Hfr ErfÓl 28I
Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Óttarsson, Erfidrápa Óláfs Tryggvasonar 28’ 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. 440.
text and translation
Norðr eru ǫll of orðin
auð lǫnd at gram dauðan;
allr glepsk friðr af falli
flugstyggs sonar Tryggva.
Ǫll lǫnd norðr eru of orðin auð at dauðan gram; allr friðr glepsk af falli {flugstyggs sonar Tryggva}.
‘All lands in the north have been desolated by the king’s death; all peace is confounded by the fall of the flight-shunning son of Tryggvi [= Óláfr].’
notes and context
Hallfr recounts that Hallfreðr sails via Orkney to Norway where, learning the details of Óláfr Tryggvason’s death, he composes a memorial poem, Óláfsdrápa, for him, from which this is a refrain (stef). The ÓT redaction of Hallfr reports that Hallfreðr composed a drápa straight away (þegar), but only Flat quotes the stef. In ÓTOdd, this follows sts 18 and 19; after the stanza it is explained that auð ‘desolate’ has the sense that norðrlǫnd ‘the Nordic lands’ are bereft of a leader who will never be matched. The prologue to Þiðreks saga cites this stanza as an example of hyperbole in praise poetry.
The helmingr is a stef ‘refrain’, according to Hallfr (see Context). The grandiose content makes all four lines suitable for a stef, but only ll. 3-4 appear elsewhere in the extant poem (st. 23/7-8).
readings
- [1] Norðr: nú M, auð Flat
- [1] of: lǫnd 177ˣ, lǫnd deleted by same hand 100ˣ
- [2] auð lǫnd at: ‘ętlo᷎nðum’ Flat
- [2] lǫnd: strǫnd 177ˣ
- [2] at: of Holm18
- [2] dauðan: dauðum 177ˣ, 100ˣ
- [3] allr: so all others, allt 178ˣ
- [3] glepsk: so 177ˣ, 100ˣ, Holm18, Flat, gleðsk 178ˣ, lemsk M
- [3] af: so all others, at 178ˣ
- [4] flug‑: so M, folk‑ 178ˣ, 177ˣ, 100ˣ, flyg‑ Holm18, fjǫl‑ Flat
- [4] sonar: ‘Son[…]’ 177ˣ
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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AM 178 folx (178x) — 1v/23 - 1v/25
imagesNorðr eru ǫll of orðin
auð lǫnd at gram dauðan;
allt gleðsk friðr at falli
folk-styggs sonar Tryggva.Norðr ero oll of orðin auðlond | ath gram dauðan / allt gleðzt friðr ath falli / folk styggs sonar | Trýggua.
(DW)
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AM 177 folx (177x) — 1v/12 - 1v/13
Norðr eru ǫll lǫnd orðin
images
auð strǫnd at gram dauðum;
allr glepsk friðr af falli
folk-styggs †Son[…]† Tryggva. -
Holm papp 100 folx (100x) — 145v/30 - 145v/32
Norðr eru ǫll lǫnd orðin
images
auð lǫnd at gram dauðum;
allr glepsk friðr af falli
folk-styggs sonar Tryggva. -
Holm perg 18 4° (Holm18) — 54r/13 - 54r/14
Norðr eru ǫll of orðin
images
auð lǫnd of gram dauðan;
allr glepsk friðr af falli
flyg-styggs sonar Tryggva. -
AM 132 fol (M) — 155va/37 - 155va/39
nú eru ǫll of orðin
images
auð lǫnd at gram dauðan;
allr lemsk friðr af falli
flugstyggs sonar Tryggva. -
GKS 1005 fol (Flat) — 71rb/32 - 71rb/34
auð eru ǫll of orðin
images
†ętlo᷎nðum† gram dauðan;
allr glepsk friðr af falli
fjǫl-styggs sonar Tryggva.
editions and texts
Skj: Hallfrøðr Óttarsson vandræðaskáld, 3. Óláfsdrápa, erfidrápa 19: AI, 163, BI, 154, Skald I, 84, NN §480; Þiðr 1905-11, I, 3; ÓTOdd 1932, 234, ÍF 25, 350; ÍF 8, 194, Hallfr 1977, 103 (ch. 11), Flat 1860-8, I, 534.
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