Cite as: Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Þorleikr fagri, Flokkr about Sveinn Úlfsson 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 313.
Fúrsendir vann fjǫndum
fjǫrspell í gný hjǫrva
(brôð fekk hrafn fyr Heiða-)
haukstorða (-bœ norðan).
Rôkusk Vinðr, en vákar
vals ginu þar und halsa,
— dauðr lá herr á heiði
hundmargr — fáir undan.
{{{Haukstorða} fúr}sendir}} vann fjǫndum fjǫrspell í {gný hjǫrva}; hrafn fekk brôð fyr norðan Heiðabœ. Fáir Vinðr rôkusk undan, en {vákar vals} ginu þar und halsa; hundmargr herr lá dauðr á heiði.
{The distributor {of the fire {of hawk-lands}}} [(lit. ‘the fire-distributor of hawk-lands’) ARMS > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] inflicted death on enemies in {the din of swords} [BATTLE]; the raven got meat north of Hedeby. Few Wends got away, and {the buzzard-hawks of the slain} [RAVENS/EAGLES] gaped beneath necks there; a tremendously large host lay dead on the heath.
texts: ‹Knýtl 25›
editions: Skj Þórleikr fagri: En flokk om Sven Ulfssön 1 (AI, 396; BI, 365); Skald I, 182; JÓ 1741, 38-9, ÍF 35, 130 (ch. 22).
Jón Ólafsson 1741 (JÓ) 38 - 38 (Knýtl)
AM 20 d folx (20dx) 16r, 4 - 16r, 11 (Knýtl)
NKS 873 4°x (873x) 16r, 20 - 16r, 27 (Knýtl)
AM 1005 4°x (1005x) 3r, 20 - 3r, 24 (Knýtl)
AM 19 folx (19x) 1v, 3 - 1v, 7 (Knýtl)