Anon (Hsona) 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísur from Haraldssona saga 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. 836.
introduction
This couplet, Anon (Hsona) 1, in hexasyllabic runhent metre (see SnStHt 88III; SnE 1999, 35-6) is preserved in mss Kˣ, F, E, J2ˣ and 42ˣ of HsonaHkr, in H, Hr (H-Hr) and in Mork (SslembMork). It is anonymous in all mss. Kˣ is the main ms.
text and translation
Varðat vel við styrju
Vatn-Ormr í Portyrju.
Vatn-Ormr varðat vel við styrju í Portyrju.
‘Vatn-Ormr (‘Water-Ormr’) didn’t behave well in the battle in Portør.’
notes and context
In the summer of 1137, Sigurðr slembidjákn ‘Fortuitous-deacon’ (?) Magnússon returns to Norway via Denmark from the Hebrides (or Orkney). He harries in the regions around Oslofjorden and lies with his ships in Portør, waylaying merchant ships. The men of Tønsberg muster a force that comes upon Sigurðr and his men unawares, and Sigurðr flees on one ship. Vatn-Ormr Dagsson’s ship is the closest to Sigurðr’s, but, rather than engaging in fighting, Vatn-Ormr backs off.
readings
- [1] Varðat vel við styrju (‘Varð eigi væl við styrio’): ‘[...]io’ Mork
- [1] við: fyri 42ˣ
- [2] í: á Hr
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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AM 63 folx (Kx) — 648r/16 - 648r/17
Varð eigi væl við styrio
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Vatn-Ormr í Portyrju. -
AM 45 fol (F) — 71va/16 - 71va/17
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AM 47 fol (E) — 53v/18 - 53v/19
imagesVarð eigi vel | við styrio uatn ormr í portyrio ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 38 folx (J2x) — 349r/21 - 349r/22
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AM 42 folx (42x) — 41v/23 - 41v/23
Varðat vel fyri styrju
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Vatn-Ormr í Portyrju. -
AM 66 fol (H) — 120r/25 - 120r/25
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GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 78vb/32 - 78vb/33
Varðat vel við styrju
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Vatn-Ormr á Portyrju. -
GKS 1009 fol (Mork) — 34r/1 - 34r/2
†[...]io†
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Vatn-Ormr í Portyrju. -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 546r/19 - 546r/20
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