Útsteinn Innkv 1VIII (Hálf 27)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 27 (Útsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Innsteinskviða 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 326.
text and translation
Konung látum vér keppinn ráða,
fyrr í fólki, um farir várar.
Hættum, bróðir, svát honum líki,
fjörvi okkru með frömum vísi.
Vér látum keppinn konung, fyrr í fólki, ráða um farir várar. Hættum, bróðir, fjörvi okkru með frömum vísi, svát líki honum.
‘We will let the contentious king, at the head of the host, decide about our journeys. Let us, brother, risk our lives with the valiant leader in such a way as to please him. ’
notes and context
This stanza is introduced by the words: Útsteinn kvað ‘Útsteinn said’.
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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.
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GKS 2845 4° (2845) — 36r/18 - 36r/20
imagesKonung látum vér
keppinn ráða,
†fyrí folki† ,
um farir várar.
Hættum, bróðir,
svá honum líki,
fjörvi okkru
með frömum vísi.Kong latum ǀ uæ̋r keppín ʀada fyrí folki um farir uorar hæ̋ttum broder suo ǀ honum liki fioruí ockru med fraumum visi
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