HSt Rst 5I
Rolf Stavnem (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallar-Steinn, Rekstefja 5’ 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. 902.
text and translation
Óláfr allra jǫfra
óttlaust ok nam brjóta
varghollr Vinða borgir
vestr hernað rak mestan.
Hrælinns hverju sinni
hljómváttandi knátti
sóknbráðr sigri ráða
Svǫlnis dóms í rómu.
Varghollr Óláfr rak vestr mestan hernað allra jǫfra ok nam óttlaust brjóta borgir Vinða. {Sóknbráðr {{hrælinns} hljóm}váttandi} knátti ráða sigri hverju sinni í rómu {dóms Svǫlnis}.
‘Wolf-gracious Óláfr pursued in the west the greatest raiding campaign of any ruler and began fearlessly to destroy the strongholds of the Wends. The attack-swift witness of the noise of the corpse-serpent [(lit. ‘noise-witness of the corpse-serpent’) SWORD > BATTLE > WARRIOR] won victory every time in the tumult of the verdict of Svǫlnir <= Óðinn> [BATTLE]. ’
notes and context
The stanza concludes a detailed account of Óláfr harrying a city in Vinðland (Wendland).
The stanza is printed as st. 3 in previous eds following the order in ÓT, and the motivation and sequence of events is uncertain; see Introduction. For Óláfr’s attack on the Wends, see also Hfr Óldr 1/7-8.
readings
- [2] óttlaust: allfljótt all others
- [2] nam: réð all others
- [2] brjóta: ‘biota’ 54
- [3] varg‑: varð‑ Bb(16vb)
- [3] Vinða: so all others, ‘vi(ar)nda’(?) Bb(111va)
- [3] borgir: borgar 62, Flat
- [5] Hrælinns: hrundusk 53, 54, ‘hrunnoz’ Bb(16vb), hrælindr 62, hrænaðrs Flat
- [5] hverju: ‘hueru’ Flat
- [6] knátti: mátti all others
- [7] sóknbráðr: sannfróðr all others
- [8] Svǫlnis dóms: snælinns dóm 53
- [8] í: ‘[...]’ 62
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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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb*) — 111va/36 - 111vb/2
imagesÓláfr allra jǫfra
óttlaust ok nam brjóta
varghollr †vi(ar)nda† borgir
vestr hernað rak mestan.
Hrælinns hverju sinni
hljómváttandi knátti
sóknbráðr sigri ráða
Svǫlnis dóms í rómu.Olafr allra iofra ottlꜹst . ok | nam bríota . varghollr viarnda borgir vestr || hernad rak mestan . hręlínnr hveriv sínní hlíom | vóttandi knatti . sóknbradr sigri rada svol ⸝⸝ nísdoms i romv |
(VEÞ)
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AM 61 fol (61) — 12va/38 - 12vb/3
imagesOlafr allra iofra || allfliott ok reð briota . varghollr vinda borgir . uestr hernað rak mestan . | hræ linnz hueriu sinni hlióm vattandi matti . sann froðr sigri raða suo᷎lnis | doms í romu.
(VEÞ)
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AM 53 fol (53) — 10vb/34 - 10vb/38
imagesÓláfr allra jǫfra
óttlaust ok nam brjóta
varghollr Vinða borgir
vestr hernað rak mestan.
hrundusk hverju sinni
hljómváttandi knátti
sóknbráðr sigri ráða
snælinns dóm í rómu.Olafr | allra iofra . allflíott ok reð bríota . varghollr vinda | borgir . vestur hernat rak mestan . hrunduz hveriu sinni | hlióm vé??a?ttandi matti . sann fródr sigri ráða . snæ | linnz dom i romu.
(VEÞ)
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AM 54 fol (54) — 6vb/24 - 6vb/27
imagesÓláfr allra jǫfra
óttlaust ok nam †biota†
varghollr Vinða borgir
vestr hernað rak mestan.
hrundusk hverju sinni
hljómváttandi knátti
sóknbráðr sigri ráða
Svǫlnis dóms í rómu.Olafr allra iofra · allfliott ok red b | iota · varghollr vínda borgir · vestr hernad rak m | estan · hrunduz hueriv sinni · hliom vattandi ma | tti · sannfrodr sigri rada · suo᷎lniss doms í romv |
(VEÞ)
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Holm perg 1 fol (Bb*) — 16vb/35 - 17ra/1
imagesÓláfr allra jǫfra
óttlaust ok nam brjóta
varð-hollr Vinða borgir
vestr hernað rak mestan.
†hrunnoz† hverju sinni
hljómváttandi knátti
sóknbráðr sigri ráða
Svǫlnis dóms í rómu.Olafr allra jofra all flíot ok red briota | vard hollr vínda borgir . vestr hernat rack mestann | hrunnoz huerio sinní hlíomvattandí mattí sann || frodr sigri rada svo᷎lnís doms j romo.
(VEÞ)
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AM 62 fol (62) — 5va/1 - 5va/4
imagesÓláfr allra jǫfra
óttlaust ok nam brjóta
varghollr Vinða borgar
vestr hernað rak mestan.
hrælindr hverju sinni
hljómváttandi knátti
sóknbráðr sigri ráða
Svǫlnis dóms †[...]† rómu.Olafr allra iofra allflíott ok red bríota varghollr vínn | da borgar vestr hernad rak mestan hręlindr hverío sínní | hliom vattandi matti san frodr sigri rada svǫlnís | doms [...] romv
(VEÞ)
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GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 12va/52 - 12va/55
imagesÓláfr allra jǫfra
óttlaust ok nam brjóta
varghollr Vinða borgar
vestr hernað rak mestan.
hrænaðrs †hueru† sinni
hljómváttandi knátti
sóknbráðr sigri ráða
Svǫlnis dóms í rómu.Olafr allra íofra alflío | tt ok ʀed bríota varghollr vínda borgar vestr hernat ʀak mestan hręn | adrs hueru sínne hliom uottande matte sanfrodr sigri ʀada suolnis doms | j ʀomu ·
(VEÞ)
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AM 761 b 4°x (761bx) — 242r/11 - 242r/18
images
editions and texts
Skj: Hallar-Steinn, 1. Rekstefja 3: AI, 544, BI, 525, Skald I, 256, NN §§2092, 2113, 2448A, 2987H; ÓT 1958-2000, I, 116 (ch. 59), Flat 1860-8, I, 94; SHI 3, 244-7, CPB II, 296, Wisén 1886-9, I, 46, Finnur Jónsson 1893b, 164, Konráð Gíslason 1895-7, I, 193-5.
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