Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 7’ 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. 704-5.
Vara landráð
lítlu goldit
við allvald
austan markar,
þá er lofðungr
leystan hafði
elris gram
eski mettan.
Landráð við allvald vara goldit lítlu austan markar, þá er lofðungr hafði mettan {leystan gram elris} eski.
‘The treason against the mighty ruler was not repaid in small measure east of the forest, when the lord had sated the released dog of the alder [FIRE] with ash-wood.’
In the early spring of 1225, Hákon embarked on a campaign to Sweden to punish the people of Värmland, who had given shelter to the Ribbungar and sent bands of robbers across the border to plunder in Norway. On the Saturday before Lent he burned farmsteads in Eda parish, south-east of Charlottenlund in Värmland.
See also Sturl Hákfl 4 and Ólhv Hák 1.
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.
Uara landrað litlu golldit við allualld austan markar · þa er lofð | ungr leystan hafði elris gram eski mættan
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Vara landráð
lítlu goldit
við allvald
austan markar,
þá er lofðungr
leystan hafði
elris garm
eski mætran.
Vara land rað litlo golldít við allvalld ꜹstan markar · þa er lofþv | ngr leystan hafði elris garm eski mætran·
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Vara landráð
lítlu goldit
við allvald
austan marka,
þá er lofðungr
leystan hafði
elris garm
eigi mætan.
Vara landrað | litlu golldit | við allvalld ꜹstar | ꜹstann marka | þa er lofþungr | leystann hafþi | ælris garm | eigi mætann |
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Warat landrad lítlu g | olldit . vid allvalld austan markar . þa er lofdungr | leystan hafdí . elríss gram eski mættan.
(VEÞ)
Vara landráð
lítlu goldit
við allvald
austan markar,
þá er lofðungr
leystan hafði
elris garm
ekki mettan.
Vara land rꜳd lít | lu golldít vid allualld austan markar . þa er lofdungr leystann hafdi elris garm ecki | mettann.
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