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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages
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Anonymous Poems (Anon)

Kviðuháttr verses in praise of a Norwegian ruler (TGT 3) - 0

Málaháttr verses in praise of a Christian ruler (TGT 4) - 0

Stanzas from TGT put together by FJ (1) (TGT FJ 1) - 0

Verses about a battle (?Stiklarstaðir) (TGT 1) - 0

Verses about a woman (TGT 2) - 0

I. Flokkr about Sveinn Álfífuson (Sveinfl) - 1

I. Oddmjór (Oddm) - 1

I. 1. Eiríksmál (Eirm) - 9

I. 2. Liðsmannaflokkr (Liðs) - 10

I. 3. Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar (Óldr) - 28

I. 4. Poem about Óláfr Tryggvason (Ól) - 7

II. 1. Haraldsstikki (Harst) - 1

II. 2. Nóregs konungatal (Nkt) - 85

II. 3. Poem about Magnús lagabœtir (Mlag) - 3

III. Málsháttakvæði (Mhkv) - 30

III. Máríuflokkr (Mfl) - 2

III. Poem about the Phoenix (Phoenix) - 1

III. 1. Bjarkamál in fornu (Bjark) - 7

III. 1. Bjúgar vísur (Bjúgvís) - 1

III. 1. Gnóðar-Ásmundar drápa (GnóðÁsm) - 1

III. 1. Nikulásdrápa (Nikdr) - 3

III. 2. Gátur (Gát) - 4

III. 2. Hafliðamál (Hafl) - 1

III. 2. Morginsól (Morg) - 1

III. 3. Kúgadrápa (Kúgdr) - 1

III. 3. Stríðkeravísur (Stríðk) - 1

IV. Bárðardrápa (Bárðdr) - 1

IV. Hafgerðingadrápa (Hafg) - 2

IV. ​Stanzas possibly attributable to Snorri Sturluson (SnSt) - 2

V. Darraðarljóð (Darr) - 11

V. Grettisfærsla (Grf) - 1

VII. Allra postula minnisvísur (Alpost) - 13

VII. Andréasdrápa (Andr) - 4

VII. Brúðkaupsvísur (Brúðv) - 33

VII. Drápa af Máríugrát (Mgr) - 52

VII. Gyðingsvísur (Gyð) - 10

VII. Heilagra manna drápa (Heil) - 26

VII. Heilagra meyja drápa (Mey) - 60

VII. Heilags anda drápa (Heildr) - 18

VII. Hugsvinnsmál (Hsv) - 151

VII. Lausavísa on Lawgiving (Law) - 1

VII. Leiðarvísan (Leið) - 45

VII. Lilja (Lil) - 100

VII. Líknarbraut (Líkn) - 52

VII. Máríudrápa (Mdr) - 43

VII. Máríuvísur I (Mv I) - 29

VII. Máríuvísur II (Mv II) - 24

VII. Máríuvísur III (Mv III) - 30

VII. Pétrsdrápa (Pét) - 54

VII. Plácitusdrápa (Pl) - 59

VII. Sólarljóð (Sól) - 83

VII. Stanzas Addressed to Fellow Ecclesiastics (Eccl) - 2

VII. Vitnisvísur af Máríu (Vitn) - 26

VIII. Krákumál (Krm) - 29

VIII. Sǫrlastikki (Sǫrl) - 1

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2.1: Liðsmannaflokkr (‘Flokkr of the household troops’) — Anon LiðsI

Russell Poole 2012, ‘(Introduction to) Anonymous, Liðsmannaflokkr’ 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. 1014.

 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10 

Skj: Anonyme digte om historiske personer og begivenheder [XI]: [2]. Liðsmannaflokkr (AI, 422-3, BI, 391-3); stanzas (if different): 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

SkP info: I, 1025

old edition introduction edition manuscripts transcriptions concordance search files

8 — Anon Liðs 8I

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Cite as: Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Liðsmannaflokkr 8’ 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. 1025.

Út mun ekkja líta
— opt glóa vôpn á lopti
of hjalmtǫmum hilmi —
hrein, sús býr í steini,
hvé sigrfíkinn sœkir
snarla borgar karla
— dynr á brezkum brynjum
blóðíss — Dana vísi.

Hrein ekkja, sús býr í steini, mun líta út — vôpn glóa opt á lopti of hjalmtǫmum hilmi —, hvé {sigrfíkinn vísi Dana} sœkir snarla karla borgar; {blóðíss} dynr á brezkum brynjum.

The chaste widow who lives in stone will look out — weapons often glint in the air above the helmet-wearing ruler —, [seeing] how {the victory-avid leader of the Danes} [DANISH KING = Knútr] attacks sharply the men of the city; {the blood-ice} [SWORD] clangs against British mail-shirts.

texts: ‹Flat 954›, Knýtl›, ‹ÓHLeg 9›

editions: Skj Anonyme digte om historiske personer og begivenheder [XI]: [2]. Liðsmannaflokkr 5 (AI, 422-3; BI, 392); Skald I, 194, NN §2044; Flat 1860-8, III, 238, ÓH 1941, II, 684; ÓHLeg 1922, 11, ÓHLeg 1982, 52-3; Knýtl 1919-25, 46, ÍF 35, 116 (ch. 14).

sources

GKS 1005 fol (Flat) 186vb, 39 - 186vb, 39 (Flat)  image  image  image  
DG 8 (DG8) 73r, 27 - 73r, 29 (ÓHLeg)  transcr.  image  
Jón Ólafsson 1741 (JÓ) 24, 5 - 24, 8 (Knýtl)  image  
AM 20 d folx (20dx) 9v, 14 - 9v, 17 (Knýtl)  image  
NKS 873 4°x (873x) 11v, 5 - 11v, 8 (Knýtl)  image  
Holm papp 41 4°x (41x) 9r, 6 - 9r, 9 [5-8] (Knýtl)  

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