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Stúfsdrápa — Stúfr StúfdrII

Stúfr inn blindi Þórðarson kattar

Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘ Stúfr inn blindi Þórðarson kattar, Stúfsdrápa’ 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, pp. 350-8. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1394> (accessed 28 March 2024)

 

According to the longer version of Stúfs þáttr, the encomium which Stúfr recited to Haraldr in Trondheim was called Stúfsdrápa ‘Stúfr’s Drápa’ (Stúfr Stúfdr) (ÍF 5, 289-90): Drápa þessi, er Stúfr kvað ok orti um konung, var kǫlluð Stúfsdrápa ‘This drápa, which Stúfr recited and composed about the king, was called Stúfsdrápa’. However, the shorter version of the þáttr (found in Mork, H-Hr and Flat) gives the following information (ÍF 5, 290): Hann hefir ort erfidrápu um Harald konung, er kǫlluð er Stúfsdrápa eða Stúfa ‘He has made a memorial drápa about King Haraldr, which is called Stúfsdrápa or Stúfa’. The sts below presumably belong to that poem because Haraldr is never addressed in pres. tense, st. 8 commemorates Haraldr’s last stand at Stamford Bridge and the refrain shows that he is deceased. The order of the sts is determined by the chronology of the events they describe, and all sts are attributed to Stúfr (see also Fidjestøl 1982, 146-7). Stanza 1 is preserved in Hkr (mss , 39, F, E, J2ˣ, 42ˣ) and H-Hr (H, Hr), and st. 7 is recorded only in mss R, , U, A, B and C of SnE (Skm). Stanzas 2-6 are found in Mork (Mork), Fsk (FskBˣ (sts 2-5 only), FskAˣ), H-Hr and Flat (Flat; sts 2, 4-6) and Hkr, and st. 8 is transmitted in Mork, Flat, Fsk and H-Hr only. Hence sts 2-6 and 8 must have been included in the ‘Oldest Mork’ (*ÆMork). In most cases, the Mork version corresponds to the Fsk version against Hkr, and Snorri (or a later redactor of Hkr) appears to have made changes to the poetic texts and introduced independent variants. It is not clear whether these changes were prompted by poetic considerations or by a better knowledge of the poem. Because Mork and the Fsk mss are higher up on the stemma, Mork has been chosen as the main ms. for sts 2-6 and 8, but the Hkr variants are discussed in detail in the Notes. One of the characteristics of the poem is the klofastef ‘split refrain’, in which the last ll. in sts 2/8, 3/8 and 6/4 do not belong syntactically to the preceding ll.; rather, taken together, they form a separate cl. (see Note to st. 2/8 below).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Fidjestøl, Bjarne. 1982. Det norrøne fyrstediktet. Universitet i Bergen Nordisk institutts skriftserie 11. Øvre Ervik: Alvheim & Eide.
  3. ÍF 5 = Laxdœla saga. Ed. Einar Ólafur Sveinsson. 1934.
  4. Internal references
  5. Edith Marold 2017, ‘Snorra Edda (Prologue, Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál)’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
  6. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Heimskringla’ 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. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=4> (accessed 28 March 2024)
  7. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Flateyjarbók’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=44> (accessed 28 March 2024)
  8. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Fagrskinna’ 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. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=56> (accessed 28 March 2024)
  9. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Hulda-Hrokkinskinna’ 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. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=84> (accessed 28 March 2024)
  10. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Morkinskinna’ 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. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=87> (accessed 28 March 2024)
  11. (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=112> (accessed 28 March 2024)
  12. Not published: do not cite ()
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