Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 33 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 33)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 164.
‘Hríð gerisk hjalma, hlífar klofna;
eru rammliga randir kníðar.
Gnesta geirar, es guðr vakin;
verðr víða lið at vallroði.
‘{Hríð hjalma} gerisk, hlífar klofna; randir eru kníðar rammliga. Geirar gnesta, guðr es vakin, lið verðr víða at vallroði.
‘‘The storm of helmets [BATTLE] arises, shields are split; the shields are battered powerfully. Spears clatter, battle is awakened; far and wide the army is made to redden the battlefield. ’
See Note to II 31 [All].
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.
Hrið geriz hialma hlifar klofna erv ramlega randir kniðar gnesta | geirar er gvðr vakin verðr viða lið at vallroði ·
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