Sturl Hákfl 7II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarflokkr 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. 751-2.
Vitr lét virki brjóta
valdr norrænar aldar
austr, þar er jöfrar treystuz
ógnfúsir, Ljóðhúsa.
Þat veitk, at galt Gautum
göfugr oddviti jöfra
— þjóð fekk ræsis reiði —
rán; gekk slíkt at vánum.
{Vitr valdr norrænar aldar} lét brjóta virki Ljóðhúsa austr, þar er ógnfúsir jöfrar treystuz. Þat veitk, at {göfugr oddviti jöfra} galt Gautum rán; þjóð fekk reiði ræsis; slíkt gekk at vánum.
{The wise ruler of the Norwegian people} [NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon] let the stronghold of Lödöse be broken in the east, where terror-eager princes felt secure. This I know, that {the glorious leader of princes} [KING] repaid the Gautar for the plunder; people got the wrath of the ruler; such went according to expectation.
Mss: E(161r), 55 A(1ra), F(101rb), 42ˣ(130v), 81a(92vb), 8(44v), 325X(8ra), Flat(173ra) (Hák)
Readings: [2] norrænar: ‘norręnndar’ 8, norrænna Flat; aldar: alda Flat [3] þar: þá 81a, 325X [4] ógn‑: högg‑ 42ˣ; ‑húsa: ‑húsum Flat [5] veitk (‘ueit ek’): ek 81a; at: om. 81a; galt: gjald 8 [7] reiði: ‘ręisi’ 55 A
Editions: Skj AII, 126, Skj BII, 133, Skald II, 71; E 1916, 548, F 1871, 469, Hák 1910-86, 447, Hák 1977-82, 75, Flat 1860-8, III, 92.
Context: In the autumn of 1227, Hákon learned that Knútr Hákonarson’s men in Lödöse had killed and plundered Jarl Skúli Bárðarson’s envoys to King Valdimarr of Denmark, and he sent men to retaliate. Knútr had left men in a stronghold, which Hákon’s men destroyed and plundered.
Notes: [All]: In 8, the st. is attributed to Óláfr hvítaskáld (Ólhvít). — [4] Ljóðhúsa ‘of Lödöse’: See Note to Sturl Hákkv 37/8.
References
- Bibliography
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- 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.
- F 1871 = Unger, C. R., ed. 1871. Fríssbók: Codex Frisianus. En samling af norske konge-sagaer. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
- E 1916 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1916. Eirspennill: AM 47 fol. Nóregs konunga sǫgur: Magnús góði – Hákon gamli. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske historiske kildeskriftskommission.
- 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.
- 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.
- Internal references
- 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.
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