Anon Óldr 8I
Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar 8’ 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. 1039.
text and translation
Snarr bar sigr ór hverri
sárlóms mǫtuðr rómu;
hæst gekk hreggbjóðr lista,
hvar lands es kom, randa.
Gnóg vas vist ok, vestan,
vel drengila fengin,
mærr áðr mildingr fœri
margspakr, grôum vargi.
{Snarr mǫtuðr {sárlóms}} bar sigr ór hverri rómu; {{randa hregg}bjóðr} gekk hæst lista, hvar lands es kom. Vist vas gnóg ok vel drengila fengin grôum vargi, áðr mærr, margspakr mildingr fœri vestan.
‘The swift feeder of the wound-loon [RAVEN/EAGLE > WARRIOR] bore off victory from every clash; the offerer of the storm of shields [(lit. ‘storm-offerer of shields’) BATTLE > WARRIOR] ranked highest in skills, whatever land he came to. The food was plentiful and very bravely provided for the grey wolf before the glorious, very wise prince travelled from the west.’
notes and context
readings
- [2] mǫtuðr: mǫtuð Bb
- [4] randa: ‘rada’ Bb
- [6] fengin: fenginn Bb
- [8] ‑spakr: ‘‑spaín’ Bb
- [8] grôum: ‘graín’ Bb
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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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) — 112vb/5 - 112vb/9
imagesSnarr bar sigr ór hverri
sárlóms mǫtuð rómu;
hæst gekk hreggbjóðr lista,
hvar lands es kom, †rada†.
Gnóg vas vist ok, vestan,
vel drengila fenginn,
mærr áðr mildingr fœri
marg†-spaín†, †graín† vargi.Snaʀ baʀ | sigr or hverʀi sarloms motod romv hęst geck | hregg biodr lista hvar landz er kom rada. gnog var | vist ok vestan vel drengila fengínn . męʀ adr mí | lldíngr fęri margspaín graín vargi.
(DW)
editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XII], [1]. Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar 8: AI, 575, BI, 569, Skald I, 275, NN §1217; Munch and Unger 1847, 121, 140-1, Gullberg 1875, 13, 26.
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