BjHall Kálffl 4I
Alison Finlay (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni gullbrárskáld Hallbjarnarson, Kálfsflokkr 4’ 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. 883.
text and translation
Áttu Engla dróttni,
ógnrakkr, gjafar þakka,
jarls niðr; komtu yðru
ótála vel máli.
Þér lét fold, áðr fœrir
— frest urðu þess — vestan,
— líf þitt esa lítit —
Lundúna gramr fundna.
Áttu þakka {dróttni Engla} gjafar, {ógnrakkr niðr jarls}; komtu ótála máli yðru vel. {Gramr Lundúna} lét fold fundna þér, áðr fœrir vestan; frest urðu þess; líf þitt esa lítit.
‘You have the lord of the English [= Knútr] to thank for gifts, battle-bold descendant of a jarl [= Kálfr]; you undoubtedly advanced your case well. The lord of London [= Knútr] said that land was found for you before you travelled from the west; there was delay in this; your life is not insignificant. ’
notes and context
ÓH-Hkr relates that, on arrival at Knútr’s court, Kálfr is offered a future jarldom on his return to Norway and overall rule of the country in exchange for opposition to King Óláfr. The king gives him fine gifts when they part. For Fsk see Context to st. 3 and Note to [All] below.
Stanzas 3/5-8 and 4/5-8 form a unitary stanza in Fsk. — [1, 3] áttu; komtu yðru ‘you have; you advanced your’: Unusually, the enclitic pron. -tu ‘you’ is syllabic, occupying a metrical position, in both these lines; átt and komt would have been expected. Also unusual is the switch from the grammatically sg., familiar 2nd pers. form komtu to the grammatically pl., formal form yðru ‘your’, since this occurs in consecutive words here, although such mixing of forms is not generally uncommon (cf. Note to st. 1/5).
readings
- [1] Áttu: allt átt þú 61
- [1] Engla: Englands 61, 325V, Bb, Flat, Tóm
- [1] dróttni: dróttin Bb, dróttinn Flat
- [2] ‑rakkr: ‑rakk Flat
- [2] gjafar: gjafir 321ˣ, Bæb, 68, 61, Flat, í guði 325VII
- [3] jarls: ‘i’ 325VII, ok Bb
- [3] niðr: vinr 325V
- [3] komtu: so Bæb, 68, 325V, 325VII, Bb, Flat, Tóm, Kˣ, ‘cotv’ Holm2, komt 321ˣ, ‘kottu’ 61
- [5] Þér: ótála vel máli þér 321ˣ, þar Bb
- [5] fold áðr: foldar Tóm
- [5] fœrir: fœrit 325V, FskAˣ, 301ˣ, fœri Flat
- [7] líf: lið Bb, FskAˣ, 301ˣ
- [7] þitt esa lítit: á lítli stundu FskAˣ, af litli stundu 301ˣ
- [7] esa (‘era’): ‘e(t)a’(?) 321ˣ
- [8] Lundúna: Lundúnu 61, 325VII, Bb
- [8] fundna: so 68, Kˣ, FskAˣ, 301ˣ, om. Holm2, snúnat 321ˣ, Bæb, fundit 61, 325V, Bb, Flat, fenginn 325VII, fundi Tóm
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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Holm perg 2 4° (Holm2) — 60v/7 - 60v/8
imagesÁttu Engla dróttni,
ógnrakkr, gjafar þakka,
jarls niðr; †cotv† yðru
ótála vel máli.
Þér lét fold, áðr fœrir
— frest urðu þess — vestan,
— líf þitt esa lítit —
Lundúna gramr .Attu engla drotni ognraccr giafar þacca iarlsnidr cotv yþrv otala vel mali | þer let folld adr førir frest vrþv þes vestan lif þit era litit lvndvna gramr fra þer |
(KS)
-
Thott 972 folx (972x) — 451va/21 - 451va/28
images -
AM 321 4°x (321x) — 228/22 - 228/25
Áttu Engla dróttni,
images
ógnrakkr, gjafir þakka,
jarls niðr; komt yðru
ótála vel máli.
