Ív Sig 29II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Ívarr Ingimundarson, Sigurðarbálkr 29’ 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, pp. 518-19.
text and translation
Veitti vísi fyr Valsnesi
sókn snarpliga Svína-Grími.
Hann lét missa mildings *nefa
hœgri handar, áðr hjaldr lykisk.
Vísi veitti Svína-Grími snarpliga sókn fyr Valsnesi. Hann lét {*nefa mildings} missa hœgri handar, áðr hjaldr lykisk.
‘The leader made a vigorous attack on Svína-Grímr (‘Pig-Grímr’) off Valsneset. He caused the nephew of the generous one [= Svína-Grímr] to lose his right hand before the fighting came to a close.’
notes and context
When Sigurðr arrived at Valsneset in Trøndelag, he captured Svína-Grímr and had his right hand cut off.
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sources
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.
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GKS 1009 fol (Mork) — 34r/37 - 34r/38
Veitti vísi
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fyr Valsnesi
sókn snarpliga
Svína-Grími.
Hann lét missa
mildings hnefa
hœgri handar,
áðr hjaldr lykisk. -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 204v/18 - 205r/6
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