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Þhorn Gldr 6I

Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorbjǫrn hornklofi, Glymdrápa 6’ 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. 85.

Þorbjǫrn hornklofiGlymdrápa
567

text and translation

Grennir þrǫng at gunni
gunnmôs fyr haf sunnan
(sá vas gramr) ok gumnum
(goðvarðr) und sik jǫrðu.
Ok hjalmtamiðr hilmir
holmreyðar lét olman
lindihjǫrt fyr landi
lundprúðr við stik bundinn.

{Grennir {gunnmôs}} þrǫng jǫrðu ok gumnum und sik at gunni fyr sunnan haf; sá gramr vas goðvarðr. Ok lundprúðr {holmreyðar} hjalmtamiðr hilmir lét {olman lindihjǫrt} bundinn við stik fyr landi.
 
‘The feeder of the battle-gull [RAVEN/EAGLE > WARRIOR] forced the land and people under himself in battle south across the sea; that ruler was god-protected. And the splendid-minded ruler, used to the helmet of the island-salmon [SNAKE], had the fierce mast-hart [SHIP] moored to a stake before the shore.

notes and context

The Gautar attempt to hinder Haraldr’s passage along the Gautelfr (Götaälv) by erecting stakes in the river. King Haraldr nonetheless enters the river, moors his ships to the stakes, and burns and pillages in the vicinity.

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editions and texts

Skj: Þórbjǫrn hornklofi, 1. Glymdrápa 6: AI, 23, BI, 21, Skald I, 13, NN §§233, 1370 Anm. 1, 3204; Hkr 1893-1901, I, 120-1, IV, 33, ÍF 26, 112-13 (HHárf ch. 16), Hkr 1991, I, 69 (HHárf ch. 17).

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