Poem about Haraldr harðráði — Valg HarII
Valgarðr á VelliKari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘ Valgarðr á Velli, Poem about Haraldr harðráði’ 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. 300-10. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1496> (accessed 27 April 2024)
The eleven sts and helmingar below are attributed to Valgarðr in all sources. They belong to a poem about Haraldr harðráði (Valg Har) and the extant portions commemorate Haraldr’s military exploits in Byzantium (sts 1-4), his return from Russia to Scandinavia (st. 5), his harrying in Denmark with Sveinn Úlfsson (st. 6-9) and his subsequent return to Norway (sts 10-11). Stanzas 2-3, which are recorded only in SnE, do not contain specific information that allows for an attribution to Har, but because they describe the destruction of a stronghold by fire, it is likely that they commemorate Haraldr’s campaigns in the Mediterranean (see Fidjestøl 1982, 42, 144, 173). The sequence of sts presents no problem and follows the order of events described in the prose texts.
Stanzas 1-3 are transmitted in mss R, Tˣ, U, A, B and C of SnE (Skm). Stanza 4 is recorded in Fsk (FskBˣ, FskAˣ), and sts 5-11 are found in Mork (Mork), H-Hr (H, Hr) and Fsk (FskBˣ, FskAˣ). Mss Kˣ, 39, F, E, J2ˣ of Hkr contain sts 5-9, and Flat (Flat) has sts 6, 10-11. Stanza 11/1-4 is also recorded in mss R, Tˣ, A, B, C of SnE (Skm). Because B is difficult to read, AM 744 4°ˣ (744ˣ), an early C18th copy of B by Jón Ólafsson, has been consulted selectively for sts 1-3, 11.
References
- Bibliography
- Fidjestøl, Bjarne. 1982. Det norrøne fyrstediktet. Universitet i Bergen Nordisk institutts skriftserie 11. Øvre Ervik: Alvheim & Eide.
- Internal references
- 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].
- (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 27 April 2024)
- (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 27 April 2024)
- (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 27 April 2024)
- (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 27 April 2024)
- (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 27 April 2024)
- (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 27 April 2024)
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