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ÞGísl Búdr 10I

Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorkell Gíslason, Búadrápa 10’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 950.

Þorkell GíslasonBúadrápa
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text and translation

Ǫrum réð sér snǫrpum
— slíkt es raun gǫrpum —
flagð it forljóta
af fingrum skjóta.
Gerðisk grimmt fíkjum
at gumnum ríkjum
— gnýr vas hôr hlífa —
hregg ok loptdrífa.

It forljóta flagð réð skjóta snǫrpum ǫrum af fingrum sér; slíkt es raun gǫrpum. Fíkjum grimmt hregg ok loptdrífa gerðisk at ríkjum gumnum; {gnýr hlífa} vas hôr.
 
‘The very ugly troll-woman shot sharp arrows from her fingers; such is a trial for brave men. An extremely savage storm and sky-blizzard arose against the mighty men; the clash of shields [BATTLE] was loud.

notes and context

When the weather clears, the Jómsvíkingar think they can see a woman on Hákon jarl’s ship: arrows fly rapidly from her fingers and each arrow causes the death of a man.

As observed by Ólafur Halldórsson (2000, 81), the stanza may well be based on Jvs (see Jvs 1882, 116).

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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.

editions and texts

Skj: Þórkell Gíslason, Búadrápa 10: AI, 555, BI, 538, Skald I, 261; Fms 1, 176, Fms 12, 44, ÓT 1958-2000, I, 192-3 (ch. 90); Ólafur Halldórsson 2000, 29, 81.

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