Anonymous Lausavísur (Anon)
Lausavísa from Egils saga (Eg) - 1
I. 1. Lausavísa from Ágrip af Nóregskonunga sǫgum (Ágr) - 1
I. 2. Lausavísa from Haralds saga hárfagra in Heimskringla (Hhárf) - 1
I. 3. Lausavísa from Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar in Heimskringla (ÓTHkr) - 1
I. 4. Lausavísa from Fagrskinna (Fsk) - 1
I. 5. Lausavísur from Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar in mesta (ÓT) - 3
I. 6. Lausavísur from Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa (Styrb) - 3
I. 7. Lausavísa from Óláfs saga helga (ÓH) - 1
I. 8. Lausavísur from Vǫlsa þáttr (Vǫlsa) - 14
II. 1. Lausavísa from Magnúss saga góða ok Haralds harðráða (MH) - 1
II. 2. Lausavísur from Haralds saga Sigurðarsonar (HSig) - 9
II. 3. Lausavísur from Óláfs saga kyrra (Ólkyrr) - 2
II. 4. Lausavísa from Knýtlinga saga (Knýtl) - 1
II. 5. Lausavísur from Magnúss saga berfœtts (Mberf) - 7
II. 6. Lausavísa from Orkneyinga saga (Orkn) - 1
II. 7. Lausavísur from Haraldssona saga (Hsona) - 2
II. 8. Lausavísa from Magnúss saga Erlingssonar (MErl) - 1
II. 9. Lausavísur from Sverris saga (Sv) - 6
II. 10. Lausavísur from Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar (Hák) - 3
III. Lausavísur from AM 732 b 4° (732b) - 2
III. 2. Stanzas from the Fourth Grammatical Treatise (FoGT) - 47
III. 3. Stanzas from Snorra Edda (SnE) - 18
III. 4. Stanzas from Laufás Edda (LaufE) - 11
III. 4. Stanzas from the Third Grammatical Treatise (TGT) - 38
IV. Lausavísa from Guðmundar saga biskups B (GBpB) - 1
IV. Lausavísur from Guðmundar saga biskups A (GBpA) - 3
IV. Lausavísur from Hrafns saga (Hrafn) - 9
IV. Lausavísur from Kristni saga (Kristni) - 2
IV. Lausavísur from Landnámabók (Ldn) - 9
IV. Lausavísur from Sturlunga saga (Stu) - 60
V. Lausavísa from Eiríks saga rauða (Eir) - 1
V. Lausavísa from Flóamanna saga (Flóam) - 1
V. Lausavísa from Fóstbræðra saga (Fbr) - 1
V. Lausavísa from Gunnlaugs saga (Gunnl) - 2
V. Lausavísa from Hallfreðar saga (Hallfr) - 1
V. Lausavísa from Harðar saga (Harð) - 1
V. Lausavísa from Kormáks saga (Korm) - 1
V. Lausavísur from Draumr Þorsteins Síðuhallssonar (ÞSHDr) - 3
V. Lausavísur from Eyrbyggja saga (Eb) - 3
V. Lausavísur from Grettis saga (Gr) - 3
V. Lausavísur from Laxdœla saga (Laxd) - 2
V. Lausavísur from Njáls saga (Nj) - 3
VIII. Lausavísa from Gautreks saga (Gautr) - 1
VIII. Lausavísa from Hrólfs saga kraka (Hrólf) - 2
VIII. Lausavísa from Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar (OStór) - 1
VIII. Lausavísa from Ǫrvar-Odds saga (Ǫrv) - 0
VIII. Lausavísur from Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka (Hálf) - 3
VIII. Lausavísur from Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks (Heiðr) - 12
VIII. Lausavísur from Hjálmþérs saga ok Ǫlvis (HjǪ) - 0
VIII. Lausavísur from Ragnars saga loðbrókar (Ragn) - 10
VIII. Lausavísur from Sturlaugs saga starfsama (StSt) - 2
VIII. Lausavísur from Vǫlsunga saga (Vǫls) - 6
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2.2: Lausavísur from Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa —
Anon (Styrb)I
Matthew Townend 2012, ‘(Introduction to) Anonymous, Lausavísur from Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa’ 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. 1076.
stanzas: 1
2
3
in texts: Flat, Styrb
SkP info: I, 1076
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Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa (Styrb) is preserved only in Flat (ms. Flat). It contains five lausavísur: the three edited here (Anon (Styrb) 1-3), and two at the end attributed to Þorvaldr Hjaltason (ÞHjalt Lv 1-2). The three anonymous stanzas are placed in the mouths of a monster (finngálkn) in Jómsborg, some unnamed Danes and a red-bearded man (see Context to st. 3). The prose tale tells how Bjǫrn, son of Óláfr Bjarnarson, is denied his share in the rule of Sweden by his uncle Eiríkr inn sigrsæli ‘the Victorious’ Bjarnarson. Nicknamed Styrbjǫrn (‘Uproar-Bjǫrn’) because of his forceful behaviour, he raids in the Baltic, where he becomes leader of the Jómsvíkingar, and Denmark, where he marries King Haraldr Gormsson’s daughter, before eventually returning to Sweden to fight against his uncle Eiríkr. Assisted by Óðinn, though, Eiríkr defeats Styrbjǫrn in battle at Fýrisvellir, and Styrbjǫrn and his men perish.
The battle of Fýrisvellir, which would be dated in the period c. 980-c. 985 and located by the River Fyri (Fyrisån) near Uppsala, takes on a more historical aspect if it is connected with Danish runic inscriptions commemorating warriors who ‘did not flee at Uppsala’ (Sjörup, Run DR279VI and Hällestad, Run DR295VI). The connection has been contested, but one might agree with Moltke (1985, 304, 314) in seeing a connection as possible but not provable; see further Note on the Års stone, Run DR131VI. (On an earlier, certainly legendary encounter at Fýrisvellir involving Hrólfr kraki, see Note to Eyv Lv 8/3-4.)
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