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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages
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Steinþórr (Steinþ)

11th century; volume 3; ed. R. D. Fulk;

Fragment (Frag) - 1

Skj info: Steinþórr, Islænder, 11. årh.(?) (AI, 417, BI, 387).

Skj poems:
Af et ubestemmeligt digt

Nothing is known about Steinþorr (Steinþ).

Fragment — Steinþ FragIII

R. D. Fulk 2017, ‘(Introduction to) Steinþórr, Fragment’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 390.

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Skj: Steinþórr: Af et ubestemmeligt digt (AI, 417, BI, 387); stanzas (if different): [v]

SkP info: III, 390

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1 — Steinþ Frag 1III

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Cite as: R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2017, ‘Steinþórr, Fragment 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 390.

Forngǫrvan ák firnum
farms Gunnlaðar arma
horna fors at hrósa
hlítstyggs ok þó lítinn.

Ák at hrósa firnum {fors horna} {hlítstyggs farms {arma Gunnlaðar}} forngǫrvan ok þó lítinn.

I have to praise vehemently {the waterfall of horns} [MEAD] {of the trust-wary freight {of the arms of Gunnlǫð <giantess>}} [LOVER = Óðinn > POETRY] made of old, and yet meagre.

texts: ‹LaufE 8 (331)›, ‹Skm 13›, ‹SnE 15›

editions: Skj Steinþórr: Af et ubestemmeligt digt (AI, 417; BI, 387); Skald I, 192; SnE 1848-87, I, 238-9, II, 304, 519, III, 5, SnE 1848, 51, SnE 1931, 90, SnE 1998, I, 9; LaufE 1979, 331.

sources

GKS 2367 4° (R) 21r, 7 - 21r, 8 (SnE)  transcr.  image  image  image  
Traj 1374x (Tx) 21v, 7 - 21v, 8 (SnE)  transcr.  image  
AM 242 fol (W) 45, 19 - 45, 20 (SnE)  transcr.  image  image  image  
DG 11 (U) 26v, 2 - 26v, 3 (SnE)  transcr.  image  
AM 757 a 4° (B) 4r, 13 - 4r, 14 (SnE)  transcr.  image  image  image  image  
GKS 2368 4°x (2368x) 81 - 81 (LaufE)  image  
AM 743 4°x (743x) 64v - 64v (LaufE)  image  image  

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