Rv Lv 31II
Judith Jesch (ed.) 2009, ‘Rǫgnvaldr jarl Kali Kolsson, Lausavísur 31’ 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. 607-8.
text and translation
Ríðum Ræfils Vakri!
Rekuma plóg af akri!
Erjum úrgu barði
út at Miklagarði!
Þiggjum þengils mála!
Þokum framm í gný stála!
Rjóðum gylðis góma!
Gerum ríks konungs sóma!
Ríðum {Vakri Ræfils}! Rekuma plóg af akri! Erjum úrgu barði út at Miklagarði! Þiggjum mála þengils! Þokum framm í {gný stála}! Rjóðum góma gylðis! Gerum sóma ríks konungs!
‘Let’s ride the Vakr <horse> of Ræfill <sea-king> [SHIP]! Let’s not drive the plough from the field! Let’s plough with a drenched prow out to Constantinople! Let’s receive the wages of the prince! Let’s move forward in the din of weapons [BATTLE]! Let’s redden the gums of the wolf! Let’s create the honour for the powerful king!’
notes and context
Sailing north to Byzantium, Rǫgnvaldr’s fleet sail með prís miklum, sem þeir vissu, at gǫrt hafði Sigurðr Jórsalafari ‘in great style, as they knew Sigurðr jórsalafari had done’ (ÍF 34, 235).
For similar exhortatory sts from the C12th, see Nefari Lv and Blakkr Lv 1. The metre of this st. however is in minzta runhenda, as defined in SnE and exemplified in SnSt Ht 88III (SnE 1999, 35-6); see Notes to Hbreiðm Lv and Árm Lv 3. — [5-8]: In the following ch. (89) of Orkn, Rǫgnvaldr and his men are well received in Byzantium by Emperor Menelías (Manuel I) and it is even said that the jarl was given much money by the emperor, but there is no further detail about the ways in which the crusaders earned their keep.
readings
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 325 I 4° (325I) — 13r/10 - 13r/12
imagesRíðum Ræfils Vakri!
Rekumei plóg af akri!
Erjum úrgu barði
út at Miklagarði!
Þiggjum þengils mála!
Þokum framm í gný stála!
Rjóðum gylðis góma!
Gerum ríks konungs sóma!Riþvm ræfils vakri rekvm ei plog af | acri erivm vrgv barþi vt at micla garþi þiɢivm þengils mala þokvm fram | igny stala rioþvm gyldiz goma gervm riks konvngs soma.
(JJ)
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 141ra/6 - 141ra/8
imagesRíðum Ræfils Vakri!
Rekumeigi plóg af akri!
Erjum úrgu barði
út at Miklagarði!
Þiggjum þengils mála!
Þokum framm í gný stála!
Rjóðum gylðis góma!
Gerum ríks konungs sóma!Ridum ræfils vakri rekum eigi plog af | akri erium vrgu bardi wt at mikla gardi þiɢɢium þeingils mꜳla þokum | fram i gny stꜳla riodum gyldis goma gerum riks konungs soma.
(JJ)
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UppsUB R 702x (R702x) — 50v/18 - 50v/21
imagesRíðum Ræfils Vakri!
Rekumeigi plóg ór akri!
Erjum úrgu barði
út at Miklagarði!
Þiggjum þengils mála!
Þokum framm í gný stála!
Rjóðum †gilldris† góma!
Gerum ríks konungs sóma!Ridum ro᷎filz vakri, rekum eigi plog or akri | Erjum urgu bardi, vt at mikla gardi | þiggium þengilz mäla, þokum framm i gny stäla. | Rriodum gilldris góma gerum rikz kongs soma
(JJ)
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 287v/4 - 287v/11
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