RvHbreiðm Hl 50III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 50’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1058.
text and translation
Hausa beit hjalm-Týs
hjaldrliðr allstiðr;
sundra nam snarbeind*
sverðs egg manns legg.
Veita réð vellbrjótr
valgjóð hræflóð;
haukum vas hjǫrleiks
hjaldrmôs gefin krôs.
{Allstiðr hjaldrliðr} {hjalm-Týs} beit hausa; snarbeind* egg sverðs nam sundra legg manns. {Vellbrjótr} réð veita {valgjóð} {hræflóð}; {krôs {hjaldrmôs}} vas gefin {haukum {hjǫrleiks}}.
‘The thoroughly stiff battle-snake [SWORD] of the helmet-Týr <god> [WARRIOR] bit skulls; the powerfully straightened edge of the sword sundered a man’s leg. The gold-breaker [GENEROUS MAN] gave carrion-flood [BLOOD] to the corpse-buzzard [RAVEN/EAGLE]; the morsel of the battle-gull [RAVEN/EAGLE > CORPSES] was given to hawks of sword-play [BATTLE > RAVENS/EAGLES]. ’
notes and context
As st. 49 above.
readings
- [2] ‑liðr allstiðr: ‘‑lijdur alstrijdur’ R683ˣ
- [3] ‑beind*: ‑beindr papp25ˣ, R683ˣ
- [5] Veita: ‘Weitta’ papp25ˣ, ‘veitta’ R683ˣ
- [5] vellbrjótr: vellbrjót papp25ˣ, R683ˣ
- [8] ‑môs: ‘nios’ papp25ˣ, ‘niós’ R683ˣ
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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Holm papp 25 8°x (papp25x) — 36r - 36r
Hausa beit hjalm-Týs
images
hjaldrliðr allstiðr;
sundra nam snar-beindr
sverðs egg manns legg.
†Weitta† réð vellbrjót
valgjóð hræflóð;
haukum vas hjǫrleiks
hjaldr†nios† gefin krôs. -
UppsUB R 683x (R683x) — 130v - 130v
Hausa beit hjalm-Týs
images
hjaldr†-lijdur alstrijdur† ;
sundra nam snar-beindr
sverðs egg manns legg.
†veitta† réð vellbrjót
valgjóð hræflóð;
haukum vas hjǫrleiks
hjaldr†niós† gefin krôs.
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