Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 24’ 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, p. 717.
Ok þar gekk
á Gjallarbrú
ræsis mágr
fyr riðusóttum
bauga bliks,
er boðar fellu
elda vers
of afarmenni.
Ok þar gekk mágr ræsis á Gjallarbrú fyr riðusóttum {bliks bauga}, er {boðar {elda vers}} fellu of afarmenni.
‘And there the in-law of the ruler stepped on Gjallarbrú because of the fevers of the gleam of shield-bosses [SWORD] when the offerers of the fires of the ocean [GOLD > GENEROUS MEN] fell around the proud man.’
As st. 23 above.
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oc þar gek agiallar bru ræsis magr fyrir riðu sottum bauga bliks er boð | ar fellu ellda uers of afar menni·
(VEÞ)
Ok þar geck a giallar | brú rǽsís mágr fyrir riðo sottum · bꜹga blicks er boþar | fellu ellda vers of afar meɴí·
(VEÞ)
Ok þar gekk
í Gjallarbrú
ræsis mágr
fyr riðusóttum
bauga †bligs†,
er boðar fellu
elda vers
of afarmenni.
ok þar geck j giallar bru ræsiss magr fyrir ʀid | u sottum . bauga blígs er bodar fellu . ellda vers vm | afar menní.
(VEÞ)
Ok þar gekk
á Gjallar
ræsis mágr
fyr riðusóttum
bauga bliks,
er boðar fellu
elda vers
of afarmenni.
Ok þar geck a giallar . ræsís maghr fyrir riðo sottum . bauga bliks er boðar fellu ellda | verz of afar menní.
(VEÞ)
Ok þar geck a giallar bru ræsis mꜳgr fyrir ridu | sottum bauga bliks er bodar fellu ellda vers of afar menní.
(VEÞ)
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