Útsteinn Útkv 2VIII (Hálf 41)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 41 (Útsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Útsteinskviða 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 337.
text and translation
Sigrs vænti ek mér sýnu betra,
en Úlfr vili æskja Steini.
Yðr mun snimma at sverðtogi
hauss um högginn en háls roðinn.
Ek vænti mér sýnu betra sigrs, en Úlfr vili æskja Steini. Hauss yðr mun snimma um högginn en háls roðinn at {sverðtogi}.
‘I expect for myself a much better victory than Úlfr may wish for Steinn. Your head will soon be struck off and your neck reddened at the sword-drawing [BATTLE]. ’
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) — 37r/24 - 37r/26
imagesSigrs vænti ek mér
sýnu betra,
en Úlfr vili
æskja Steini.
Yðr mun snimma
†a† sverðtogi
hauss um högginn
en háls roðinn.Sigurs uæ̋ntí eg mer synu bettra en ulfur ui ǀ li æskia steíní ydr muɴ snímma a suerdtogí haussum hauggiɴ ǀ en hals ʀodíɴ ǁ
(HS)
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