Sigv Lv 21I
R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Lausavísur 21’ 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. 726.
text and translation
Hrafna sék til hafnar
— hræs minnask þeir — sinna,
þars flaut und nið nýtum
Norðmanna skip forðum.
Gjalla hôtt fyr Hillar
hvern dag frekir ernir,
endr þeirs Ôleifr grenndi,
innan, mǫrgu sinni.
Sék hrafna sinna til hafnar, þars skip flaut forðum und {nýtum nið Norðmanna}; þeir minnask hræs. Frekir ernir gjalla hôtt hvern dag fyr innan Hillar, þeirs Ôleifr grenndi endr mǫrgu sinni.
‘I see ravens travelling to the harbour, where a ship rode once under the able son of Norwegians [= Óláfr]; they remember the carrion. Greedy eagles shriek loudly every day in the lee of Hille, those which Óláfr fed formerly many a time.’
notes and context
As he returns to his home in the Þrándheimr (Trøndelag) district, Sigvatr anchors in Hillarsund, where he sees many ravens flying. He speaks this stanza.
readings
- [1] sék (‘se ec’): sá ek 39
- [2] hræs: ‘hræz’ E
- [2] sinna: svinna 761bˣ
- [4] skip: lið E
- [5] Gjalla: ‘gialha’ E
- [5] Hillar: hildar J2ˣ, E, 761bˣ
- [7] endr: endir E
- [7] þeirs (‘þeir er’): þeir J2ˣ, 761bˣ
- [7] grenndi: ‘gra᷎ndi’ 39
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) — 499r/10 - 499r/17
imagesHrafna sék til hafnar
— hræs minnask þeir — sinna,
þars flaut und nið nýtum
Norðmanna skip forðum.
Gjalla hôtt fyr Hillar
hvern dag frekir ernir,
endr þeirs Ôleifr grenndi,
innan, mǫrgu sinni.Hrafna se ec til hafnar | hræs minnaz þeir sinna | þar er flꜹt und nið nytom | norðmanna scip forðum | gialla hatt fyr hillar | hvern dag frekir ernir | endr þeir er Olafr grendi | iɴan morgu sinni |
(RDF)
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AM 39 fol (39) — 13rb/21 - 13rb/25
imagesHrafna sá ek til hafnar
— hræs minnask þeir — sinna,
þars flaut und nið nýtum
Norðmanna skip forðum.
Gjalla hôtt fyr Hillar
hvern dag frekir ernir,
endr þeirs Ôleifr †gra᷎ndi†,
innan, mǫrgu sinni.Hrafna | sa ek til hafnar hrǽs miɴaz þeir sinna þar er | flávt und nið nytom norð maɴa scip forðom | gialla hátt fyrir hillar hvern dag frekir érnir | endr þeir er olafr gra᷎ndi innan morgo sinni .
(RDF)
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AM 45 fol (F) — 38ra/11 - 38ra/14
imagesHrafna se ek til hafnar | hræss miɴaz þeir síɴa þar er flꜹt vnd nið nytom nørð manna | skíp forðom . ɢialla hatt fyr hillár hverndag frekir ernír | endr þeir er Olafr greɴdi iɴan morgo síɴi .
(RDF)
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AM 38 folx (J2x) — 241v/30 - 242r/5
imagesHrafna sék til hafnar
— hræs minnask þeir — sinna,
þars flaut und nið nýtum
Norðmanna skip forðum.
Gjalla hôtt fyr hildar
hvern dag frekir ernir,
endr þeir Ôleifr grenndi,
innan, mǫrgu sinni.Hrafna se ec til hafnar | hræs minnaz þeir sinna | þar er flꜹt und nið nytum || norðmanna scip forðum | gialla hatt fyr hilldar | hvern dag frekir ernir | endr þeir Olafr grendi | innan morgu sinne |
(RDF)
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AM 47 fol (E) — 4r/29 - 4r/31
imagesHrafna sék til hafnar
— †hræz† minnask þeir — sinna,
þars flaut und nið nýtum
Norðmanna lið forðum.
†gialha† hôtt fyr hildar
hvern dag frekir ernir,
endir þeirs Ôleifr grenndi,
innan, mǫrgu sinni.Hrafna se ek til háfnar hræz mínnaz þeir sinn | a þar er flaut und nið nytom norðmanna lið forðom gialha hatt fyr hilldar huerndag frekir ernir | endir þeir er Olafr grendi innan morgv sinne .
(RDF)
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 311r/2 - 311r/9
imagesHrafna sék til hafnar
— hræs minnask þeir — svinna,
þars flaut und nið nýtum
Norðmanna skip forðum.
Gjalla hôtt fyr hildar
hvern dag frekir ernir,
endr þeir Ôleifr grenndi,
innan, mǫrgu sinni.Hrafna se ek til hafnar | hræs minnaz þeir svinna | þar er flaut und niþ nytum | norþmanna skip forþum | gialla hatt fyrir hilldar | hvern dag frekir ernir | endr þeir olafr grendi | innan morgu sinni . |
(RDF)
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