Hlakkar;
Ôleifr of viðr élum
†ygs† gǫgl fegin Skǫglar.
Fylkir gleðr í folki
flakk ok †su[…]† Hlakkar;
Ôleifr †of […]dr† élum
†[…]† gǫgl fegin †[…]glar†.
Fylkir gleðr í folki
flagðs blakk ok †suan† Hlakkar;
Ôleifr of †vidr† élum
†ýggs† gǫgl fegin †sko᷎glar†.
Fylkir gleðr í folki
fleinblakk ok svan Hlakkar;
Ôleifr of viðr élum
Yggs gǫgl fegin Skǫglar.
Fylkir gleðr í folki
flakk ok svan Hlakkar;
Ôleifr of viðr élum
†ygs† gǫgl fegin Skǫglar.
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