Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 22’ 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. 715-16.
Þar sighljóð
syngja knáttu
harða hvell
hvössum munni
í herför
of höfuð manna
Högna mans
hlýrna dísir
Þar knáttu {dísir {hlýrna {mans Högna}}} syngja harða hvell sighljóð hvössum munni of höfuð manna í herför.
‘There the dísir <minor female deities> of the sun and moon of Hǫgni’s <legendary hero’s> girl [= Hildr (hildr ‘battle’) > SHIELDS > VALKYRIES] sang very shrill battle-songs with a sharp mouth around the heads of men in the army-campaign.’
As the battle drew to a close, Skúli’s men tried to seek refuge in the church, but so many attempted to enter at the same time that they could not get through the door. They fell so densely that three or four lay dead on top of one another.
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.
Þar | sighlioð syngia knattu harða huell huꜹssum munnni iherfaúr of haufuð manna haugna m | ans hlyrnadisir·
(VEÞ)
Þar sigr-hljóð
syngva knáttu
harða hvell
hvössum munni
í herför
of höfuðs manna
Högna mans
hlýrna dísir
Þar sigr hlioð | syngia knattu harþa hvell huꜹssum mvɴí · i her for of ho | fuðz manna · hꜹgna mans hlýrna disír·
(VEÞ)
Þar liggrhljóð
syngja knáttu
harðla hvell
hvössum munni
í herför
of höfuðs manna
Högna mans
hlýrna dísir
Þar liggr lioð | syngia knattu | harðla hvell | hvossum munne | i herfꜹr | of hofuðs manna | hꜹgna manz | hlirna disir |
(VEÞ)
Þar sigr-hljóð
syngja náðu
harða hvell
hvössum munni
í herför
um höfuð manna
Högna mans
hlýrna dísir
Þar sigur hliod syngía nadu · | harda huel huorssum munnj . j herfor vm hofud manna . h | augna mans hlyrna dísir.
(VEÞ)
Þar sigr-hljóð
syngja knátti
harða hvell
†ho᷎rsum† munni
í herför
of höfuðs manna
Högna mans
hlýrna dísir
Þar sighrlioð syngia knáttí . harða huell ho᷎rsum munní | i herfo᷎r of ho᷎fuðs manna . haugna mans hlyrna disír.
(VEÞ)
sigr-hljóð
syngva knáttu
harðla hvell
hvössum munni
í herför
höfuðs manna
Högna mans
hlýrna dísir
Sígrhliod syngia knꜳttu hardla huell huorsum munní | i herfaur haufuds manna haugna mans hlyrna disir.
(VEÞ)
Skj: Sturla Þórðarson, 4. Hákonarkviða 25: AII, 114-15, BII, 123, Skald II, 66; E 1916, 607, F 1871, 518, Hák 1910-86, 658, Hák 1977-82, 130, Flat 1860-8, III, 156.
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