Þhorn Harkv 19I/5 — rǫndum ‘shields’
‘Á gerðum sér þeira ok á gollbaugum,
at þeir eru í kunnleikum við konung:
feldum ráða þeir rauðum, fôðum rǫndum,
sverðum silfrvǫfðum, serkjum hringofnum,
gyltum andfetlum ok grǫfnum hjǫlmum,
hringum handbærum, es þeim Haraldr valði.’
‘Sér á gerðum þeira ok á gollbaugum, at þeir eru í kunnleikum við konung: þeir ráða rauðum feldum, fôðum rǫndum, sverðum silfrvǫfðum, serkjum hringofnum, gyltum andfetlum ok grǫfnum hjǫlmum, hringum handbærum, es Haraldr valði þeim.’
‘One sees from their gear, and from their gold rings, that they are on friendly terms with the king: they possess red cloaks, painted shields, swords wrapped with silver [wires], mail-shirts woven with rings, gilded sword-straps and engraved helmets, rings, which Haraldr chose for them’.
readings
[5] fôðum rǫndum: vðum rǫndum 51ˣ, FskBˣ, 302ˣ, ok vel fagrrenduðum FskAˣ, 52ˣ, 301ˣ
notes
[5] fôðum rǫndum ‘painted shields’: This is the emended reading proposed by von Friesen (1902, 69-71) and Kock (NN) on the basis of the FskB transcripts. It provides the necessary alliteration and good sense. Skj B, in accordance with the FskA transcripts, reads ok vel fagrrenduðum ‘and most beautifully striped’, in reference to the cloaks, as do Möbius (1860) and Fsk 1902-3 (the latter without ok).