Rolf Stavnem (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallar-Steinn, Rekstefja 29’ 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. 930.
Dáðstyrk dýrðar merki
dolgminnigs skalk inna
skýbjóðs skelfihríðar
Skǫglar borðs in fjorðu.
Harðleygs hrinda frôgum
hvatlyndum Þorkatli
styrlund* stirðra branda
storms fyr borð af Ormi.
Skalk inna in fjorðu dáðstyrk merki dýrðar {dolgminnigs {{{Skǫglar borðs} skelfihríðar} ský}bjóðs}. Frôgum {{{{stirðra branda storms} harðleygs} styr}lund*} hrinda hvatlyndum Þorkatli fyr borð af Ormi.
‘I will present the fourth deed-strong sign of glory of the strife-mindful offerer of the cloud of the terrifying storm of the board of Skǫgul <valkyrie> [(lit. ‘cloud-offerer of the terrifying storm of the board of Skǫgul’) SHIELD > BATTLE > SHIELD > WARRIOR]. We [I] have heard that the tree of the tumult of the hard flame of the storm of rigid blades [(lit. ‘tumult-tree of the hard flame of the storm of rigid blades’) BATTLE > SWORD > BATTLE > WARRIOR] threw the bold-minded Þorkell overboard from Ormr (‘the Serpent’). ’
One of Óláfr’s retainers, Þorkell dyðrill ‘Cloak’, is curious about the king’s whereabouts, as he leaves the ship every night. As a good-natured punishment Óláfr throws him overboard but drags him immediately back on board.
[5-8]: There are significant divergences between the versions of the second helmingr (cf. Readings), though the meaning they produce is roughly the same. Finnur Jónsson in Skj B (followed in essentials in Skald) construes the ÓT version as follows: stórlyndr skunduðr [ms. skyndir] storms stirðra branda nam hrinda hart hvatlyndum Þórkatli fyr borð af Ormi ‘the noble hastener of the storm of rigid blades [BATTLE > WARRIOR] sharply threw the quick-minded Þorkell overboard from Ormr’. As in the first helmingr, the kenning structure is simpler because ÓT has an adj., here stórlyndr ‘noble, great-minded’, where Bb(112rb) has a noun cpd (styrlundr, l. 7; see Note).
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.
dreyrserks dýrðar merki
dáð-minnigs skalk inna
skýbjóðs skelfi‘ridar’
Skǫglar borðs in fjorðu.
Harðleygs hrinda frôgum
hvatlyndum Þorkatli
styrlundr †stidra† branda
storms fyr borð af Ormi.
Dreyr serks dyrdar merki dað mínnigs skal ek | jnna . skybiods skelfi ridar . skoglar bor | ðs en f?i?ordv . hardleygs hrínda fragvm | hvatlyndvm þorkatli . stvrlvndr stidra branda | storms fer bord af ormí.
(VEÞ)
Dáðstyrk dýrðar merki
dolgminnigs skalk inna
skýbjóðs skelfihríðar
Skǫglar borðs in fjorðu.
hart skyndir nam hrinda
hvatlyndum Þorkatli
styrlundr stirðra branda
storms fyr borð á Ormi.
Dað styrk dyrþar | merki . dolg minnigs fet ek inna . sky biods skelfi hridar . sko᷎glar | borðz hin fiorðu . hart skyndir nam hrinda hvatlyndum þor . | katli . stor lyndr stírðra branda . storms fyrir borð ꜳ ormi.
(VEÞ)
Dáðstyrk dýrðar merki
dolgminnigs skalk inna
skýbjóðs skjalfahríðar
Skǫglar borðs in fjorðu.
hart skyndir nam hrinda
hvatlyndum Þorkatli
styrlundr stirðra branda
storm fyr borð á Ormi.
Daðstyrk dyrðar merkí · dolgmin | nígs fet ek ínna · skybioðs skíalfa hríðar skꜹ | glar borðz fer ínn fíorðu · hart skunndíʀ nam hrínn | da huatlyndum þorkatlí · storlynndr stírdra brannda | storm fyrir borð a ormí ·
(VEÞ)
Dáðstyrk dýrðar merki
dolg-mennings skalk inna
skýbjóðs skelfihríðar
Skǫglar borðs in fjorðu.
hart skyndir nam hrinda
hvatskyndum Þorkatli
styrlundr stríðra branda
storms fyr borð af Ormi.
Daþstyrk dy | rdar merki · dolgmenninngs fet ek ínna · skybiods skelfi | hridar · skauglar bordz ín fiordv · hart skyndir | nam hrinda · huatskyndvm þorkatli · storlyndr strid | ra branda · storms fyrir bord af orme ·
(VEÞ)
†daðstvrk† dýrðar merki
dolg-mennings skalk inna
skýbjóðs skelfihríðar
Skǫglar borðs in fjorðu.
hart skyndir nam hrinda
hvatlyndum Þorkatli
styrlundr stríðra branda
storms fyr borð á Ormi.
Dað stvrk | dyrdar merki . dolgmenn inngs fet ek nna. skybiods skel | fi hrídar . skvglar bordz hín fiordv. hart skyndir | nam hrínda . huat[...]ndvm þorkattli . storlyndr | stridra branda . storms fer bord a ormí.
(VEÞ)
Dáðstyrk dýrðar merki
dolg†-mennis† skalk inna
skýbjóðs skelfurhríðar
Skǫglar borðs in fjorðu.
hoddskyndi frá hrinda
hvatlyndr Þorkatli
styrlundr stríðra branda
storms fyr borð af Ormi.
Dad styrk | dyrdar merki dolgmennis fet ek inna skybíods skelfur hridar | sko᷎glar bordz hín hín fíordu hodd skynde fra hrinda huat | lyndr þorkatli storlyndr stry?dra branda storms fer bord af ormí |
(VEÞ)
Skj: Hallar-Steinn, 1. Rekstefja 29: AI, 550-1, BI, 532, Skald I, 259, NN §§1181, 3239; ÓT 1958-2000, II, 232-3 (ch. 238), Flat 1860-8, I, 466; SHI 3, 262-5, CPB II, 299, Wisén 1886-9, I, 49, Finnur Jónsson 1893b, 164, Konráð Gíslason 1895-7, I, 274-6.
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