ÞSjár Klœingr 1^I

Brunnu allvalds inni
— eldr, hykk, at sal felldi —
— eimr skaut á her hrími —
halfgǫr við Nið sjalfa.

Halfgǫr inni allvalds brunnu við Nið sjalfa; hykk, at eldr felldi sal; eimr skaut hrími á her.

The half-finished houses of the mighty ruler burned near Nidelven itself; I believe that fire felled the hall; flame shot soot at the army.

Mss: Kˣ(248v), J1ˣ(156v), J2ˣ(133r) (Hkr); Holm2(12r), R686ˣ(24r), 972ˣ(81va), 325VI(10rb), 321ˣ(51), 73aˣ(33v), 78aˣ(30v), 68(11r), 61(84rb), Holm4(4ra), 325V(15rb), 325VII(4v), Bb(134rb), Flat(83rb), Tóm(101v) (ÓH); FskBˣ(42v), FskAˣ(161) (Fsk); R(38v), Tˣ(40v) (ll. 2-4), U(40v), A(13v), B(6r), 744ˣ(38r), C(8r) (SnE)

Readings: [1] all‑: ‘allz‑’ 325VII, ald‑ B;    ‑valds: ‑valdr 321ˣ;    inni: inn corrected from innan U    [2] eldr: ‘e[...]r’ B, eldr 744ˣ;    hykk: ‘h[...]’ B, ‘híu ek’ 744ˣ;    at sal felldi: ‘[…]ldi’ B, ‘at sal fellde’ 744ˣ;    sal: þau Flat    [3] skaut á her hrími: ‘skau[…]i’ B, ‘skaut . her hrime’ 744ˣ;    skaut: stǫkk 325VII, Flat, Tóm;    her: hús 73aˣ;    hrími: ‘hrimne’ Tóm, ‘brimi’ FskAˣ    [4] half‑: hal‑ 325V, hjalm‑ U;    ‑gǫr: ‘‑gorar’ R686ˣ, ‘‑gio᷎rr’ 61, ‘gial’ Tóm, ‑gǫrr FskBˣ, ‑gǫrt FskAˣ, ‑gerr U, B;    við: viðr 73aˣ, FskAˣ, á 61

Editions: Skj AI, 327, Skj BI, 302, Skald I, 153; Hkr 1893-1901, II, 65, ÍF 27, 57 (ÓHHkr ch. 44); ÓH 1941, I, 87 (ch. 38), Flat 1860-8, II, 41; Fsk 1902-3, 149 (ch. 27), ÍF 29, 173 (ch. 29); SnE 1848-87, I, 508-9, II, 355, 454, 537, 602, SnE 1931, 178, SnE 1998, I, 98.

Context: In the kings’ sagas (Hkr, ÓH and Fsk), the context is Sveinn jarl Hákonarson’s attack on Óláfr Haraldsson and the subsequent burning of the town of Niðaróss (Trondheim) c. 1014. In SnE (Skm), Snorri cites the helmingr to illustrate the use of eimr as a heiti for ‘fire’. 

Notes: [3] eimr ‘flame’: This word usually denotes ‘fire, flame’ in kennings (see Context above), but it can also have the meaning ‘smoke’ (LP: eimr). See also Note to Sturl Hákfl 4/1^II. — [4] Nið ‘Nidelven’: The river that runs through the city of Trondheim (cf. its medieval name Niðaróss ‘estuary of Nidelven’).

References

1. Bibliography
2. SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
4. LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
5. 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.
6. ÓH 1941 = Johnsen, Oscar Albert and Jón Helgason, eds. 1941. Saga Óláfs konungs hins helga: Den store saga om Olav den hellige efter pergamenthåndskrift i Kungliga biblioteket i Stockholm nr. 2 4^to med varianter fra andre håndskrifter. 2 vols. Det norske historiske kildeskriftfond skrifter 53. Oslo: Dybwad.
7. ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
8. Hkr 1893-1901 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1893-1901. Heimskringla: Nóregs konunga sǫgur af Snorri Sturluson. 4 vols. SUGNL 23. Copenhagen: Møller.
9. Fsk 1902-3 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1902-3. Fagrskinna: Nóregs kononga tal. SUGNL 30. Copenhagen: Møller.
10. SnE 1931 = Snorri Sturluson. 1931. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar. Ed. Finnur Jónsson. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
11. SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
12. ÍF 29 = Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum; Fagrskinna—Nóregs konungatal. Ed. Bjarni Einarsson. 1985.
13. Internal references
14. Edith Marold 2017, ‘Snorra Edda (Prologue, Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál)’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
15. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Heimskringla’ 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. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=4> (accessed 6 May 2024)
16. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Óláfs saga helga’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=53> (accessed 6 May 2024)
17. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Fagrskinna’ 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. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=56> (accessed 6 May 2024)
18. (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=112> (accessed 6 May 2024)
19. (forthcoming), ‘ Heimskringla, Óláfs saga helga (in Heimskringla)’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=152> (accessed 6 May 2024)
20. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarflokkr 4’ 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. 748-9.