Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 32 (Hjálmþér Ingason, Lausavísur 11)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 524.
Ölvir hann heitir, er hræðiz aldri
eld né eggjar eðr hergengi,
borinn sem buðlungar, þeir sem beztir eru,
mætri en mildingar, minn er fóstbróðir.
Hann heitir Ölvir, er hræðiz aldri eld né eggjar eðr hergengi, borinn sem buðlungar, þeir sem eru beztir, mætri en mildingar, er fóstbróðir minn.
‘He is called Ǫlvir, who never fears fire or sword or battle-following, born like princes, they who are best, more worthy than generous rulers, he is my foster-brother. ’
In this stanza Hjálmþér presents Ǫlvir and his credentials to King Hundingi.
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.
Ölvir hann heitir,
er hræðiz aldri
eld né eggjar
eðr hergenga,
borinn sem buðlungar,
þeir sem bezt eru,
mætri en mildingar,
minn er fóstbróðir.
Auluir hann heitir er hrædizt alldreij eld | nie eggiar edr hergenga Borenn sem Bvdlvngar | þeir sem Best eru mætre enn milldingar minn er fostB | roder
(RH)
Ölvir hann heitir,
er aldri hræðiz
eld né eggjar
eðr hergengi,
borinn sem buðlungar,
þeir sem beztir eru,
mætri en mildingar,
minn er fóstbróðir.
Ölvir hann heitir,
er hræðiz aldri
eld né eggjar
eðr herganga,
borinn sem buðlungar,
þeir sem bezt eru,
mætri en mildingar,
minn er fóstbróðir.
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