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

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

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II. 2. Nóregs konungatal (Nkt) - 85

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

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VIII. Krákumál (Krm) - 29

VIII. Sǫrlastikki (Sǫrl) - 1

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2.1: Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar (‘Drápa about Óláfr Tryggvason’) — Anon ÓldrI

Kate Heslop 2012, ‘(Introduction to) Anonymous, Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar’ 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. 1031.

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Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XII]: [1]. Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar, ‘er Halfredr orti vandræda skalld’, et digt fra det 12. årh. (AI, 573-8, BI, 567-74)

SkP info: I, 1045

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13 — Anon Óldr 13I

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Cite as: Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar 13’ 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. 1045.

Vítt stóð ógn af ýti
(íslenzkum her vísi)
orms vallar (bauð allan
aldr goðs lǫgum halda).
Svá lét rœtr, hinns rítar
rjóðendr of vann, góðar,
reyrs, und ráði vôru
réttdœmr konungr settar.

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Dread emanated far and wide from {the impeller {of the plain of the serpent}}; [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN] the leader ordered the Icelandic people to keep the laws of God for all time. Thus the righteous king, the one who conquered {reddeners {of the reed of the shield}}, [SWORD > WARRIORS] let good roots be set under our condition.

notes: [5-8]: The f. pl. nom./acc. adjectives góðar ‘good’ and settar ‘set’ (p. p. of setja) lack a corresponding noun. (a) The text above follows Kock’s suggestion (NN §1938C) of lét rœtr settar und ‘let roots be set under’, which has a good skaldic parallel (góð es rót und rôðum slíkum ‘the root under such actions is good’, RKet Lv 1/3, 4IV); the verb rótsetja is also common in prose, especially in Christian contexts (Fritzner: rótsetja). This solution assumes a slightly inexact aðalhending of rétt: settar in l. 8. (b) Skj B emends to konungr lét reist góðar stéttar við ráði óru ‘the king let good foundations be built for our condition’, which is less attractive, though it does provide a correct aðalhending of rétt: stéttar. (c) NN §1220 emends more lightly to réttr konungr lét settan góðan vǫrð ráði óru ‘the just king let a good watch be set over our condition’.

editions: Skj [Anonyme digte og vers XII]: [1]. Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar 13 (AI, 576; BI, 570); Skald I, 276, NN §§1219, 1220, 1938C; Munch and Unger 1847, 122, 141, Gullberg 1875, 15, 31.

sources

Holm perg 1 fol (Bb) 112vb, 24 - 112vb, 27 (Rst)  transcr.  image  image  

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