Hharð Gamv 1II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Gamanvísur 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. 36.
text and translation
Fundr vas þess, at Þrœndir
þeir hǫfðu lið meira;
varð, sús vér of gerðum,
víst errilig snerra.
Skilðumk ungr við ungan
allvald í styr fallinn;
þó lætr Gerðr í Gǫrðum
gollhrings við mér skolla.
Fundr vas þess, at þeir Þrœndir hǫfðu meira lið; snerra, sús vér of gerðum, varð víst errilig. Skilðumk ungr við ungan allvald fallinn í styr; þó lætr {Gerðr gollhrings} í Gǫrðum skolla við mér.
‘The encounter was such that the Þrœndir had more troops; the fight which we had was truly fierce. I parted, young, from the young overlord, fallen in battle; yet the Gerðr <goddess> of the gold ring [WOMAN] in Russia ridicules me.’
notes and context
The st. (ll. 1-6) alludes to the battle of Stiklestad (29 July 1030), in which Haraldr’s half-brother, Óláfr Haraldsson (S. Óláfr), was killed by the army of the farmers of Trøndelag. The fifteen-year-old Haraldr escaped wounded from the battle and sought refuge in Sweden. See also Hharð Lv 1-2a, 2b, ÞjóðA Sex 1 and Bǫlv Hardr 1/1-4. — [7-8]: The abbreviated variants here and elsewhere in the mss indicate that the scribes regarded the last cl. as a full-blown stef ‘refrain’. — [7] í Gǫrðum ‘in Russia’: Garðar technically comprised Novgorod (Hólmgarðr) and the surrounding territory including Kiev (Garðaríki), i.e. the whole area between Ladoga and Ilmen (see Melnikova 1996, 15 and Map 2; Sverrir Jakobsson 2006, 938). — [8] skolla ‘ridicules’: Lit. ‘ridicule’ (inf. with lætr 3rd pers. sg. pres. indic. ‘lets’ (l. 7)). The verb skolla can mean ‘dangle, swing, rock’. For the meaning ‘ridicule sby’, see Heggstad, Hødnebø and Simensen 1997: skolla 2; skolla við e-m.
readings
- [4] víst: so H, Hr, ‘vitz’ Mork
- [7] þó lætr: þá lét H
- [7] Gerðr í Gǫrðum: so H, Hr, om. Mork
- [8] gollhrings: so Hr, om. Mork, goll H
- [8] við mér skolla: so H, Hr, om. Mork
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 1009 fol (Mork) — 3r/35 - 3r/35
Fundr vas þess, at Þrœndir
images
þeir hǫfðu lið meira;
varð, sús vér of gerðum,
†vitz† errilig snerra.
Skilðumk ungr við ungan
allvald í styr fallinn;
þó lætr
. -
AM 66 fol (H) — 28v/6 - 28v/8
Fundr vas þess, at Þrœndir
images
þeir hǫfðu lið meira;
varð, sús vér of gerðum,
víst errilig snerra.
Skilðumk ungr við ungan
allvald í styr fallinn;
þá lét Gerðr í Gǫrðum
goll við mér skolla. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 21ra/3 - 21ra/6
Fundr vas þess, at Þrœndir
images
þeir hǫfðu lið meira;
varð, sús vér of gerðum,
víst errilig snerra.
Skilðumk ungr við ungan
allvald í styr fallinn;
þó lætr Gerðr í Gǫrðum
gollhrings við mér skolla. -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 192r - 192r [5-8]
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