Marm Lv 4VIII (Hálf 9)
Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 9 (Marmennill, Lausavísur 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 312.
text and translation
Hefir sér á höfði hjálm upp spenntan,
herkuml harðligt Heðins af létta.
Skammt mun sveinum — sé þat, sem er —
hildar at bíða hér á ferli.
Hefir sér á höfði upp spenntan hjálm {harðligt herkuml Heðins}, af létta. Sveinum mun skammt at bíða hildar hér á ferli; sé þat, sem er.
‘On her head she has clasped with ease a helmet, the hard war token of Heðinn <legendary hero> [HELMET]. The lads will have to wait a short time for war to be on its way here. I see it as it is. ’
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GKS 2845 4° (2845) — 34r/5 - 34r/7
imagesHefer sier a hỏfdi híalm | upp spentan her kuml hardlegt hedíns af letta Skamt man sueí | num se þat sem er hílldar at bida hier a ferli·
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