Anon (ÓTHkr) 1I/3 — Vinða ‘the Wends’
Þás sparn á mó Maurnis
morðkunnr Haraldr sunnan,
vas þá Vinða myrðir
vax eitt, í ham faxa;
en bergsalar Birgir
bǫndum rækr í landi
— þat sá ǫld — í jǫldu
óríkr fyrir líki.
Þás morðkunnr Haraldr sparn á mó Maurnis sunnan í ham faxa, vas myrðir Vinða þá vax eitt, en óríkr Birgir, rækr bǫndum bergsalar í landi, fyrir í líki jǫldu; ǫld sá þat.
When the battle-famed Haraldr kicked against the heath of Maurnir [?] from the south in the form of a stallion, the killer of the Wends [DANISH KING = Haraldr] was then nothing but wax; and the powerless Birgir, deserving to be driven out by the deities of the rock-hall [GIANTS] in the land, [was] in front in the shape of a mare; people saw that.
readings
[3] Vinða: ‘vanþa’ J1ˣ
notes
[2, 3] morðkunnr; myrðir Vinða ‘battle-famed; the killer of the Wends [DANISH KING = Haraldr]’: The praise may be ironic, jibing at the Danes’ failure to overcome the Wends (Hkr 1893-1901, IV; Almqvist 1965-74, I, 182-4).
kennings
- myrðir Vinða — the killer of the Wends [DANISH KING = Haraldr]