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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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ÞSjár Þórdr 1I

Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórðr Særeksson (Sjáreksson), Þórálfs drápa Skólmssonar 1’ 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. 237.

Þórðr Særeksson (Sjáreksson)Þórálfs drápa Skólmssonar
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text and translation

Þars bǫðharðir bǫrðusk
bands jódraugar landa,
lystr gekk herr til hjǫrva
hnits í Storð á Fitjum.
Ok gimsløngvir ganga
gífrs hlémána drífu
nausta blakks it næsta
Norðmanna gram þorði.

Herr gekk lystr til {hnits hjǫrva} á Fitjum í Storð, þars {bǫðharðir {{landa bands} jó}draugar} bǫrðusk. Ok {{{{{{nausta blakks} hlémána} gífrs} drífu} gim}sløngvir} þorði ganga it næsta {gram Norðmanna}.
 
‘The army went eager to the clash of swords [BATTLE] at Fitjar on Stord, where the battle-hardened logs of the steed of the chain of lands [(lit. ‘steed-logs of the chain of lands’) SEA > SHIP > SEAFARERS] fought. And the slinger of the fire of the storm of the troll-woman of the shielding moon of the horse of boathouses [(lit. ‘fire-slinger of the storm of the troll-woman of the shielding moon of the horse of boathouses’) SHIP > SHIELD > AXE > BATTLE > SWORD > WARRIOR] dared to advance next to the lord of the Norwegians [NORWEGIAN KING = Hákon].’

notes and context

Þórálfr advances next to King Hákon góði at the battle of Fitjar.

[1-4]: The clause arrangement in this helmingr (bound clause preceding the main clause) violates the normal sentence structure of skaldic poetry (see Kuhn 1983, 190-1), and it is possible that the couplets have been rearranged or that they originally belonged to different helmingar. — [5-8]: The warrior-kenning in the second helmingr is the most complex extended kenning in the extant corpus of skaldic poetry.

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editions and texts

Skj: Þórðr Særeksson, 2. Þórolfs drápa Skolmssonar 1: AI, 328, BI, 302, Skald I, 153-4; Hkr 1893-1901, I, 213, ÍF 26, 187-8 (HákGóð ch. 30), F 1871, 82; ÓT 1958-2000, I, 43 (ch. 28), Flat 1860-8, I, 60; Fsk 1902-3, 45 (ch. 12), ÍF 29, 91 (ch. 13).

87
Hkr 88 (I 78)
89
49
Fsk 50
51
198
Flat 199 (17)
200
16
ÓT 17
18
18
HákGóð 19 (I 78)
20
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