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Sigv Víkv 9I

Judith Jesch (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Víkingarvísur 9’ 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. 547.

Sigvatr ÞórðarsonVíkingarvísur
8910

text and translation

Vann ungr konungr Englum
ótrauðr skarar rauðar;
endr kom brúnt á branda
blóð í Nýjamóðu.
Nú hefk orrostur, austan
ógnvaldr, níu talðar;
herr fell danskr, þars dǫrrum
dreif mest at Ôleifi.

Ungr, ótrauðr konungr vann Englum rauðar skarar; brúnt blóð kom endr á branda í Nýjamóðu. Nú hefk talðar níu orrostur, {ógnvaldr} austan; danskr herr fell, þars dǫrrum dreif mest at Ôleifi.
 
‘The young, not unwilling king made the hair of the English red; dark red blood again came onto swords in Nýjamóða. Now I have enumerated nine battles, battle-causer [WARRIOR] from the east; the Danish army fell, where spears drove most against Óláfr. ’

notes and context

In ÓH-Hkr, it is said that Óláfr had responsibility for defending England and won a battle against the þingmannalið ‘troop of assembly members’ in Nýjamóða. Both Fsk and ÓHLeg note that Óláfr’s ninth battle was at Nýjamóða and that Sigvatr says that he ‘again fought against the Danes’.

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.

editions and texts

Skj: Sigvatr Þórðarson, 1. Víkingarvísur 9: AI, 225-6, BI, 215, Skald I, 112, NN §614; Hkr 1893-1901, II, 22, IV, 111-12, ÍF 27, 21, Hkr 1991, I, 264 (ÓHHkr ch. 15); ÓH 1941, I, 47 (ch. 24), Flat 1860-8, II, 21; Fsk 1902-3, 142 (ch. 25), ÍF 29, 169 (ch. 27); ÓHLeg 1922, 13, ÓHLeg 1982, 56-7; Fell 1981b, 117-18, Jón Skaptason 1983, 61, 224.

217
Hkr 218 (II 17)
219
133
Fsk 134 [5-8]
135
433
Flat 434
435
16
ÓHHkr 17 (II 17)
18
20
ÓH 21 (19)
22
12
ÓHLeg 13 [5-8]
14
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