Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Valgarðr á Velli, Poem about Haraldr harðráði 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 300-1.
Skilfingr, helzt, þars skulfu
skeiðr, fyr lǫnd in breiðu
— auð varð suðr of síðir
Sikiley — liði miklu.
Skilfingr, helzt miklu liði fyr in breiðu lǫnd, þars skeiðr skulfu; suðr varð Sikiley of síðir auð.
‘Lord, you led a large host past the wide lands where warships shook; in the south Sicily was finally laid waste.’
Skilfingr is given in Skm as a heiti for ‘ruler, dignitary’.
The helmingr commemorates Haraldr’s campaigns in Sicily (1038-40). See also Note to Hharð Gamv 2/1, ÞjóðA Sex 2 and Bǫlv Hardr 4.
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Skilfingr, helzt, þars skulfu
skeiðr, fyr lǫnd in breiðu
— †avld† varð suðr of síðir
Sikiley — liði miklu.
Skilfingr, helzt, þars skulfu
skeiðr, fyr lǫnd in breiðu
— auð varð suðr of síðir
Sikiley — liði miklu.
Skilfingr, helzt, þars skulfu
skeiðr, fyr land it breiða
— auðit var þar suðr of síðir
Sikiley — liði miklu.
Skilfingr, helzt, þars skulfu
skeiðr, fyr lǫnd in breiðu
— auð †var suð† of síðir
Sikiley — liði miklu.
Skilfingr hællztv þar ær skvlfv skæiðr fyrir | lø̨nd hin brǽiðv ꜹ́ð var svð vm síðir sikil æy liði miklv .
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Skilfingr, helzt, þars skulfu
skeiðr, fyr lǫnd in breiðu
— auð †[…]ð† of †sið[…]†
†sikil[…]† — liði miklu.
Skilfingr, helzt, þars skulfu
skeiðr, fyr lǫnd in breiðu
— auð †ū sud† of síðir
Sikiley — liði miklu.
Skilfingr, helzt, þars skulfu
skeiðr, fyr lǫnd in breiðu
— auð varð suðr und síðir
Sikiley — liði miklu.
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