R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Lausavísur 1’ 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. 64.
Hǫfðum vér í hǫfði
hǫgg at eggja leiki
með vellbrota vitrum;
vǫruma þá til margir.
Vér hǫfðum hǫgg í hǫfði at {leiki eggja} með {vitrum vellbrota}; þá vǫruma til margir.
‘We had blows on the head at the sport of edges [BATTLE] with the wise gold-breaker [GENEROUS MAN]; then we were not too many. ’
Þjóðólfr responds to a complaint made by King Haraldr hárfagri (Hhárf Lv, q. v.).
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.
Hǫfðum vér í hǫfði
hǫgg at eggja leiki
með vellbrota vitrum;
vôrum at þá til margir.
Hofðo ver i hofði hꜹɢ at eɢ | ía leikí með vell brota vítrom várom at þa til marger.
(RDF)
Hǫfðum vér í hǫfði
haus at eggja leiki
með vellbrota vitrum;
vǫruma þá til margir.
Hofþom ver i ha⸌v⸍fþi | hꜹs at eɢia leiki | með vellbrota vitrom || voruma þa til margir. |
(RDF)
Hǫfðum vér í hǫfði
hǫgg at eiga leiki
með vellbrota vitrum;
vôrum vér þá til margir.
Hofðu var i h | ofðe hꜹg at eiga leiki með vellbrota vitrom vorvm | ver þa til marger.
(RDF)
Hǫfðum vér í hǫfði
hǫgg at eggja leiki
með vellbrota vitrum;
vôrum vér þá til margir.
Hofþu ver i hofþe | hꜹɢ at eɢia leike | með vell brota vitrom | vorum ver þa til marger |
(RDF)
Hǫfðum vér í hǫfði
hǫgg at eggja leiki
með vellbrota vitrum;
vôrum vér þá til margir.
Hǫfþu ver i hofþé | haugg at eggja leiki | meþ vellbrota vitrum | voruma ver þa til margir ||
(RDF)
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