Hallar-Steinn (HSt)
12th century; volume 1; ed. Rolf Stavnem;
from a poem about Skáldhelgi (?) (Sk) - 0
1. Rekstefja (Rst) - 35
2. Fragment (Frag) - 1
III. Fragments (Frag) - 6
Nothing is known about this skald (HSt) except what can be deduced from his nickname, which has been identified with the farm-name Höll, in Þverárhlíð, Mýrasýsla, western Iceland (Finnur Jónsson 1907, 185), and from the poetry attributed to him. His main extant work is the drápa Rekstefja (HSt Rst), whose ambitious praise of Óláfr Tryggvason might well point to Iceland at the end of the twelfth century or somewhat later (see Skj, and Introduction to the poem below). Hallar-Steinn has been identified (e.g. by Wisén 1886-9, I, 143) with the eleventh-century poet Steinn Herdísarson (SteinnII), but this is implausible. HSt Frag 1, of uncertain origin but probably attributable to this poet, may also commemorate Óláfr Tryggvason, while HSt Frag 2-5III represent a love-lorn poet. These fragments are preserved only in treatises on poetics and grammar, and are therefore edited in SkP III, as are two further fragments, HSt Frag 6-7III.
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Rekstefja (‘Split-refrain’)
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HSt RstI
Rolf Stavnem 2012, ‘ Hallar-Steinn, Rekstefja’ 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. 893. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1237> (accessed 1 July 2022)
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Skj: Hallar-Steinn: 1. Rekstefja (AI, 543-52, BI, 525-34); stanzas (if different): 3 |
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SkP info: I, 919 |
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Cite as: Rolf Stavnem (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallar-Steinn, Rekstefja 19’ 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. 919. Stǫng reið, stôl en sungu,
sterklig jǫfurs merkis;
gramr skaut; gerðisk rimmu
gangr um Orm inn langa.
Nýtr herr Nóregs gætis
nær vasa trauðr at særa
orðprúðs Jóta ferðir.
Óláfr und veg sólar. | Sterklig stǫng merkis jǫfurs reið, en stôl sungu; gramr skaut; gangr rimmu gerðisk um Orm inn langa. Nýtr herr {orðprúðs gætis Nóregs} vasa nær trauðr at særa ferðir Jóta. Óláfr und {veg sólar} … The powerful pole of the standard of the prince rode high and steel weapons sang; the ruler [Óláfr] shot; the course of the battle proceeded around Ormr inn langi (‘the Long Serpent’). The brave army {of the famous guardian of Norway} [NORWEGIAN KING = Óláfr] was far from reluctant to wound the troops of the Jótar. Óláfr under {the path of the sun} [SKY] …
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texts: ‹Flat 333›,
‹ÓT 163› editions: Skj Hallar-Steinn: 1. Rekstefja 19 (AI, 548; BI, 529-30); Skald I, 258, NN §1180; ÓT 1958-2000, II, 266 (ch. 250), Flat 1860-8, I, 483; SHI 3, 256-7, CPB II, 298, Wisén 1886-9, I, 48, Finnur Jónsson 1893b, 164, Konráð Gíslason 1895-7, I, 251-3.
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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb*) |
112ra, 19 - 112ra, 22 |
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AM 53 fol (53) |
64rb, 2 - 64rb, 5 |
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AM 54 fol (54) |
64ra, 12 - 64ra, 15 |
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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb*) |
99va, 27 - 99va, 31 |
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AM 325 VIII 2 b 4° (325VIII 2 b) |
1vb, 20 - 1vb, 26 |
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) |
64va, 5 - 64va, 8 |
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