Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 18’ 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. 712-13.
Var laushendr
lofða stýrir
á blóðorms
beinu skapti
en haldsamr
at hjarar leiki
á geir-Týs
grænni málu.
{Stýrir lofða} var laushendr á beinu skapti {blóðorms} en haldsamr at {leiki hjarar} á {grænni málu {geir-Týs}}.
‘The controller of men [RULER = Hákon] was openhanded with the straight shaft of the blood-snake [SPEAR] but tight-fisted in the play of the sword [BATTLE] on the green wife of the spear-Týr <god> [= Óðinn > = Jǫrð (jǫrð ‘earth’)].’
Both Skúli and Hákon went on horseback to the churchyard where Skúli’s men were penned in. Skúli called on his troops and wanted to advance against Hákon’s standard, but one of his men took hold of the reins of his horse and stopped him. The Birkibeinar threw spears at Skúli and almost hit him.
For this event, see also Ólhv Hryn 12.
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.
Var laushendr
lofða stýrir
á blóðorms
benju skapti
en haldsamr
at hjarar leiki
á geir-Týs
grænni málu.
Var láus hendr lofða styrir abloð orms beníu skapti en | halldsamr at hiarar leiki ageirtys grenni malu
(VEÞ)
Var laushendr
lofða stýrir
á blóðorms
benju skapti
er haldsamr
at hjarar leiki
á geir-†tyrs†
grænni málu.
Vár lꜹ́s hendr lofða styrir | a bloð orms benío skapti · er halld samr at hiárar leíkí | a geír tyrs greɴí malu·
(VEÞ)
Var laushendr
lofða stýrir
á blóðorms
benju skapti
en hall-samr
at hjarar leiki
á geir-Týs
grænnu málu.
Var lꜹshendr | lofþa styrir | a bloþ orms | beniu scapti | enn hallsamr | at hiaʀar leiki | a geiʀtys | grænnu malu |
(VEÞ)
Var laushendr
lofða stýrir
á blóðorms
beinu skapti
en haldsamr
at hjarar leiki
á geir-Týs
grænni málu.
War laushendr lofda styrir . | ꜳ blodorms beínu skapti . en halldsamr | at híarar leíke ꜳ geírtys grenni malu.
(VEÞ)
Var laushendr
lofða stýrir
á blóðorms
beinu skapti
en hjall-samr
at hjarar leiki
á geir-†-tyrs†
gróinni málu.
Var laushendr lofða styrir . a bloðorms beínv skapti | enn hiallsamr at hiarar leiki ageírtyrs groínní malu.
(VEÞ)
Var laushendr
lofða stýrir
á blóðorms
benju skapti
en haldsamr
at herjar leiki
á geir-†-tyrs†
grænni málu.
Var laus hendr lofda styrir ꜳ blodorms beníu | skaptí enn halldsamr at heriar leikí ꜳ geírtyrs grenní mꜳlu.
(VEÞ)
Skj: Sturla Þórðarson, 4. Hákonarkviða 21: AII, 113-14, BII, 122, Skald II, 65; E 1916, 605, F 1871, 517, Hák 1910-86, 564, Hák 1977-82, 128, Flat 1860-8, III, 154.
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