New verse for Haakonar saga eiki

Today (sorry for being quiet for a bit) a new verse for Haakonar saga eiki, chapter three. It is a two-parter, a dialogue between the King and Boris. The first helmingr is spoken by the King; the second by kol-skeggr.

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Sonr Þorvalds sköruligr stófni trjá né heldur --- hagr ert þu á hjálm-Griður hríð fleinþollarr gegn þer? Fjall-skógs myrki fylkir frá mér lundr þinn örugg en hjálm-Griður mín heilla hjakk fleinþollar blakka

Stalwart son of Thorvaldr stems of trees don´t stop you - handy are you with battle-witch while spear-firs attack you? mountain forest dark king your grove is safe from me but my battle-witch lucky hacks spear-firs black

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NOTES

Only two kennings here:

hjálm-Gríður : helmet-Gríður [troll-woman] :  AXE
fleinþollarrr :  spear firs : WARRIORS

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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!