Bjbp Jóms 28^I

Þar frák vápnum verjask
— Vagn felldi lið — þegna;
hann klauf breiðra brúna
borg hundruðum mǫrgum.
Grimmr var snarpra sverða
sǫngr; burgusk vel drengir;
vann arfþegi Áka
ǫs; fell blóð á kesjur.

Þar frák þegna verjask vápnum; Vagn felldi lið; hann klauf {borg breiðra brúna} mǫrgum hundruðum. {Sǫngr snarpra sverða} var grimmr; drengir burgusk vel; {arfþegi Áka} vann ǫs; blóð fell á kesjur.

There I have heard retainers defended themselves with weapons; Vagn felled the troop; he split {the fortress of broad brows} [HEAD] on many hundreds. {The song of sharp swords} [BATTLE] was grim; warriors defended themselves well; {the heir of Áki} [= Vagn] made tumult; blood fell onto halberds.

Mss: R(54r)

Editions: Skj AII, 6, Skj BII, 6-7, Skald II, 4, NN §3256; Fms 11, 170-1, Fms 12, 245, Jvs 1879, 112-13.

Notes: [1-2]: These lines are closely similar to st. 36/3-4 (as noted by Kock, NN §3256). — [1] þar frák ... verjask vápnum ‘there I have heard ... defended themselves with weapons’: Finnur Jónsson (Skj B and LP: 1. verja) understands the dat. vápnum as ‘against [enemy] weapons’, but Kock (NN §3256) points out that in constructions of verjask + dat., a dat. referring to an opponent is a pure dat. meaning ‘against’ whereas a dat. referring to defensive weapons, as here, is instr., meaning ‘with’. — [8] ǫs ‘tumult’: The only other skaldic attestation of this rare word is in Ormrs Lv 1/1^IV (LP: ǫs).

References

1. Bibliography
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3. Fms = Sveinbjörn Egilsson et al., eds. 1825-37. Fornmanna sögur eptir gömlum handritum útgefnar að tilhlutun hins norræna fornfræða fèlags. 12 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
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6. LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
7. Jvs 1879 = Petersens, Carl af, ed. 1879. Jómsvíkinga saga (efter Cod. AM. 510, 4:to) samt Jómsvíkinga drápa. Lund: Gleerup.
8. Internal references
9. Not published: do not cite (Ormrs Lv 1^IV)