SnSt Ht 55III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 55’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1164.
text and translation
Hverr séi jǫfra œgi
jarl fjǫlvitrum betra
eða gjarnara at gœða
glym hraðsveldan skjalda?
Stendr af stála skúrar
styrr ólítill Gauti,
þás fólks jaðarr foldir
ferr sig-Njǫrðum varða.
Hverr séi jarl betra {fjǫlvitrum œgi jǫfra} eða gjarnara at gœða {hraðsveldan glym skjalda}? Ólítill styrr stendr af {Gauti {skúrar stála}}, þás {jaðarr fólks} ferr varða foldir {sig-Njǫrðum}.
‘Who might see a jarl better than the extremely wise terrifier of princes [RULER] or more eager to increase the swift-growing clash of shields [BATTLE]? No small enmity issues from the Gautr <= Óðinn> of the shower of swords [BATTLE > WARRIOR] when the protector of the people [RULER] goes to defend the lands against battle-Nirðir <gods> [WARRIORS]. ’
notes and context
Snorri calls this variant Torf-Einars háttr ‘Torf-Einarr’s verse-form’. It is characterised by a lack of internal rhyme in the odd lines and by skothendingar in positions 3 and 5 in the even Type D-lines.
The heading in Tˣ is Torf-Einars háttr. 47. — Torf-Einarr (TorfEI) was the illegitimate son of Rǫgnvaldr jarl of Møre, and his father appointed him jarl of Orkney (c. 900). Some of the stanzas attributed to Torf-Einarr contain lines that are characterised by the metrical features given in this stanza (see TorfE Lv 1/1-2, 5-6I, 2/5-6I, 4/7-8I, 5/3-4I). — [5]: The line recalls Bjhít Lv 15/5V (BjH 20).
readings
- [1] œgi: ægir W, ‘ægri’ U
- [2] fjǫl‑: ‘for‑’ U
- [2] betra: corrected from snarla U
- [3] gœða: græða U
- [4] hrað‑: harð‑ W, U
- [4] ‑sveldan: seldan W
- [5] af: so all others, of R
- [6] ólítill: ‘ol[…]ll’ Tˣ
- [7] jaðarr: so W, U, jarðar R, Tˣ
- [7] foldir: ferðir W
- [8] Njǫrðum: ‘morkvm’ U
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 2367 4° (R) — 50r/19 - 50r/21
Hverr séi jǫfra œgi
images
jarl fjǫlvitrum betra
eða gjarnara at gœða
glym hraðsveldan skjalda?
Stendr of stála skúrar
styrr ólítill Gauti,
þás fólks jarðar foldir
ferr sig-Njǫrðum varða. -
Traj 1374x (Tx) — 52r/30 - 52r/30
Hverr séi jǫfra œgi
images
jarl fjǫlvitrum betra
eða gjarnara at gœða
glym hraðsveldan skjalda?
Stendr af stála skúrar
styrr †ol[…]ll† Gauti,
þás fólks jarðar foldir
ferr sig-Njǫrðum varða. -
AM 242 fol (W) — 147/5 - 147/7
Hverr séi jǫfra ægir
images
jarl fjǫlvitrum betra
eða gjarnara at gœða
glym harð-seldan skjalda?
Stendr af stála skúrar
styrr ólítill Gauti,
þás fólks jaðarr ferðir
ferr sig-Njǫrðum varða. -
DG 11 (U) — 55r/1 - 55r/4
Hverr séi jǫfra †ægri†
images
jarl †for-†vitrum
eða gjarnara at græða
glym harð-sveldan skjalda?
Stendr af stála skúrar
styrr ólítill Gauti,
þás fólks jaðarr foldir
ferr sig-†morkvm† varða. -
AMAcc 18x (Acc18x) — 223/1 - 223/4
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