ótála vel máli þér lét fold, áðr fœrir
— frest urðu þess — vestan,
— líf þitt †e(t)a† lítit —
Lundúna gramr snúnat. -
AM 73 b fol (Bæb) — 3ra/6 - 3ra/10
Áttu Engla dróttni,
images
ógnrakkr, gjafir þakka,
jarls niðr; komtu yðru
ótála vel máli.
Þér lét fold, áðr fœrir
— frest urðu þess — vestan,
— líf þitt esa lítit —
Lundúna gramr snúnat. -
AM 73 a folx (73ax) — 185r/14 - 185r/21
images -
AM 68 fol (68) — 59v/36 - 59v/38
Áttu Engla dróttni,
images
ógnrakkr, gjafir þakka,
jarls niðr; komtu yðru
ótála vel máli.
Þér lét fold, áðr fœrir
— frest urðu þess — vestan,
— líf þitt esa lítit —
Lundúna gramr fundna. -
AM 61 fol (61) — 118vb/15 - 118vb/18
allt átt þú Englands dróttni,
images
ógnrakkr, gjafir þakka,
jarls niðr; †kottu† yðru
ótála vel máli.
Þér lét fold, áðr fœrir
— frest urðu þess — vestan,
— líf þitt esa lítit —
Lundúnu gramr fundit. -
AM 325 V 4° (325V) — 72rb/33 - 72va/5
Áttu Englands dróttni,
images
ógnrakkr, gjafar þakka,
jarls vinr; komtu yðru
ótála vel máli.
Þér lét fold, áðr fœrit
— frest urðu þess — vestan,
— líf þitt esa lítit —
Lundúna gramr fundit. -
AM 325 VII 4° (325VII) — 34r/5 - 34r/7
Áttu Engla dróttni,
images
ógnrakkr, í guði þakka,
†i† niðr; komtu yðru
ótála vel máli.
Þér lét fold, áðr fœrir
— frest urðu þess — vestan,
— líf þitt esa lítit —
Lundúnu gramr fenginn. -
Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 191vb/35 - 192ra/4
Áttu Englands dróttin,
images
ógnrakkr, gjafar þakka,
ok niðr; komtu yðru
ótála vel máli.
þar lét fold, áðr fœrir
— frest urðu þess — vestan,
— lið þitt esa lítit —
Lundúnu gramr fundit. -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 120rb/5 - 120rb/8
Áttu Englands dróttinn,
images
ógn-rakk, gjafir þakka,
jarls niðr; komtu yðru
ótála vel máli.
Þér lét fold, áðr fœri
— frest urðu þess — vestan,
— líf þitt esa lítit —
Lundúna gramr fundit. -
GKS 1008 fol (Tóm) — 148v/33 - 148v/35
Áttu Englands dróttni,
images
ógnrakkr, gjafar þakka,
jarls niðr; komtu yðru
ótála vel máli.
Þér lét foldar, fœrir
— frest urðu þess — vestan,
— líf þitt esa lítit —
Lundúna gramr fundi. -
AM 36 folx (Kx) — 441v/22 - 441v/29
Áttu Engla dróttni,
images
ógnrakkr, gjafar þakka,
jarls niðr; komtu yðru
ótála vel máli.
Þér lét fold, áðr fœrir
— frest urðu þess — vestan,
— líf þitt esa lítit —
Lundúna gramr fundna. -
AM 303 4°x (FskAx) — 188/12 - 188/15
Áttu Engla dróttni,
images
ógnrakkr, gjafar þakka,
jarls niðr; komtu yðru
ótála vel máli.
Þér lét fold, áðr fœrit
— frest urðu þess — vestan,
— lið á lítli stundu —
Lundúna gramr fundna. -
AM 301 4°x (301x) — 69r/22 - 69r/3
Áttu Engla dróttni,
ógnrakkr, gjafar þakka,
jarls niðr; komtu yðru
ótála vel máli.
Þér lét fold, áðr fœrit
— frest urðu þess — vestan,
— lið af litli stundu —
Lundúna gramr fundna.
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