Anon Ól 4I
Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Poem about Óláfr Tryggvason 4’ 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. 1065.
text and translation
Valdr nam vígs á kveldi
vitr um kóng að sitja;
þá lá hoskr í hvílu
hildingr í lyftingu.
Skjöldungr ekki skyldi
skreyttum glaðr af Naðri,
þess að Þorkell vissi
þrekstrangr, mega ganga.
{Vitr valdr vígs} nam að sitja um kóng á kveldi; þá lá hoskr hildingr í hvílu í lyftingu. Glaðr skjöldungr skyldi ekki mega ganga af skreyttum Naðri, þess að þrekstrangr Þorkell vissi.
‘The astute ruler of battle [WARRIOR = Þorkell] lay in wait for the king in the evening; at that time the wise ruler was lying in bed in the after-deck. The joyous prince ought not to be able to get off the adorned Naðr (‘Adder’), so far as mightily strong Þorkell knew.’
notes and context
The wording of the stanza is close to that of ÓT (1958-2000, II, 232).
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editions and texts
Skj: [Anonyme digte og vers XIV], A. 9. Af et digt om Olaf Tryggvason 4: AII, 462, BII, 495, Skald II, 270, NN §2667; Finnur Jónsson 1884-91, 115, 118-19, ÓT 1958-2000, III, xxxiii, AM 61 1982, 23-4.
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