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RvHbreiðm Hl 72III

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 72’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1081.

Rǫgnvaldr jarl and Hallr ÞórarinssonHáttalykill
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text and translation

Sonr Tryggva bað seggi
síðan ógnarblíða
vallar baug á vági
verja* sœnskum herjum.
Hjaltvendi skar Hrundar
hríðar tungla stríðir
— alms varð hagl á hjalma
hrynja — danskar brynjur.

{Sonr Tryggva} bað síðan ógnarblíða seggi verja* {baug vallar} sœnskum herjum á vági. {Stríðir {tungla {hríðar Hrundar}}} skar danskar brynjur {hjaltvendi}; {hagl alms} varð hrynja á hjalma.
 
‘The son of Tryggvi [= Óláfr] then commanded the battle-cheerful men to defend the ring of the meadow [SERPENT = Ormr inn langi] against Swedish warriors in the bay. The opponent of the moons of the storm of Hrund <valkyrie> [BATTLE > SHIELDS > WARRIOR] cut Danish byrnies with the hilt-rod [SWORD]; hail of the elm-bow [ARROWS] crashed against helmets.

notes and context

As st. 71 above.

The battle commemorated is the battle of Svolder (9 September 1000), in which Óláfr Tryggvason fell while fighting Sveinn tjúguskegg ‘Fork-beard’ of Denmark (see sts 67-8), Óláfr sœnski ‘the Swede’ of Sweden and Eiríkr jarl Hákonarson of Norway (see ÓTHkr chs 99-113, ÍF 26, 350-72; ÍF 29, 147-62; Hfr ErfÓlI; Hókr EirflI; Skúli Svǫlðr).

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editions and texts

Skj: Rǫgnvaldr jarl og Hallr Þórarinsson, Háttalykill 36b: AI, 526, BI, 505, Skald I, 248; Hl 1941, 32, 91.

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