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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ÞormÓl Ár 6IV

Þormóðr Óláfsson, dróttkvætt poem about Árón Hjǫrleifsson 6 — ed. Guðrún Nordal

Not published: do not cite (ÞormÓl Ár 6IV)

Þormóðr Óláfssondróttkvætt poem about Árón Hjǫrleifsson
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text and translation

The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):

Út hefr Árón leitat
ógnramr at Valshamri
(hann varð hreystimǫnnum
harðráðr) ór manngarði;
auðs rak ólmum dauða
enn rǫskligast kenni,
Bjǫrn hné áðr fyr ernum,
undan, bauga lundi.

sources

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: Þormóðr prestr Óláfsson, 1. Et drotkvædet digt om Áron Hjǫrleifsson 6: , BII, 369,

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