R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorbjǫrn hornklofi, Haraldskvæði (Hrafnsmál) 18’ 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. 112.
‘At skalda reiðu vil ek þik spyrja, alls þykkisk skil vita;
greppa ferðir þú munt gǫrla kunna,
þeira es með Haraldi hafask.’
‘Ek vil spyrja þik at reiðu skalda, alls þykkisk vita skil; þú munt kunna gǫrla ferðir greppa, þeira es hafask með Haraldi.’
‘I want to ask you about the equipment of skalds, since you seem to have knowledge; you must know all about the companies of poets who reside with Haraldr.’
Mss: 51ˣ(2v), FskBˣ(3r-v), 302ˣ(4v-5r), FskAˣ(9), 52ˣ(4r-v), 301ˣ(3v-4r) (Fsk)
Readings: [1] reiðu: so FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ, rœðu 51ˣ, FskBˣ, 302ˣ [3] ferðir: far er FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ
Editions: Skj AI, 27-8, Skj BI, 24, Skald I, 15; Fsk 1902-3, 10, ÍF 29, 62-3 (ch. 2); Möbius 1860, 230, Jón Helgason 1946, 138-9, Jón Helgason 1968, 19-20.
Context: As for st. 15.
Notes: [All]: The valkyrie asks a further question. — [3-5]: Here the metre changes from málaháttr to ljóðaháttr.
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