Halli XI Fl 1II
Russell Poole (ed.) 2009, ‘Halli stirði, Flokkr 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, pp. 338-9.
text and translation
Norðr lykr gramr, sás gerðir
grund, frá Eyrarsundi
— hrafngœlir sparn hæli
hǫfn — langskipa stǫfnum.
Rísta golli glæstir
gjalfr, en hlýður skjalfa,
hvasst und her fyr vestan
Hallandi framm brandar.
Gramr, sás gerðir grund, lykr stǫfnum langskipa norðr frá Eyrarsundi; {hrafngœlir} sparn hǫfn hæli. Brandar, glæstir golli, rísta gjalfr hvasst framm und her fyr vestan Hallandi, en hlýður skjalfa.
‘The king, who surrounds his territory, locks up [the land] with the stems of the longships north of Øresund; the raven-gladdener [WARRIOR] kicked against the harbour with his keel. The stems, encrusted with gold, cut the ocean-surge keenly forwards under the army to the west of Halland, and the wash-strakes tremble.’
notes and context
Stanza 1 is introduced as follows in Hkr (ÍF 28, 159): En er várar, safnar hvárrtveggi konunga liði miklu ok skipum til þessarar ferðar ok segir skáldit í einum flokki frá ferð þeira konunganna ‘And when spring comes, each of the kings assembles a large following and ships for this journey and the skald speaks in a flokkr about the journey of the kings’. Stanzas 1 and 2 are cited in uninterrupted succession in this source. H-Hr reads similarly (Fms 6, 330) but adds Ok enn kvað hann ‘And again he said’ between the sts.
readings
- [1] Norðr: Nú E
- [1] lykr: om. Hr
- [1] gramr: gram Hr
- [1] gerðir: ‘geyrðir’ F, ‘giordi’ Hr
- [3] hrafn‑: ‘har’ H
- [3] ‑gœlir: gelr H, Hr
- [3] sparn: hátt yfir H, Hr
- [3] hæli: so 39, F, E, J2ˣ, ‘holi’ Kˣ, heila H, Hr
- [4] lang‑: so all others, lǫg‑ Kˣ
- [5] Rísta: ristu H, Hr
- [6] hlýður: súðir H, Hr
- [6] skjalfa: sjalfa H
- [7] und: var H, Hr
- [7] her: heldr H, Hr
- [8] Hallandi: Halland Hr
- [8] framm: framit Hr
- [8] brandar: branda H, brandi 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) — 567r/5 - 567r/12
Norðr lykr gramr, sás gerðir
images
grund, frá Eyrarsundi
— hrafngœlir sparn †holi†
hǫfn — lǫg-skipa stǫfnum.
Rísta golli glæstir
gjalfr, en hlýður skjalfa,
hvasst und her fyr vestan
Hallandi framm brandar. -
AM 39 fol (39) — 28va/17 - 28va/17
Norðr lykr gramr, sás gerðir
images
grund, frá Eyrarsundi
— hrafngœlir sparn hæli
hǫfn — langskipa stǫfnum.
Rísta golli glæstir
gjalfr, en hlýður skjalfa,
hvasst und her fyr vestan
Hallandi framm brandar. -
AM 45 fol (F) — 50ra/27 - 50ra/30
imagesNorðr lykr gramr, sás †geyrðir†
grund, frá Eyrarsundi
— hrafngœlir sparn hæli
hǫfn — langskipa stǫfnum.
Rísta golli glæstir
gjalfr, en hlýður skjalfa,
hvasst und her fyr vestan
Hallandi framm brandar.Norðr lykr gramr sa er | geyrðir grvnd fra eyrar svndi hrafn gælir sparn hǽli ho | fn langskípa stꜹfnom · rista gvlli glæstir gialfr eɴ hly | ður skíalfa hvast vnd her fyrir vestan hall landi fram brandar · |
(VEÞ)
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AM 47 fol (E) — 23r/11 - 23r/13
imagesNú lykr gramr, sás gerðir
grund, frá Eyrarsundi
— hrafngœlir sparn hæli
hǫfn — langskipa stǫfnum.
Rísta golli glæstir
gjalfr, en hlýður skjalfa,
hvasst und her fyr vestan
Hallandi framm brandar.Nu lykr gramr sa er gerðer | grund fra eyrar sunde hrafn gælir sparn heli hǫfn lang skipa stǫfnom rista gulli glæstir gial | fr en hlyðor skialfa huast und her fyrir uestan hallandi fram brandar ·
(VEÞ)
-
AM 38 folx (J2x) — 287r/9 - 287r/16
Norðr lykr gramr, sás gerðir
images
grund, frá Eyrarsundi
— hrafngœlir sparn hæli
hǫfn — langskipa stǫfnum.
Rísta golli glæstir
gjalfr, en hlýður skjalfa,
hvasst und her fyr vestan
Hallandi framm brandar. -
AM 66 fol (H) — 59r/14 - 59r/14
Norðr lykr gramr, sás gerðir
images
grund, frá Eyrarsundi
— †har†gelr hátt yfir heila
hǫfn — langskipa stǫfnum.
ristu golli glæstir
gjalfr, en súðir sjalfa,
hvasst var heldr fyr vestan
Hallandi framm branda. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 43rb/15 - 43rb/15
Norðr gram, sás †giordi†
images
grund, frá Eyrarsundi
— hrafngelr hátt yfir heila
hǫfn — langskipa stǫfnum.
ristu golli glæstir
gjalfr, en súðir skjalfa,
hvasst var heldr fyr vestan
Halland framit brandi.
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