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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Innsteinn Gunnlaðarson (Innsteinn)

volume 8; ed. Hubert Seelow;

VIII. Innsteinskviða (Innkv) - 17

not in Skj

Innsteinskviða — Innsteinn InnkvVIII (Hálf)

Not published: do not cite (Innsteinn InnkvVIII (Hálf))


SkP info: VIII, 329

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12 — Innsteinn Innkv 12VIII (Hálf 32)

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Cite as: Hubert Seelow (ed.) 2017, ‘Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka 32 (Innsteinn Gunnlaðarson, Innsteinskviða 12)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 329.

Hart skulum ganga         ok hliða ekki *;
verðr vísis lið         at vega með söxum.
Þeir skulu sjálfir         á sér bera
blóðgar benjar,         áðr braki létti.

Skulum ganga hart ok hliða ekki *; lið vísis verðr at vega með söxum. Þeir sjálfir skulu bera á sér blóðgar benjar, áðr braki létti.

We shall go [forth] fast and not give way; the prince’s troop has to fight with swords. They themselves shall bear bloody wounds on their bodies before the din ceases.

texts: Hálf 32

editions: Skj Anonyme digte og vers [XIII]: E. 6. Vers af Fornaldarsagaer: Af Hálfssaga VII 4 (AII, 261-2; BII, 282); Skald II, 148; Hálf 1864, 23, Hálf 1909, 109, FSGJ 2, 116, Hálf 1981, 124, 184; Edd. Min. 36.


GKS 2845 4° (2845) 36v, 12 - 36v, 14 (Hálf)  transcr.  image  image  