Two verses for Haakonar saga eki

Here are two verses I have written for the Haakonar saga eiki.  They are written in kviðuháttr, the same meter as the Sonatorrek, which was written by Egil Skalgrimsson.

The first describes Boris kol-skeggr coming home from  a tavern:

gjögrað kol-skeggr

þremr skautum -

hlæja skipa ok

syngur stúlkna.

skella-hlægja

ok vísa hlóa

staggers black-beard

three-sheets -

they laugh of the ship 

and sing of girls.

He laughs at jokes

and verses bellows

In the second, Boris "addresses" the king, loudly and drunkenly, while standing in fromt of the king's great house:

"Konung heyrðu

slarkarí kol-skeggr -

frið-maðr máttkir

drótinn mildi.

óvinnar þinn

ék mun upp-ræta

sem blað-rauði

rô Þorrs rífa aptr"

King, hear 

drunkard black-beard

Might ally of

generous lord -

enemies thine

I will up-root

as the red-leaved

Thor´s yard-arm I tore up.

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One kenning here:

rô Þorrs > Thor´s yard arm > TREE.

They don't loo like much yet, but they will work better when placed in a þáttr. I promise!

Haakonr saga eiki, Chapter One

At long last, you have before the first chapter of Haakonr saga eiki (The Saga of Haakon-oak), as Hakon oak-tall would likely have been called in ON.  Of course, it starts with a bit of family history.  This brief chapter has no poetry in it, but it is in Old Icelandic, at least as good as I can get.  If you see errors that I should correct, please drop me a line at fridrikrinngamli@gmail.com or fridrikr@thescorre.org, or simply post your correction in a comment.  This struggling neophyte in Old Icelandic would appreciate any help he can get.

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Kapituli fyrsti -- Inn sonnar Þorvalds

Þorvaldr hét maðr, sonr Dagar.  Þorvaldr var maðr sterkr ok auð-angraðr.  Enn er hannvar á unga aldri, lá hann í vikingu ok herjaði.  Hann gerðist enn auð-kýfingr ok goðí.  Hann var giptask á Þorarna Þorarinsdottir.

Þorvaldr átti þrír sonar, hétum Dalr, Boris, ok Hakonr.  Dalr var lág-vaxinn ok sterkr.  Hann var fyrsti soninn ok kallaðr Dalr bola-kalfr.  Inn annar sonr hét Boris.  Hann var höfði hærri a Dalr ok mið-digr.  Han var kallaðr Boris bjór-tunna.  Inn þriðji hét Haakon.  Hann var mestr ok sterkast.  Hann var kallaðr Haakonr eiki.

Þorvaldstadir at svartárdalr var ból-staðdr Þorvalds ok var auðigr með sauði ok fé ok hesti.  Ok sonnar Þorvalds átt enn bjarn-hunn kallað   tanngnjóstr þat þeir glímaðum.

Chapter one -- the sons of Thorvald

Thorvald was the name of a man, the son of Dag.  Thorvald was a strong man and easily angered.  When he was a young man, he went viking and raided.  He became a heaper up of riches and a chieftain.  He was married to Thorarna Thorarin´s daughter.

Thorvald had three sons named Dale, Boris, and Haakon.   Dale was short, but strong. He was the first son ok was called   Dale bull-calf.  The second son was named Boris.  He was a he was a head taller than Dale and stout waited.  He was called Boris beer-barrel.   The third son was named Haakon.  He was the tallest and strongest.  He was called Haakon-oak.

Thorvaldstead in the Black River valley was Thorvalds home-stead  and it was rich with sheep and cattle and horses.  Thorvald´s sons also owned a young-bear called  “gnaw-tooth” which they wrestled.