Eystk Útkv 1VIII (Hálf 48)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 48 (Eysteinn konungr, Útsteinskviða 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 342.
text and translation
Sjálft mun letja slíks at freista;
Hálfs eru rekkar hverjum meiri.
Þik veit ek manna miklu fremstan,
einn snjallastan, er þú átta vátt.
Sjálft mun letja at freista slíks; rekkar Hálfs eru meiri hverjum. Ek veit þik miklu fremstan manna, einn snjallastan, er þú vátt átta.
‘It is self-evidently futile to try such a thing; Hálfr’s champions are superior to everyone. I know you [to be] by far the foremost of men, one of the most valiant, because you slew eight men. ’
notes and context
This stanza is introduced by the words: Eysteinn kvað ‘Eysteinn 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) — 37v/13 - 37v/15
imagesSialft man letía sliks at freista halfs eru ʀ ǀ ekar huerium meírí þig ueít eg manna miklu fremstan einn sníallan er þu ǀ atta uott
(HS)
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