Sturl Hákkv 37II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 37’ 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. 725-6.
text and translation
Svá var Elfr
öll at líta
glæsilig,
sem á gull sæi
frægðarfólk,
er flota þeysti
lofsæll konungr
Ljóðhúsa til.
Öll Elfr var svá glæsilig at líta, sem frægðarfólk sæi á gull, er lofsæll konungr þeysti flota til Ljóðhúsa.
‘The entire Götaälv was so glorious to see, as if the famous people were looking at gold, when the praise-blessed king hastened his fleet to Lödöse.’
notes and context
When Hákon arrived in the Götaälv, both King Eiríkr and Jarl Birgir had left because of rumours about Hákon’s large fleet. Hákon’s messengers rode after the jarl and caught up with him in Götaland. Birgir agreed to return to the Götaälv, and he was to wait for Hákon in Lödöse.
[6]: The l. echoes Eyv Hál 11/6I.
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 47 fol (E) — 185v/3 - 185v/4
imagesSua var elfr aull at lita glǽ | silig sem a gull sæí frægðar folk er flota þǽysti lófsæll konungr lioðhúsa til
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AM 45 fol (F) — 115va/40 - 115vb/2
imagesSva var elfr oll at líta glæsílíg || sem a gull sęi · frægðar folk er flóta þeysti lofsæll konungr | lioð húsa til·
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AM 42 folx (42x) — 176v/1 - 176v/4
imagesSva var elfr oll at lita | glæsilig sem a gull sæi | fregþar folk er flota þeysti | lofsæll konungr lioðhusa til |
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AM 81 a fol (81a) — 115va/15 - 115va/17
imagesSvá var Elfr
öll at líta
glæsilig,
sem á gull sæi
frægðar,
er flota leysti
lofsæll konungr
Ljóðhúsa til.Suo var elfr oll at lí | ta . glæsilig sem . ꜳ gull sæi . frægdar er flota le | ysti · lofsæll konungr liodhusa til.
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Holm perg 8 fol (8) — 64v/9 - 64v/10
imagesSvá var elf
öll at líta
glæsilig,
sem á gull sæi
frægðarfólk,
er flota þeysti
lofsæll konungr
Ljóðhúsa til.Suo uar elf aull . | at lita glæsiligh sem a gull sæi frægðar folk er flota þeysti . lofsæll konungr líoðhusa til. |
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 181rb/54 - 181rb/55
imagesSvá var Elfr
öll at líta
glæsilig,
sem á gull sæi
frægðarfólki,
er flota þeysti
lofsæll konungr
Ljóðhúsa til.Sua var elfr aull at líta glæsilig sem ꜳ gull sæí frægdar | folki er flota þeystí lofsæll konungr liodhusa til.
(VEÞ)
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