Halldórr ókristni (Hókr)
11th century; volume 1; ed. Kari Ellen Gade;
Eiríksflokkr (Eirfl) - 8
Nothing is known about Halldórr ókristni ‘the Un-Christian’ (Hókr) aside from the fact that, according to Skáldatal (SnE 1848-87, III, 257, 266, 280), he was one of Eiríkr jarl Hákonarson’s poets. His nickname indicates that he must have been reluctant to convert to Christianity, and it is not surprising that he is connected with the court of the jarls of Hlaðir (Lade), given that Eiríkr’s father, Hákon jarl Sigurðarson, was the last heathen ruler of Norway. The eight stanzas below are what remain of Halldórr’s poetic oeuvre, and they show that he was well versed in myth and heroic legend and, in particular, that he was familiar with the poetry of earlier and contemporary skalds. In Skj, Finnur Jónsson gives his ethnicity as Icelandic, but that cannot be ascertained.
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Eiríksflokkr (‘Flokkr about Eiríkr’)
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Hókr EirflI
Kari Ellen Gade 2012, ‘ Halldórr ókristni, Eiríksflokkr’ 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. 469. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1267> (accessed 30 June 2022)
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Skj: Haldórr ókristni: Eiríksflokkr, o. 1010 (AI, 202-4, BI, 193-5)
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Cite as: Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2012, ‘Halldórr ókristni, Eiríksflokkr 5’ 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. 479. Hykkat vægð at vígi,
— vann drótt jǫfur sóttan;
fjǫrð komsk jarl at jǫrðu —
ógnharðan sik spǫrðu,
þás fjarðmývils fœrðuð,
folkharðr, á trǫð Barða
— lítt vas Sifjar Sóti
svangr — við Orm inn langa. | Hykkat vægð at vígi, ógnharðan spǫrðu sik — drótt vann jǫfur sóttan; fjǫrð komsk jarl at jǫrðu — þás, folkharðr, fœrðuð Barða á {trǫð {fjarðmývils}} við Orm inn langa; {Sóti Sifjar} vas lítt svangr. I do not believe there was mercy during the onslaught [or that] the battle-hard one [Eiríkr] spared himself — the retinue attacked the prince; last year, the jarl obtained the land — when, war-hard one, you brought Barði (‘Prow’) onto {the path {of the fjord-lump}} [SKERRY > SEA] against Ormr inn langi (‘the Long Serpent’); {the Sóti <horse> of Sif <goddess>} [WOLF] was hardly hungry.
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texts: ‹Flat 351›,
‹Fsk 118›,
‹ÓT 184›,
‹ÓTOdd 13 (12)› editions: Skj Haldórr ókristni: Eiríksflokkr 5 (AI, 203-4; BI, 194); Skald I, 102, NN §§557, 558, 1953A, 2921; Fsk 1902-3, 128 (ch. 22), ÍF 29, 156 (ch. 24); ÓTOdd 1932, 223, ÍF 25, 338-9; ÓT 1958-2000, II, 282 (ch. 255), Flat 1860-8, I, 490.
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AM 303 4°x (FskAx) |
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Holm perg 18 4° (Holm18) |
53r, 18 - 53r, 20 |
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AM 310 4° (310) |
89, 19 - 89, 21 |
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AM 61 fol (61) |
68va, 27 - 68va, 29 |
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AM 54 fol (54) |
66ra, 13 - 66ra, 17 |
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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) |
101va, 26 - 101va, 30 |
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) |
65rb, 59 - 65va, 3 |
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AM 301 4°x (301x) |
51v, 1 - 51v, 5 |
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