ÞjóðA Lv 6II
Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Lausavísur 6’ 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. 171-2.
text and translation
Sigurðr eggjaði sleggju
snák váligrar brákar,
en skafdreki skinna
skreið of leista heiði.
Menn sôusk orm, áðr ynni,
ilvegs búinn kilju,
nautaleðrs á naðri
neflangr konungr tangar.
{Sigurðr sleggju} eggjaði {snák váligrar brákar}, en {skafdreki skinna} skreið of {heiði leista}. Menn sôusk orm búinn {kilju {ilvegs}}, áðr {neflangr konungr tangar} ynni á {naðri nautaleðrs}.
‘The Sigurðr of the sledge-hammer [SMITH] incited the snake of the dangerous tanning tool [TANNER], and the scraping-dragon of skins [TANNER] slithered across the heath of feet [FLOOR]. People were afraid of the reptile clad in the covering of the sole-path [FOOT > SHOE], before the long-nosed king of tongs [SMITH] overcame the serpent of ox-leather [TANNER].’
notes and context
In all the sources the st. is cited within the same anecdote as Lv 5 (see Context). This time Þjóðólfr must represent the contending artisans as the hero Sigurðr and his adversary the dragon Fáfnir. After the st., the king calls Þjóðólfr a good skald and there is a general discussion of poetry. In Flat and 593b, the sts and the instructions preceding them are in the reverse order.
The legendary story on which Þjóðólfr plays is told in Fáfn and in SnE (1998, I, 46). The smith is presented as Sigurðr, appropriately since Sigurðr stayed with the smith Reginn and shattered his anvil (prose preceding Reg 15, NK 176-7), and the tanner as the dragon. Still more clearly than in Lv 5, the kennings produce a double narrative: of the human fracas in Norway through the complete kennings and of the Sigurðr legend through their base-words.
readings
- [2] brákar: ‘drakar’ 593b
- [3] skaf‑: so H, Hr, skaf‑ or skap‑ Mork, skap‑ Flat, 593b
- [3] skinna: om. Hr
- [4] of: so H, af or of Mork, af Hr, Flat, 593b
- [4] leista: gnípa 593b
- [5] Menn sôusk orm: mann sásk orm Mork, menn sásk orm H, mǫnnum leizk ormr Hr, Flat, ‘monnum […] (ormr)’(?) 593b
- [5] ynni: ynnisk Hr
- [6] búinn: bana 593b
- [7] ‑leðrs: ‘le(d)us’(?) Hr
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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GKS 1009 fol (Mork) — 15v/23 - 15v/23
imagesSigurðr eggjaði sleggju
snák váligrar brákar,
en skaf-dreki skinna
skreið af leista heiði.
mann sásk orm , áðr ynni,
ilvegs búinn kilju,
nautaleðrs á naðri
neflangr konungr tangar.Sigurdr eɢiaþi sleggio snac valigrar bracar en scafdreci skinna screið of/af | leista heiði · maɴ sasc orm aþr ynni ilvegs buinn kilio nꜹtaleþrs anaþri neflangr konvngr tangar ·
(DW)
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AM 66 fol (H) — 65r - 65r
Sigurðr eggjaði sleggju
images
snák váligrar brákar,
en skafdreki skinna
skreið of leista heiði.
menn sásk orm , áðr ynni,
ilvegs búinn kilju,
nautaleðrs á naðri
neflangr konungr tangar. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 47vb/4 - 47vb/4
Sigurðr eggjaði sleggju
images
snák váligrar brákar,
en skafdreki
skreið af leista heiði.
mǫnnum leizk ormr , áðr ynnisk,
ilvegs búinn kilju,
nauta†le(d)us† á naðri
neflangr konungr tangar. -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 207ra/30 - 207ra/30
Sigurðr eggjaði sleggju
images
snák váligrar brákar,
en skap-dreki skinna
skreið af leista heiði.
mǫnnum leizk ormr , áðr ynni,
ilvegs búinn kilju,
nautaleðrs á naðri
neflangr konungr tangar. -
AM 593 b 4° (593b) — 29r/23 - 29v/4
Sigurðr eggjaði sleggju
images
snák váligrar †drakar†,
en skap-dreki skinna
skreið af gnípa heiði.
†monnum […] (ormr)† , áðr ynni,
ilvegs bana kilju,
nautaleðrs á naðri
neflangr konungr tangar. -
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 539v/16 - 539v/23
images
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