R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Haraldr hárfagri Hálfdanarson, Lausavísa 1’ 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. 71.
Mjǫk eru mínir rekkar
til mjǫðgjarnir, fornir
ok hér komnir hárir;
hví eruð ævar margir?
Rekkar mínir, hér komnir fornir ok hárir, eru mjǫk til mjǫðgjarnir; hví eruð ævar margir?
‘My warriors, having come here aged and grizzled, are far too mead-loving; why are you so very many? ’
King Haraldr observes the preparations for a banquet at an estate of his and speaks this helmingr in an undertone. For the second helmingr, see Þjóð Lv 1.
For Haraldr’s war-band and life at his court, see also Þjóð Har 1-3, Þjóð Lv 1 and Þhorn Harkv 5-6, 13, 15-23.
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.
Míog | ero mínir rekkar til míoðgiarnir fornir. ok her komnir hárir hvi | ervt ø̨far margir.
(RDF)
Mjǫk eru mínir rekkar
til mjǫðgjarnir, bornir
ok hér komnir hárir;
hví eruð ævar margir?
Mioc ero minir reckar | til mioðgiarnir bornir | ok her comnir hárir | hvi erot er æfar margir. |
(RDF)
mjǫðr eru minni rekkar
til mjǫðgjarnir, fornir
ok hér komnir hárir;
hví eruð ævar margir?
Mioðr | eru minni rekkar til mioðgiarnir fornir ok her komnir harir | hui erv þer æfar margir
(RDF)
mjǫðr eru mínir rekkar
til mjǫðgjarnir, fornir
ok hér komnir hárir;
eruð ævar margir?
Mioðr eru minir reckar | til mioðgiarnir fornir | oc her komnir harir | (hui) eru þer æfar margir |
(RDF)
Miok eru minir reckar | til mioþgiarnir fornir | oc herkomnir hárir | hvi eru þér afar margir.
(RDF)
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