Bjbp Jóms 26I
Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 26’ 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. 982.
text and translation
Klauf með Yggjar eldi
ólmr Goll-Búi hjálma;
niðr lét hann í herðar
hringserkja bǫl ganga.
Hart nam hǫgg at stœra
Hávarðr liði fyrða;
við hefr illr at eiga
Áslákr verit fíkjum.
Ólmr Goll-Búi klauf hjálma með {eldi Yggjar}; hann lét {bǫl hringserkja} ganga niðr í herðar. Hávarðr nam at stœra liði fyrða hǫgg hart; Áslákr hefr verit fíkjum illr at eiga við.
‘Furious Gull-Búi (‘Gold-Búi’) split helmets with the fire of Yggr <= Óðinn> [SWORD]; he let the bale of mail-shirts [SWORD] drive down into shoulders. Hávarðr intensified [his] blows strongly upon the troop of men; Áslákr was extremely bad to deal with.’
notes and context
Two men who accompanied the Jómsvíkingar from Denmark are named: Hávarðr hǫggvandi and Áslákr hólmskalli. They are Búi’s stafnbúar ‘forecastle-men’, and are exceptionally tough and difficult to deal with; iron does not bite Áslákr. Búi’s blows are also described as very powerful.
[7-8]: (a) The ÓT readings illr and Áslákr produce a couplet in which Áslákr is the subject of the clause (so also Fms 12, 42; Skj B; Skald). Við ‘with’ is adverbial. (b) The R readings illt and Áslák produce good sense, ‘it was extremely difficult to deal with Áslákr’ (and are adopted in Fms 12, 245 and Jvs 1879), but við is then a prep. and detached from its object Áslák.
readings
- [2] ólmr: álmr all others
- [2] Goll‑: gall 61, 53, 54, gal Bb
- [3] lét: om. Bb
- [4] hring‑: hrann 53, hrím‑ 54, Bb
- [5] nam: réð all others
- [7] illr: so all others, illt R
- [8] ‑lákr: so all others, ‑lák R
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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GKS 2367 4° (R) — 54r/7 - 54r/8
imagesKlauf með Yggjar eldi
ólmr Goll-Búi hjálma;
niðr lét hann í herðar
hringserkja bǫl ganga.
Hart nam hǫgg at stœra
Hávarðr liði fyrða;
við hefr illt at eiga
Ás-lák verit fíkjum.Klavf með yɢiar elldi olmr gvllbvi hialma niðr let hann iherþar hringserkia bavl | ganga ^ hart nam havɢ at stæra havarþr liði fyrþa við hefir illt at eiga aslak verit fikivm
(DW)
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AM 61 fol (61) — 19vb/10 - 19vb/12
Klauf með Yggjar eldi
images
ólmr gall-Búi hjálma;
niðr lét hann í herðar
hringserkja bǫl ganga.
Hart nam hǫgg at stœra
Hávarðr liði fyrða;
við hefr illr at eiga
Áslákr verit fíkjum. -
AM 53 fol (53) — 16rb/2 - 16rb/6
Klauf með Yggjar eldi
images
ólmr gall-Búi hjálma;
niðr lét hann í herðar
hrannserkja bǫl ganga.
Hart nam hǫgg at stœra
Hávarðr liði fyrða;
við hefr illr at eiga
Áslákr verit fíkjum. -
AM 54 fol (54) — 16ra/14 - 16ra/17
Klauf með Yggjar eldi
images
ólmr gall-Búi hjálma;
niðr lét hann í herðar
hrím-serkja bǫl ganga.
Hart nam hǫgg at stœra
Hávarðr liði fyrða;
við hefr illr at eiga
Áslákr verit fíkjum. -
Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 26rb/24 - 26rb/27
Klauf með Yggjar eldi
images
ólmr gal-Búi hjálma;
niðr hann í herðar
hrím-serkja bǫl ganga.
Hart nam hǫgg at stœra
Hávarðr liði fyrða;
við hefr illr at eiga
Áslákr verit fíkjum.
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