Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Hjǫrtr, Lausavísur 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 347.
Munat í vári vestr langskipum
hugragr of haf Haraldr fara.
Því mun lengi lafhræddr konungr
alls andvani Englands ok vegs.
Hugragr Haraldr munat fara langskipum vestr of haf í vári. Því mun lafhræddr konungr lengi andvani alls Englands ok vegs.
‘Cowardly-minded Haraldr will not travel on long-ships west across the sea this spring. Therefore the terror-stricken king will long be bereft of all England and of honour.’
King Haraldr asks Hjǫrtr whether Queen Ellisif (Elizabeth) has sent a message for him. Hjǫrtr replies that she recited the following st.
[4]: Note the internal rhyme (-ar- : -ar-) which renders the l. tøglag rather than fornyrðislag.
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