Anon Nkt 47II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 47’ 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. 791.
text and translation
Gerði flest,
þats frama gegnði
innanlands,
Eysteinn konungr,
unz hjartverkr
hilmi frœknan
brigða brátt
til bana leiddi.
Eysteinn konungr gerði flest, þats gegnði frama innanlands, unz hjartverkr leiddi frœknan hilmi brigða brátt til bana.
‘King Eysteinn did much that brought progress within the country, until a heart-disease very suddenly led the daring lord to his death.’
notes and context
Eysteinn Magnússon died of an illness on 29 August 1122. He is hailed as the builder of churches, harbours and roads, and as the supporter and promulgator of laws. See Theodoricus (MHN 64-5), Mork 1928-32, 352-3, 382-5, MsonaHkr (ÍF 28, 254-6, 259-62). — [7] brigða brátt ‘very suddenly’: Brigða (gen. pl. of brigð n. ‘change’) is used as an intensifying adv. (see LP: brigð 3).
readings
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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 1005 fol (Flat) — 144vb/13 - 144vb/15
imagesGerði flest,
þats frama gegnði
†innaz†lands,
Eysteinn konungr,
unz hjartverkr
hilmi frœknan
brigða brátt
til bana leiddi.Gerdi flest þat er frama | gegndí innaz landz eysteinn konungr vnz hiart verkr hilmi fræknann brigda brꜳtt til | bana leiddí.
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