Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrafnsmál 10’ 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. 735-6.
Ferð vann friðskerðis
fræg ok óvægin
Bót af baugnjótum
breiða guðleiðum.
Hreyfðiz hjörklufðu
hrafn of valtafni
— fellu fjandr stillis —
fleygr í Suðreyjum.
Fræg ok óvægin ferð {friðskerðis} vann breiða Bót af {guðleiðum baugnjótum}. Fleygr hrafn hreyfðiz of {hjörklufðu valtafni} í Suðreyjum; fjandr stillis fellu.
‘The famous and unsparing troop of the peace-diminisher [WARRIOR] captured broad Bute from the godforsaken ring-users [GENEROUS MEN]. The flying raven gloated above the sword-cloven slaughter-food [CORPSES] in the Hebrides; the ruler’s enemies fell.’
Hákon’s men captured a stronghold in Bute, and the island was placed under Hákon’s protection.
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.
Ferð vann friðskerðis
fræg ok óvægin
Bót af baugnjótum
breiða guðleiðum.
†hræfþíz† hjör‘kleyfðan’
hrafn of valtafni
— fellu fjandr stillis —
fleygs í Suðreyjum.
Ferð vann friþskerðis fræg ok v vægíɴ bót af bꜹg | níotvm breiða gvðleiðom · hræfþíz híor kleyfðan hrafn af | val tafní fellu fíandr stillís fleygs i svðr eyiom·
(VEÞ)
Ferð vann friðskerðis
fræg ok óvægin
baug af baugnjótum
breiða guðleiðum.
Hreyfðiz hjör-klyfðan
hrafn of valtafni
— fellu fjandr stillis —
fleygr í Suðreyjum.
Ferd vann fridskerdis fræg ok ovægínn · baug af bavgnío | tum breída gudleidum · hreyfdízt hiorklyfdan hrafn of valtafní · fellu fiandur stíl || lis fleygur isudur eyum
(VEÞ)
Ferð vann friðskerðis
fræg ok óvægin
Bót af baugnjótum
breiða guðleiðum.
Hreyfðiz hjör-klufðan
hrafn of †v[…]tafní†
— fellu fjandr stillis —
fleygr í Suðreyjum.
Ferð vann fridskerdis frœ̋g ok v́ vœginn . | bót af baug níotum brœiða gudlœiðum | hrœyfdiz hio᷎rklufðan hrafn of v[...] taf | ní . fellu fíandr stíllis flœygr i sudr œyium. |
(VEÞ)
Ferð vann friðskerðis
fræg ok óvægin
brjót af baugnjótum
breiða guðleiðum.
hreyfðu hjör-klyfðan
hrafn á,af valtafni
— fellu fjandr stillis —
flýgr í Suðreyjum.
ferd vann frid skerdiss | fræg ok v vægín bríot af baug níotum breida gudleidum hreyfdu híor klyfdann | hraffn a valtafní fellu fiandr stillis flygr i sudr eyíum.
(VEÞ)
Skj: Sturla Þórðarson, 5. Hrafnsmál 10: AII, 121-2, BII, 129, Skald II, 69; F 1871, 574, Hák 1977-82, 197, Flat 1860-8, III, 222.
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