Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórarinn loftunga, Tøgdrápa 8’ 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. 862.
Gatk gollskata;
gǫrs leygs of bǫr
gǫtu gunnvita
gráps Tøgdrápa.
Gatk {gollskata}; Tøgdrápa [e]s gǫr of {bǫr {leygs {gráps {gǫtu {gunnvita}}}}}.
‘I have got a gold-man [GENEROUS RULER = Knútr]; Tøgdrápa (‘Journey drápa’) is made about the tree of the flame of the hail-storm of the path of the battle-beacon [SWORD > SHIELD > BATTLE > SWORD > WARRIOR]. ’
The helmingr is quoted in SnE (Skm) in exemplification of the kenning gullskati ‘gold-man’, in a series of man-kennings involving gold.
The content of the helmingr suggests it is from the last stanza of the poem. The kenning in ll. 2-4 is extended to an exceptional degree but, apart from its inclusion of two sword-kennings, conforms to normal patterns. — Only in ms. A is the helmingr attributed to Þórarinn; in R and elsewhere it is simply introduced with sem hér er ‘as it stands here’ (SnE 1998, I, 63).
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.
Gat ec gvllskata gꜹr er leygs of bꜹr gꜹtv guɴ | vita graps tꜹg drapv
(DW)
Gatk gollskata;
gǫrs leygs of bǫr
gǫtu gunnvita
†grāþs† Tøgdrápa.
Gatk gollskata;
gǫr leygs of bǫr
gǫtu gunnvita
gráps Tøgdrápa.
Gatk gollskata;
gǫrs logs of bǫr
gǫtu gunnvita
gráps Tøgdrápa.
Gat ek gvllskata ger ær logs vm bǫr gǫtv gvnnvita ⸍⸍ graps tǫgdrápv |
(VEÞ)
Gatk gollskata;
†g[…]† leiks of bǫr
gǫtu gunnvita
gráps Tøgdrápa.
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