Sturl Hákfl 6^II

Flokkr tók enn, sá er ekki,
ógnmildr, friðaz vildi,
ept dólgstríði dauðan
dáðfinginn höfðingja.
Knútr réð bág at brjóta
böðhraustr við gram traustan
geystr, þvít Gautar fýstu
geðbráðir landráða.

Ógnmildr flokkr, sá er ekki vildi friðaz, tók enn dáðfinginn höfðingja ept {dauðan dólgstríði}. Böðhraustr Knútr réð geystr at brjóta bág við traustan gram, þvít geðbráðir Gautar fýstu landráða.

The terror-generous troop, which would not be pacified, again appointed a deed-ready chieftain to succeed {the dead enemy-combatant} [WARRIOR = Sigurðr]. Battle-brave Knútr decided, vehement, to oppose the reliable ruler because the impetuous Gautar urged treason.

Mss: E(159v-160r), F(100rb), 42ˣ(127v), 81a(91va), 304ˣ(293v), Flat(172va) (Hák)

Readings: [1] Flokkr: Flokk all;    ekki: uppi 42ˣ    [2] ógn‑: so F, 42ˣ, 304ˣ, Flat, ok‑ E, og‑ 81a    [4] ‑finginn: so F, Flat, ‑fenginn E, 42ˣ, 81a, 304ˣ    [5] bág at: á bak 42ˣ;    brjóta: ‘brota’ 81a    [6] ‑hraustr: traustr F;    traustan: hraustan F    [8] geðbráðir: ‘gædradír’ 81a;    ‑ráða: ‑ráðira Flat

Editions: Skj AII, 126, Skj BII, 133, Skald II, 71, NN §3397B; E 1916, 544, F 1871, 464, Hák 1910-86, 438, Hák 1977-82, 70, Flat 1860-8, III, 87.

Context: After the death of Sigurðr ribbungr in July 1226, his men went to Götaland to the lawman Áskell Magnússon and his wife, Kristín, to ask Kristín’s son, Knútr, to become their new leader. With a contingent from Götaland, Knútr returned to Romerike in Norway and was elected king.

Notes: [All]: For Sigurðr ribbungr, see Note to Sturl Hákkv 7/8. — [1] flokkr (m. nom. sg.) ‘troop’: The emendation, which is in keeping with earlier eds, is necessary to furnish the subject of the cl. (flokk, so all mss, is acc.). — [5] Knútr: The son of Jarl Hákon galinn ‘the Crazy’ Fólkviðarson and Kristín Nikulássdóttir. His paternal grandmother was Cécilía, the half-sister of Sverrir Sigurðarson (Hákon Hákonarson’s grandfather). After Hákon galinn’s death, Kristín married Áskell Magnússon, lawman in Västgötaland and the eldest brother of Jarl Birgir Magnússon. See also Note to Máni Lv 4/1, 2^IV.

References

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2. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
3. NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
4. Flat 1860-8 = Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and C. R. Unger, eds. 1860-8. Flateyjarbók. En samling af norske konge-sagaer med indskudte mindre fortællinger om begivenheder i og udenfor Norge samt annaler. 3 vols. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
5. F 1871 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1871. Fríssbók: Codex Frisianus. En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
6. E 1916 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1916. Eirspennill: AM 47 fol. Nóregs konunga sǫgur: Magnús góði – Hákon gamli. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske historiske kildeskriftskommission.
7. Hák 1977-82 = Mundt, Marina, ed. 1977. Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar etter Sth. 8 fol., AM 325VIII, 4° og AM 304, 4°. Oslo: Forlagsentralen. Suppl. by James E. Knirk, Rettelser til Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar etter Sth. 8 fol., AM 325VIII, 4° og AM 304, 4°. Norrøne tekster 2. Oslo: Norsk historisk kjeldeskrift-institutt, 1982.
8. Hák 1910-86 = Kjær, Albert and Ludvig Holm-Olsen, eds. 1910-86. Det Arnamagnæanske haandskrift 81a fol. (Skálholtsbók yngsta) indeholdende Sverris saga, Bǫglungasǫgur, Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar. Oslo: Den norske historiske kildeskriftkommission and Kjeldeskriftfondet.
9. Internal references
10. Not published: do not cite (Máni Lv 4^IV)
11. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 7’ 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. 704-5.