Anon (Knýtl) 1II
Kari Ellen Gade and Diana Whaley (eds) 2009, ‘Anonymous Lausavísur, Lausavísa from Knýtlinga saga 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 826-7.
text and translation
Stundum vér til stikka;
styrr vex í Danmǫrku;
esat Sveins synir sáttir
at sinn fǫður dauðan.
Haraldr skal vígi verja
— þás vel tamiðr stikki —
jǫrð af œrnu magni
fyr ellifu brœðrum.
Vér stundum til stikka; styrr vex í Danmǫrku; synir Sveins esat sáttir at dauðan fǫður sinn. Haraldr skal verja jǫrð vígi af œrnu magni fyr ellifu brœðrum; þás stikki vel tamiðr.
‘We are pondering a poem; strife grows in Denmark; Sveinn’s sons are not reconciled after their father’s death. Haraldr must protect the land in battle with plenty of power against eleven brothers; now the poem is suitably prepared.’
notes and context
The st. describes the dissent between Sveinn Úlfsson’s sons after his death (1074/76).
readings
sources
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
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Jón Ólafsson 1741 (JÓ) — 52 - 54
Stundu vér til stikka;
images
styrr vex í Danmǫrku;
esat Sveins synir sáttir
at sinn fǫður dauðan.
Haraldr skal vígi verja
— þás vel tamiðr stikki —
jǫrð af œrnu magni
fyr ellifu brœðrum. -
AM 20 d folx (20dx) — 23r/18 - 23v/2
Stundu vér til stikka;
images
styrr vex í Danmǫrku;
esat Sveins synir sáttir
at sinn fǫður dauðan.
Haraldr skal vígi verja
— þás vel tamiðr stikki —
jǫrð af œrnu magni
fyr ellifu brœðrum. -
NKS 873 4°x (873x) — 21r/19 - 21r/26
Stundu vér til stikka;
images
styrr vex í Danmǫrku;
esat Sveins synir sáttir
at sinn fǫður dauðan.
Haraldr skal vígi verja
— þás vel tamiðr stikki —
jǫrð af œrnu magni
fyr ellifu brœðrum. -
AM 20 b I fol (20b I) — 2r/22 - 2r/23
Stundum vér til stikka;
images
styrr vex í Danmǫrku;
esat Sveins synir sáttir
at sinn feðr dauðan.
Haraldr skal vígi verja
— þás vel tamiðr stikki —
jǫrð af œrnu magni
fyr ellifu brœðrum. -
AM 180 b fol (180b) — 34r/1 - 34r/3
Stundum vér til stikka;
images
styrr vex í Danmǫrku;
esat Sveins synir sáttir
at sinn fǫður dauðan.
Haraldr skal vígi verja
— þás vel tamiðr stikki —
jǫrð af œrnu magni
fyr ellifu brœðrum. -
AM 1005 4°x (1005x) — 8r/10 - 8r/13
Skundum vier til sticka, styr | vex J danmorku, er ad sueins syner sätter, ad sinn faud | ur daudann, haralldur skal vygi veria, þa er vel tamdur st | ycki, J aurd af ýrnu magni, fyrer xi. Brædrum.
(VEÞ)
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