Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 31’ 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. 722.
Þar rann upp
allri þjóðu
mundar dagr
á mergs himin.
Skein armsól
jöfra stýris
vísa ferð
of vala grundir.
Þar rann {dagr mundar} upp á {himin mergs} allri þjóðu. {Armsól} {stýris jöfra} skein of {grundir vala} ferð vísa.
‘There the daylight of the hand [GOLD] dawned on the heaven of marrow [ARM] for all men. The arm-sun [GOLD] of the controller of princes [KING] shone above the lands of falcons [ARMS] of the leader’s company. ’
As st. 30 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.
Þar rann upp allri þioðu mundar dagr a mergs hímni skein arm sol iofra styris uisa | ferð of úala grundir.
(VEÞ)
Þar rann upp
allri þjóðu
mundar dagr
á mergs himin.
arinsól
jöfra stýris
vísa ferð
á vala grundir.
Þar raɴ vpp allri þioðv mundar dagr a mergs | hímin arín sól iofra styrís visa ferð a vala grvɴdir·
(VEÞ)
Þar rann upp
allri þjóðu
mundar dags
á mergs himin.
Skein †ar sin†sól
jöfurs stýris
vísa ferð
of vala grundir.
Þar rann upp
allri þjóðu
mundar dagr
á mergs himni.
Skein armsól
jöfra †skyris†
vísa ferð
of vala grundir.
Þar rann upp allri þiodu · | mundar dagur ꜳ mergs himmnní . skeín armsol jofra skyr | ís . visa ferd vm vala grundir.
(VEÞ)
Þar rann upp
allri þjóðu
mundar dagr
á merks himin.
Skein arm-ljós
jöfra stýris
vísa ferð
á vala grundir.
Þar rann vpp allri þioðu mundar dagr a | merks hímin . skeín armlíos . íofra stýris . visa ferð a uala grvndir.
(VEÞ)
Þar rann vpp allri þiodu mundar dagr a mergs | himin skeín arm sol iofra styris visa ferd vm vala grvndír.
(VEÞ)
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