Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 3’ 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. 701.
Hafði Kristr
of konungsefni
huliðshjálm
heilli góðu,
þá er allvalds
ór ófriði
frægðarson
fagnandi kom.
Kristr hafði huliðshjálm of konungsefni góðu heilli, þá er frægðarson allvalds kom fagnandi ór ófriði.
‘Christ placed a helmet of concealment over the royal heir, by good fortune, when the famous son of the mighty ruler emerged rejoicing from unrest.’
As st. 2 above.
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.
hafði kristr of konungs efni huliðs hialm heilli goðu þa ær allualldz vr ufriþi frægðar | son fagnandi kom
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Hafði kristr of konungs | efní · hvliðz hialm heilli goðo · þa er allvalldz or ofriði | frægðar sun fagnandi kom·
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Enn hafði Kristr
of konungsmenni
huliðshjálm
heilli góðu,
þá er allvalds
ór ófriði
frægðarson
fagnandi kom.
Enn hafþi cristr | of konungs menni | huliz hialm | heilli goðu | þa er allvallz | or ofriþi | fregþar soon | fagnandi com |
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Hafði Kristr
of konungsefni
hulins hjálmi
heilli góðu,
þá er allvalds
ór ófriði
frægðarson
fagnandi kom.
Hafdi cristr of konu | ngs efni hulíns hialmí heille godu . þa er all | valldz or o᷎fride frægdar son fagnande kom· |
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Hafðí kristr um konungs efní huliðs hialm | heillí goðu þa er allualldz or ofriðí fręgdar son fagnandí kom.
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Hafdi | kristr vm konungs efní huliz hialm heilli godu . þaer allualldz or vfridi fręgdar ⸝⸝ son fagnandi kom. ||
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