Anon Nkt 66II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Anonymous Poems, Nóregs konungatal 66’ 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. 801.
Þó skalk enn
þokkum fleira
frá Berfœtts
bǫrnum segja
ǫðlings þess,
es aldrigi
eld né járn
óttazk hafði.
Þó skalk enn segja þokkum fleira frá bǫrnum Berfœtts, þess ǫðlings, es aldrigi hafði óttazk eld né járn.
Yet I shall still tell somewhat more about the children of Barelegs, of that lord, who never feared fire nor iron.
Mss: Flat(144vb)
Editions: Skj AI, 588, Skj BI, 588, Skald I, 286-7; Flat 1860-8, II, 527.
Notes: [3] Berfœtts ‘of Barelegs’: This is Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson. For his nickname, see Note to st. 43/1.
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.
- Internal references
- Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘(Biography of) Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson’ 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. 385-90.
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