Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrafnsmál 1’ 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. 728.
Sóttu sóknhvattar
sveitir háleitan
geira glymstæri
glyggs ór Finnbygðum.
Alt brá jarðbeltis
austan sigrflaustum
gjálfr af Gautelfi
gætis hásæta.
Sóknhvattar sveitir sóttu {háleitan glymstæri {glyggs geira}} ór Finnbygðum. Gjálfr {jarðbeltis} brá sigrflaustum {gætis hásæta} alt austan af Gautelfi.
‘Battle-keen companies sought the sublime din-increaser of the storm of spears [BATTLE > WARRIOR] from the settlements of the Saami. The surge of the earth-belt [SEA] drove the victory-vessels of the guardian of rowing-benches [CAPTAIN] all the way west from the Götaälv.’
In 1263, Hákon set out on his campaign to the west to reestablish his sovereignty in the Hebrides and to punish the Scots for their rebellious behaviour. He gathered an army from all of Norway, and the naval contingents from the north and the south gathered in Herdlevær (in Øygarden, Hordaland) before they embarked on the journey.
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.
Sóttu sóknhvattar
sveitir háleitan
geira glymstæri
glyggs ór Finnbygðum.
Alt frá jarðbeltis
austan sigrflaustum
gjálfr af Gautelfi
gætis hásæta.
Sóttv sok⸌n⸍hvattar | sveítir haleítan geíra glymstærí glyɢs or fíɴ bygðom állt fra | iarþ belltís ꜹstan sígr flꜹstum gíalfr af gꜹt elfí gætis ha | sǽta·
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Sóttu sóknhvatar
sveitir háleitan
geira glym†-stori†
glygg ór Finnbygðum.
Alt brá jarðbeltis
austan sigrflaustum
gjálfr af Gautelfi
gætis hásæta.
Sottu sokn | huatar · sueítir haleitan · geira glymstori glyg vr fínnbygdum · allt bra iardbelltís · austan | sigurflaustum · gialfur af gaut elfi gætis hasæta·
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Sóttu sóknhvattir
sveitir há-lettan
geira glymstæri
glyggs ór Finnbygðum.
Alt bar jarðbeltis
austan sigrflaustum
gjálfr af Gautelfi
gætis hásæta.
Sottu sokn huattír | sueitir halettan geíraglym stærí glygs or fínn bygdum allt bar iard belltis austan | sigrflaustum giꜳlfr af gaut elfí gétis hꜳseta.
(VEÞ)
Skj: Sturla Þórðarson, 5. Hrafnsmál 1: AII, 119, BII, 126-7, Skald II, 68; F 1871, 571, Hák 1977-82, 195, Flat 1860-8, III, 218.
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