Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages
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Anonymous Poems (Anon)

Kviðuháttr verses in praise of a Norwegian ruler (TGT 3) - 0

Málaháttr verses in praise of a Christian ruler (TGT 4) - 0

Stanzas from TGT put together by FJ (1) (TGT FJ 1) - 0

Verses about a battle (?Stiklarstaðir) (TGT 1) - 0

Verses about a woman (TGT 2) - 0

I. Flokkr about Sveinn Álfífuson (Sveinfl) - 1

I. Oddmjór (Oddm) - 1

I. 1. Eiríksmál (Eirm) - 9

I. 2. Liðsmannaflokkr (Liðs) - 10

I. 3. Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar (Óldr) - 28

I. 4. Poem about Óláfr Tryggvason (Ól) - 7

II. 1. Haraldsstikki (Harst) - 1

II. 2. Nóregs konungatal (Nkt) - 85

II. 3. Poem about Magnús lagabœtir (Mlag) - 3

III. Málsháttakvæði (Mhkv) - 30

III. Máríuflokkr (Mfl) - 2

III. Poem about the Phoenix (Phoenix) - 1

III. 1. Bjarkamál in fornu (Bjark) - 7

III. 1. Bjúgar vísur (Bjúgvís) - 1

III. 1. Gnóðar-Ásmundar drápa (GnóðÁsm) - 1

III. 1. Nikulásdrápa (Nikdr) - 3

III. 2. Gátur (Gát) - 4

III. 2. Hafliðamál (Hafl) - 1

III. 2. Morginsól (Morg) - 1

III. 3. Kúgadrápa (Kúgdr) - 1

III. 3. Stríðkeravísur (Stríðk) - 1

IV. Bárðardrápa (Bárðdr) - 1

IV. Hafgerðingadrápa (Hafg) - 2

IV. ​Stanzas possibly attributable to Snorri Sturluson (Stu) - 2

V. Darraðarljóð (Darr) - 11

V. Grettisfærsla (Grf) - 1

VII. Allra postula minnisvísur (Alpost) - 13

VII. Andréasdrápa (Andr) - 4

VII. Brúðkaupsvísur (Brúðv) - 33

VII. Drápa af Máríugrát (Mgr) - 52

VII. Gyðingsvísur (Gyð) - 10

VII. Heilagra manna drápa (Heil) - 26

VII. Heilagra meyja drápa (Mey) - 60

VII. Heilags anda drápa (Heildr) - 18

VII. Hugsvinnsmál (Hsv) - 151

VII. Lausavísa on Lawgiving (Law) - 1

VII. Leiðarvísan (Leið) - 45

VII. Lilja (Lil) - 100

VII. Líknarbraut (Líkn) - 52

VII. Máríudrápa (Mdr) - 43

VII. Máríuvísur I (Mv I) - 29

VII. Máríuvísur II (Mv II) - 24

VII. Máríuvísur III (Mv III) - 30

VII. Pétrsdrápa (Pét) - 54

VII. Plácitusdrápa (Pl) - 59

VII. Sólarljóð (Sól) - 83

VII. Stanzas Addressed to Fellow Ecclesiastics (Eccl) - 2

VII. Vitnisvísur af Máríu (Vitn) - 26

VIII. Krákumál (Krm) - 29

VIII. Sǫrlastikki (Sǫrl) - 1

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2.1: Bjarkamál in fornu (‘The (Old) Speeches of Bjarki’) — Anon BjarkIII

Margaret Clunies Ross 2017, ‘(Introduction to) Anonymous, Bjarkamál in fornu’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 495.

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Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [X]: II. A. Bjarkamál en fornu (AI, 180-1, BI, 170-1)

Full edition, translation and commentary for this verse can be found in the printed volume III, p. 498. See the Brepols website for more information. The text below is from a superseded edition (Skj where relevant). Do not refer to this site when using the text below.

2 — Anon Bjark 2III

Cite as: Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Bjarkamál in fornu 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 498.

The following text is from a superseded edition and is not the work of the editor(s) named on this page. It is included for reference only. Do not refer to this site when using this text but rather consult the original edition (Skj where relevant).

Hár enn harðgreipi,
Hrólfr skjótandi,
ættum góðir menn,
þeirs ekki flœja;
vekka yðr at víni
né at vífs rúnum,
heldr vekk yðr at hǫrðum
Hildar leiki.  (málaháttr)

texts: ‹Fbr 33›, ‹Flat 603›, ‹ÓH 149 (145)›, ‹ÓHHkr 142 (II 142)›, ‹Hkr 343 (II 142)›

editions: Skj Anonyme digte og vers [X]: II. A. Bjarkamál en fornu 2 (AI, 180; BI, 170); Skald I, 91, FF §24; Hkr 1893-1901, II, 463, ÍF 27, 361-2 (ÓHHkr ch. 208); ÓH 1941, I, 547, Flat 1860-8, II, 34; ÍF 6, 263 (Fbr ch. 24).

sources

AM 36 folx (Kx) 458v, 2 - 458v, 9 (Hkr)  transcr.  image  
Holm perg 2 4° (Holm2) 64v - 64v (ÓH)  image  
AM 38 folx (J2x) 220r, 20 - 220r, 27 (ÓH)  image  
AM 73 b fol (Bæb) 4rb, 23 - 4rb, 23 (ÓH)  image  image  
AM 68 fol (68) 64r, 19 - 64r, 19 (ÓH)  image  
Holm perg 4 4° (Holm4) 59vb, 23 - 59vb, 26 (ÓH)  image  
AM 61 fol (61) 122va, 34 - 122va, 37 (ÓH)  image  image  
AM 325 V 4° (325V) 78rb, 30 - 78va, 1 (ÓH)  image  
AM 325 VII 4° (325VII) 35v, 41 - 35v, 42 (ÓH)  image  
Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) 196rb - 196rb (ÓH)  image  
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) 123ra, 52 - 123ra, 54 (ÓH)  image  image  image  
GKS 1008 fol (Tóm) 153v, 12 - 153v, 12 (ÓH)  image  
AM 141 folx (141x) 52v, 2 - 52v, 9 (Fbr)  image  image  
AM 73 a folx (73ax) 195r, 4 - 195r, 4 (ÓH)  image  
AM 321 4°x (321x) 246, 20 - 246, 23 (ÓH)  image  
AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) 500r, 10 - 500r, 17  image  
Thott 972 folx (972x) 495va, 34 - 496va, 3 (ÓH)  image  image  

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