Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Bersǫglisvísur 4’ 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. 15-16.
Gekk við móð inn mikla,
Magnús, allt í gǫgnum
ferð, þars flotnar bǫrðusk,
faðir þinn liði sínu.
Varði hart, en hjǫrtu
hugfull við þat skullu,
(Ôláfr réð svá) jǫfra
erfðir (framm at hverfa).
Magnús, faðir þinn gekk við inn mikla móð liði sínu allt í gǫgnum ferð, þars flotnar bǫrðusk. Varði hart erfðir jǫfra, en hugfull hjǫrtu skullu við þat; Ôláfr réð at hverfa framm svá.
‘Magnús, your father went with great spirit with his company all through the throng where sea-warriors fought. He defended the inheritance of princes fiercely, and high-mettled hearts beat hard at that; Óláfr pushed forwards thus.’
[7-8] erfðir jǫfra ‘the inheritance of princes’: Refers to Norway. For such circumlocutions denoting that country, see Note to Anon Nkt 25/7.
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Gekk við móð inn mikla,
Magnús, allt í gǫgnum
ferð, þars †flonar† bǫrðusk,
faðir þinn liði sínu.
Varði hart, en hjǫrtu
hugfull við þat skullu,
(Ôláfr réð svá) jǫfra
erfðir (framm at hverfa).
Gekk við móð inn mikla,
Magnús, allt í gǫgnum
ferð, þar,þar er †fionar† bǫrðusk,
faðir þinn liði sínu.
Varði hart, en hjǫrtu
hugfull við því skullu,
(Ôláfr réð svá) jǫfra
erfðir (framm at hverfa).
Gekk með móð inn mikla,
Magnús, allt í gǫgnum
ferð, þars flotnar bǫrðusk,
faðir þinn liði sínu.
Varði hart, en hjǫrtu
hugfull við þat sýslu,
(Ôláfr lét svá) jǫfra
†erfuíðr† (framm at hverfa).
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