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, ‘(Introduction to) 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.
stanzas: 1
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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, 920 | |
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Cite as: Rolf Stavnem (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallar-Steinn, Rekstefja 20’ 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. 920.
context: As the Norwegians clear Danish ships, Sveinn
and the surviving Danes retreat onto other vessels, proving a previous claim by
King Óláfr that the Danes could never defeat the Norwegians. The first helmingr is then quoted. The second
follows a summary statement that Óláfr made the Danes and Swedes flee.
notes: [3] drótt hné þrútin dreya ‘the troop fell, swollen with blood’: The alternative line in ÓT, sôr frák drengjum dreyra ‘I have heard [there were] wounds with blood on the men’ is somewhat strained, and diverges from the normal metrical pattern in Rst as the first alliteration does not fall in position 1 or 2. — [8]: For this line of the refrain, see Note to st.
9/8. Hollr
‘faithful’ is an emendation here, but it is the reading of Bb(111vb) in st.
11/8.
texts: ‹Flat 335›,
‹Flat 341›,
‹ÓT 166›,
‹ÓT 173› editions: Skj Hallar-Steinn: 1. Rekstefja 20 (AI, 548; BI, 530); Skald I, 258, NN §1181; ÓT 1958-2000, II, 268, 271 (ch. 250), Flat 1860-8, I, 483, 485; SHI 3, 256-9, CPB II, 298, Wisén 1886-9, I, 48, Finnur Jónsson 1893b, 164, Konráð Gíslason 1895-7, I, 253-6.
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112ra, 23 - 112ra, 26 |
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| AM 53 fol (53) |
64rb, 25 - 64rb, 27 [1-4] |
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64va, 15 - 64va, 17 [5-8] |
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| AM 54 fol (54) |
64rb, 5 - 64rb, 7 [1-4] |
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| AM 54 fol (54) |
64va, 10 - 64va, 12 [5-8] |
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| Holm perg 1 fol (Bb*) |
99vb, 21 - 99vb, 23 [1-4] |
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100ra, 26 - 100ra, 28 [5-8] |
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| GKS 1005 fol (Flat) |
64va, 25 - 64va, 26 [1-4] |
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