ESk Ingdr 2II/2 — kenna ‘blame’
Alls engi þarf Inga
arngrennir þat kenna,
— hverr spyri satt frá snerru
seggr — at gram bitu eggjar.
Bǫð gatat stillir stǫðvat
styrjarmildr, þótt vildi;
fús vas fjǫrspell vísa
fylkis sveit at veita.
Alls engi arngrennir þarf kenna Inga þat, at eggjar bitu gram; hverr seggr spyri satt frá snerru. Styrjarmildr stillir gatat stǫðvat bǫð, þótt vildi; sveit fylkis vas fús at veita vísa fjǫrspell.
Not one eagle-feeder [WARRIOR] needs to blame Ingi for the fact that sword-blades bit the prince; let each man hear the truth about the attack. The battle-generous lord was unable to stop the onslaught, although he may have wanted to; the ruler’s retinue was eager to inflict death upon the leader.
notes
[1, 2] þarf kenna Inga þat ‘needs to blame Ingi for the fact’: The slaying of Sigurðr munnr was prompted by some of Sigurðr’s men killing a servant of Ingi’s retainer, Grégóríus Dagsson, and one of Ingi’s own men, Sigurðr skrúðhyrna ‘the Ornament-cornered’. Grégóríus urged Ingi to retaliate, and, although he was initially reluctant to resort to violence, he finally acquiesced. All prose narratives agree that Ingi was part of the raid against Sigurðr. According to Mork (1928-32, 457) and Hkr (ÍF 28, 341), Sigurðr went outside when the house he was in came under attack. He called on Ingi to grant him a truce, but he was hewn down immediately. Fsk (ÍF 29, 336) states that Ingi wanted to give Sigurðr quarter, but that Ingi’s men did not listen and killed him nonetheless.