Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 65 (Hrókr inn svarti, Hrókskviða 15)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 355.
Valr ok Haukr í víkingu,
báðir fræknir buðlungs vinir.
Fáir mundu þeim fylkis rekkum
hæfir þykkja ór Hakaveldi.
Valr ok Haukr í víkingu, báðir fræknir vinir buðlungs. Fáir ór Hakaveldi mundu þykkja hæfir þeim rekkum fylkis.
‘Valr and Haukr on a viking expedition, both valiant friends of the king. Few from Haki’s realm would seem to match these champions of the prince. ’
There is no finite verb in the first helmingr.
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.
Valur ok haukur j uikíngu bader frækner budlungs uiner faer ǀ mundu þeim fylkís rekum hæ̋fer þickía ur haka uelldi
(HS)
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