Gísl Magnkv 9II
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Gísl Illugason, Erfikvæði about Magnús berfœttr 9’ 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. 422-3.
text and translation
Tók á Skíði, en Skotar flýðu,
jǫfra œgir Ívistar gram.
Hafði fylkir, sás frami téði,
Lǫgmann konung í liði sínu.
{Œgir jǫfra} tók {gram Ívistar} á Skíði, en Skotar flýðu. Fylkir, sás frami téði, hafði Lǫgmann konung í liði sínu.
‘The terrifier of princes [RULER = Magnús] captured the lord of North Uist [= Lǫgmaðr] in Skye, and the Scots fled. The leader, whom courage aided, kept King Lǫgmaðr in his company.’
notes and context
On his first expedition to the west in 1098, Magnús captured Lǫgmaðr Guðrøðarson, who was the king of the Hebrides, the Isle of Man, and parts of Ireland.
In Mork and F the eight ll. are given as two separate helmingar with intervening prose. For Lǫgmaðr, see Note to Bkrepp Magndr 10/2. — [3, 4]: The Mork variants œgi (m. acc. sg.) jǫfra ‘the terrifier of princes’ (l. 3) and gramr (m. nom. sg.) Ívistar ‘the lord of North Uist’ (l. 4) make no sense in the present context because Lǫgmaðr, not Magnús, was king of North Uist, and he was captured by Magnús. North Uist is an island in the Hebrides.
readings
- [1] á: fyr H, Hr
- [3] œgir: so all others, œgi Mork
- [4] gram: so all others, gramr Mork
- [5] Hafði: ‘h’’ Hr, krafði F
- [6] frami: framm H
- [6] téði: efldi F
- [7] konung: konungr Hr, F
- [8] í liði: lífi F
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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GKS 1009 fol (Mork) — 23r/34 - 23r/34
Tók á Skíði,
images
en Skotar flýðu,
jǫfra œgi
Ívistar gramr.
Hafði fylkir,
sás frami téði,
Lǫgmann konung
í liði sínu. -
AM 66 fol (H) — 89r/7 - 89r/7
Tók fyr Skíði,
images
en Skotar flýðu,
jǫfra œgir
Ívistar gram.
Hafði fylkir,
sás framm téði,
Lǫgmann konung
í liði sínu. -
GKS 1010 fol (Hr) — 61va/10 - 61va/10
Tók fyr Skíði,
images
en Skotar flýðu,
jǫfra œgir
Ívistar gram.
†h’† fylkir,
sás frami téði,
Lǫgmann konungr
í liði sínu. -
AM 45 fol (F) — 58va/5 - 58va/6
Tók á Skíði,
images
en Skotar flýðu,
jǫfra œgir
Ívistar gram.
krafði fylkir,
sás frami efldi,
Lǫgmann konungr
lífi sínu. -
AM 45 fol (F) — 58va/9 - 58va/10
images
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