Sturl Hákkv 36II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 36’ 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, p. 725.
text and translation
En elding
ifla foldar
langa leið
lýsa knátti,
lofanlig
þá er litum skipti
himna sól
við hafröðul.
En {elding {foldar ifla}} knátti lýsa langa leið, þá er lofanlig sól himna skipti litum við {hafröðul}.
‘And the lightning of the land of the hawks [ARM > GOLD] shone for a long distance when the commendable sun of the heavens exchanged colours with the ocean-radiance [GOLD].’
notes and context
As sts 34-5 above.
For the imagery of this st., see also Arn Hryn 17/5-8.
readings
- [5] lofanlig: þá er loflig F
- [6] þá er litum: um litu F
- [7] himna: so all others, ‘hifna’ E
- [8] haf‑: höfuð 42ˣ
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 47 fol (E) — 185r/19 - 185r/20
imagesEn elding
ifla foldar
langa leið
lýsa knátti,
lofanlig
þá er litum skipti
†hifna† sól
við hafröðul.En ellding ifla folldar langa leið lýsa knatti lofanlig þa er litum sk | ipti · hifna sol uið hafrauðul.
(VEÞ)
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AM 45 fol (F) — 115va/15 - 115va/17
imagesEn elding
ifla foldar
langa leið
lýsa knátti,
þá er loflig
um litu skipti
himna sól
við hafröðul.Eɴ ellding íf | la folldar langa leið lysa knatti · þa er loflig vm litv skíp | ti hímna sol við hafrꜹþul·
(VEÞ)
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AM 42 folx (42x) — 176r/4 - 176r/11
imagesEn elding
ifla foldar
langa leið
lýsa knátti,
lofanlig
þá er litum skipti
himna sól
við höfuðröðul.Enn ellding | ifla folldar | langa leið | lysa knatti | lofanlig | þa er litum scipti | himna sol | við hofut rꜹðul |
(VEÞ)
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AM 81 a fol (81a) — 115rb/25 - 115rb/27
imagesEnn elldíng | ifla folldar langa leid leid lysa knattí · lofanlig þꜳ er litum skí | ptí hímna sol vid hafraudvl·
(VEÞ)
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Holm perg 8 fol (8) — 64r/21 - 64r/22
imagesEnn elldíng yfla folldar . langa leið | lysa knattí . lofanlig þa er litum skipti hímna sol við hafroðol
(VEÞ)
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 181rb/30 - 181rb/31
imagesenn elldíng ífla folldar langa leíd lysa knꜳttí lofanlíg þa er litum skíptí | himna sol vid haf raudul.
(VEÞ)
editions and texts
Skj: Sturla Þórðarson, 4. Hákonarkviða 40: AII, 118-19, BII, 126, Skald II, 68; E 1916, 631, F 1871, 538, Hák 1910-86, 617, Hák 1977-82, 150, Flat 1860-8, III, 178.
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