Ótt Hfl 12I
Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Óttarr svarti, Hǫfuðlausn 12’ 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. 756.
text and translation
Nôðuð ungr at eyða,
ógnteitr jǫfurr, Peitu;
reynduð, ræsir, steinda
rǫnd á Túskalandi.
Ógnteitr jǫfurr, nôðuð ungr at eyða Peitu; ræsir, reynduð steinda rǫnd á Túskalandi.
‘Battle-glad prince, you were able [when] young to lay waste to Poitou; ruler, you tested the stained shield in Touraine.’
notes and context
Redirected northwards from Spain by a dream presaging his rule over Norway, Óláfr campaigns in Peita (Poitou).
Óláfr’s battles in Brittany and Spain are detailed in Sigv Víkv 10-13, quoted in ÓH and Hkr between Hfl 11 and 12, and his return to Leira (the Loire) and burning of a town called Varrandi in Peituland (Poitou) are depicted in Víkv 14, quoted immediately after Hfl 12. Snorri (ÍF 27, 27; ÓH 1941, I, 52) tells that after his battles in Poitou Óláfr remained for a while in Normandy, and this appears to be confirmed by William of Jumièges (van Houts 1992-5, II, 24-9), who records his baptism at the court of Duke Richard II; the tradition passed from William to Theodoricus (McDougall and McDougall 1998, 72 n. 102). — [1-4]: The prose order followed here is that of Kock (NN §729) and ÍF 27. Skj B’s proposed syntax is much more complexly interlaced, with ungr ‘young’ qualifying jǫfurr ‘prince’ and ógnteitr ‘battle-glad’ qualifying ræsir ‘ruler’. However, as Kock points out, the syntax and structure of the opening two lines of this stanza have a parallel in st. 3/1-2.
readings
- [1] Nôðuð: náðit 61, knôttuð 75c, Flat, Tóm
- [2] ‑teitr: ‘titr’ Bb
- [3] reynduð: reyndi 325V, 325VII, renndut Bb, reyndit Flat
- [3] steinda: Þrænda 325VII
- [4] á Túskalandi: om. 325VI
- [4] á: í Flat, Tóm
- [4] Túska‑: ‘tus þa’ 78aˣ, ‘tyska‑’ 68, Tóm, ‘stulka‑’ 61, ‘toska’ Bb
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 36 folx (Kx) — 229r/24 - 229r/27
imagesɴaþut ungr at eyða | ógnteitr jofuʀ peito | reyndut rǫsir steinda | rꜹnd a tuscalandi |
(DW)
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Holm perg 2 4° (Holm2) — 7v/17 - 7v/18
images -
AM 37 folx (J1x) — 142v/17 - 142v/18
images -
AM 38 folx (J2x) — 124r/15 - 124r/18
images -
AM 325 VI 4° (325VI) — 6vb - 6vb
Nôðuð ungr at eyða,
images
ógnteitr jǫfurr, Peitu;
reynduð, ræsir, steinda
rǫnd . -
AM 73 a folx (73ax) — 21v - 22r
images -
AM 78 a folx (78ax) — 21v/4 - 21v/7
Nôðuð ungr at eyða,
images
ógnteitr jǫfurr, Peitu;
reynduð, ræsir, steinda
rǫnd á †tus þa†landi. -
AM 68 fol (68) — 6v/22 - 6v/22
Nôðuð ungr at eyða,
images
ógnteitr jǫfurr, Peitu;
reynduð, ræsir, steinda
rǫnd á †tyska-†landi. -
AM 61 fol (61) — 80vb/9 - 80vb/10
náðit ungr at eyða,
images
ógnteitr jǫfurr, Peitu;
reynduð, ræsir, steinda
rǫnd á †stulka-†landi. -
AM 75 c fol (75c) — 4r/4 - 4r/4
knôttuð ungr at eyða,
images
ógnteitr jǫfurr, Peitu;
reynduð, ræsir, steinda
rǫnd á Túskalandi. -
AM 325 V 4° (325V) — 9va/4 - 9va/6
Nôðuð ungr at eyða,
images
ógnteitr jǫfurr, Peitu;
reyndi, ræsir, steinda
rǫnd á Túskalandi. -
AM 325 VII 4° (325VII) — 2v/11 - 2v/11
Nôðuð ungr at eyða,
images
ógnteitr jǫfurr, Peitu;
reyndi, ræsir, Þrænda
rǫnd á Túskalandi. -
Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 127rb/34 - 127va/1
Nôðuð ungr at eyða,
images
ógn†titr† jǫfurr, Peitu;
renndut, ræsir, steinda
rǫnd á †toska†landi. -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 81rb/53 - 81rb/55
knôttuð ungr at eyða,
images
ógnteitr jǫfurr, Peitu;
reyndit, ræsir, steinda
rǫnd í Túskalandi. -
GKS 1008 fol (Tóm) — 97r/12 - 97r/12
knôttuð ungr at eyða,
images
ógnteitr jǫfurr, Peitu;
reynduð, ræsir, steinda
rǫnd í †tyska-†landi. -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 271r/14 - 271r/17
images -
Thott 972 folx (972x) — 48va/27 - 48va/30
images -
UppsUB R 686x (R686x) — 13v/28 - 13v/29
images
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