Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Úlfr Uggason, Húsdrápa 12’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 424.
Þar kømr ô, en æri
endr bark mærð af hendi,
(ofrak svá) til sævar,
sverðregns (lofi þegna).
Þar kømr ô til sævar, en endr bark mærð af hendi {æri {sverðregns}}; ofrak svá lofi þegna.
‘There the river comes to the sea, and once more I handed over a praise poem to the messenger of sword-rain [BATTLE > WARRIOR]; thus I raise up the praise of men. ’
The helmingr is cited in Skm (SnE) among stanzas exemplifying ókend heiti for ‘poetry’.
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.
Þar kømr ô, en †ǫri†
endr bark mærð af hendi,
(ofrak svá) til sævar,
sverðregns (lofi þegna).
þar komr á enn ǫri endr bar ec | mærð af hendi ofra ec sva til sæfar sverðregns lofi þegna
(KS)
Þar kømr ô, en †o᷎ri†
endr bark mærð at hendi,
(ofrak svá) til sævar,
sverðregns (lofi þegna).
Þar kømr ô, er æri
endr bark mærð á hendi,
(ofrak svá) til sævar,
sverðregns (lofi þegna).
Þar kømr ár, hinn æri
endr bark mærð at hendi,
(ofrak svá) til sævar,
sverðregns (lofi þegna).
þar | kæmr ár hinn æri ændr bar ek mærð at hændi ofra æk sva til sióarar sverðregns | lofi þegna .
(VEÞ)
Þar kømr ô, en orri
endr bark mærð at hendi,
(ofrak svá) til sævar,
sverðregns (lofi þegna).
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