Arn Þorfdr 6II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Arnórr jarlaskáld Þórðarson, Þorfinnsdrápa 6’ 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. 236-7.
text and translation
Endr hykk Karli kenndu
kyndóm jǫfur brynju
— land vasa lofðungs kundar
laust — fyr Dýrnes austan.
Fimm snekkjum réð frammi
flugstyggr við hug dyggvan
rausnarmannr at ræsis
reiðr ellifu skeiðum.
Hykk jǫfur endr kenndu Karli {kyndóm brynju} fyr austan Dýrnes; land {kundar lofðungs} vasa laust. Flugstyggr rausnarmannr réð reiðr fimm snekkjum við dyggvan hug frammi at ellifu skeiðum ræsis.
‘I believe the prince [Þorfinnr] once taught Karl the monstrous verdict of the mail-coat [BATTLE] east off Deerness; the land of the ruler’s son [RULER = Þorfinnr] was not for the taking. The flight-shunning man of splendour [Þorfinnr] steered, angered, five warships with steadfast heart forth against the eleven longships of the lord [Karl].’
notes and context
Þorfinnr, threatened with a two-pronged attack from Karl Hundason and the Scots, sails north across the Pentland Firth (Péttlandsfjǫrðr). He reaches Deerness (Dýrnes), just south of Sandwick (Sandvík), but there Karl catches up with him before his reinforcements arrive, and Þorfinnr chooses to fight rather than abandon his ships and goods.
332ˣ cites the st. explicitly from Arnórr í Þorfinnsdrápu.
readings
- [1] Endr: ‘Andr’ Flat, Endr 48ˣmarg
- [1] Karli: ‘k̄l.’ Flat, Karli 48ˣmarg
- [2] kyndóm: kyndum Flat, kyndóm 48ˣmarg
- [2] jǫfur: ‘lofut’ Flat, jǫfur 48ˣmarg
- [3] kundar: kindar Flat, kundar 48ˣmarg
- [5] réð: helt Flat
- [6] við: af Flat
- [6] dyggvan (‘dyggann’): dyggum Flat, dyggvan 48ˣmarg
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 332 4°x (332x) — 23 - 23
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 131ra/49 - 131ra/49
†Andr† hykk †k̄l.† kenndu
images
kyndum †lofut† brynju
— land vasa lofðungs kindar
laust — fyr Dýrnes austan.
Fimm snekkjum helt frammi
flugstyggr af hug dyggum
rausnarmannr at ræsis
reiðr ellifu skeiðum. -
AM 48 folx (48x) — 344r - 344v
Endr hykk Karli kenndu
images
kyndóm jǫfur brynju
— land vasa lofðungs kundar
laust — fyr Dýrnes austan.
Fimm snekkjum réð frammi
flugstyggr við hug dyggvan
rausnarmannr at ræsis
reiðr ellifu skeiðum.
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